A new school year is upon us, and teachers across the country are returning to their classrooms recharged, bursting with ideas and brimming with optimism. What’s at the top of their to-do lists?

Technology is now a critical component in K-6 learning. The pandemic, like so many industries, forced remote work and, therefore, the use of technology. While it presented challenges for instruction ...

As a new teacher, Shelby Womack was teaching a lesson about simplifying fractions to his fifth grade class when he grew concerned about answers from students that didn’t make sense. Although they had ...

As I entered a Washington conference room a few weeks ago, where I would join a dozen experts from across the nation in a discussion of data-driven school improvement, I felt a bit as though I carried ...

Effective use of student data to inform instruction has the potential to transform U.S. schools, but thus far education leaders and policymakers have failed to give teachers sufficient resources or ...

Research suggests that when principals work directly with teachers in explaining how and why they should use data to improve their instructional practices, the effect on student achievement is more ...

Most educators are eager to analyze and then act on the data they see (van der Meij, 2008). Data forms a key component when determining which strategies are effective and in what ways. For example, if ...

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?” Whether classroom resources are digital or not, educators can collect data ...

Most educators are eager to analyze and then act on the data they see (van der Meij, 2008). Data forms a key component when determining which strategies are effective and in what ways. For example, if ...