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Teachers and students are bombarded with data figures from national, state, and local assessments.
Interpreting those figures and determining areas where students are strongest and
weakest is a practice that is becoming more and more important given the national call for
accountability. In addition, teachers are expected to develop an assessment system that yields
data about student growth.
In today's education landscape, the phrase “data-driven instruction” is very common. The
pressure to use data analytics to drive student achievement can be felt from the legislative floor
to the board room to the classroom and, ultimately, to the living room. Schools and teachers are
being held accountable for proving student achievement in unprecedented ways, including tying
teacher salaries to student scores on standardized tests.
In this climate, a school must identify the role of data and which assessments the school will
use to tell the story of its progress.