Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools

By Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

Part I: Instruction

• DDI requires regularly scheduled meetings to discuss student data (data conferences)
• Teachers must be trained on how to interpret the data
• A good question: On a standard-by-standard level, what are you noticing about your students' performance?
• Fundamentally, we should always be asking: “Did students learn it?” If no, how do we get them to mastery?

Successful data-driven instruction depends on four fundamental keys:

1. Assessment. Define the roadmap for rigor.
2. Analysis. Determine where students are struggling and why.
3. Action. Implement new teaching plans to respond to this analysis.
4. Systems. Create systems and procedures to ensure continual data-driven improvement.

To be continued... My notes: