PLC Data Teams
Essential Questions
How does a PLC work as a data team to
organize data from common assessments?
 How does a PLC Data Team analyze data?
 How will the team use assessment data to
improve student outcomes?
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Effective and Efficient
Teams
Establish and maintain fidelity to shared
norms.
 Self-monitor adherence to norms
 Establish a clearly stated purpose
 Stay focused on task
 Follow a defined structure
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We Know Teams Are
Effective When…
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Their response is based on
INTERVENTION rather than remediation.
2.
Their response is SYSTEMATIC.
3.
Their response is TIMELY.
Richard & Rebecca Dufour, Whatever It Takes; How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don’t Learn
Common Assessment
Reflections
Step 1
Was the assessment high quality?
– Was the type of assessment a good match for the learning target?
– Were the questions good quality?
– Were enough questions included to provide an adequate
sampling?
– Were the questions unbiased?
Step 2
Gather classroom data, assemble it on a master grid and duplicate for
team review of results. Be sure to attach a copy to this reflection form.
Step 3
Briefly describe the unit assessment and learning targets:
Common Assessment
Reflections
Step 4
Create a graphic representation of the data
Step 5
Identify areas for team discussion:
•As a team, which targets from the assessment require more
attention?
•As a team, which students did not master which targets?
•As a team, which classrooms require additional support?
•As an individual teacher, which area was my lowest and how
can I improve in that area.
Step 6
Create and explain a team plan of action to address the needs of
students who’ve not mastered the required targets
Activity
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As a team, review the following results:
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Seventh Grade Common Assessment—Integers
 Team
Results
 Classroom D’s Results by Student
 Classroom D’s Results by Student and Target
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Answer the “Common Assessment Reflection
Questions” as a team.
Data Team Activity
Discussion
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As a team, which targets from the assessment require
more attention?
As a team, which students did not master which
targets?
As a team, which classrooms require additional
support?
As an individual teacher, which area was my lowest,
and how can I improve in that area?
What will be our team’s plan of action to
address the results?
Post Data Graphs
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Make simple
graphs to share
results:
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Display in halls
Display in classrooms
Include in newsletters
Data Walls
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Sample Data Walls
Topic for
professional
conversations
 Located in
prominent places
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Displaying Data
Simple bar graphs
 Can be student
generated
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Month-to-Month Focus
Updated frequently
 Data from various
sources
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Month-to-Month
Comparisons
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These data walls
are meaningful to
the students as
they track their
achievement
Desired Outcomes of
Data Teams
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Focus on more than test scores and include
factors that are within the control of teachers
Provide focus and eliminate the clutter
Be able to answer “Which students are not
meeting standards in _______?”
Establish a plan to do something about
it.
Questions?