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Data Access and Transparency
//Data access and transparency// refers to the idea that relevant populations (students, teachers, administrators, parents, policymakers) have access to the data they need in order to make good decisions.

//**Big Ideas**//
 * Parents need to know the strengths and weakness of the schools in their community and be able to compare the schools their children attend to other schools in their community and in neighboring communities.
 * Teachers need to know which instructional methods meet the needs of their students and which interventions are most effective in addressing difficult problems. School administrators and policymakers need to know which programs are most effective in improving outcomes for students so programs that work can be scaled up and those that aren't as effective can be improved or discarded.
 * Researchers need access to information to help determine what works and what does not, identify areas where more information is needed, and drive innovative ideas to improve outcomes for students.
 * Situations will arise in which information will need to be anonymized to meet confidentiality requirements.
 * Students may track their own progress and find it motivating.
 * Data driven schools help to interpret summative testing into formative information that teachers use to improve instruction.
 * Schools need to: access data, plan and determine what changes need to take place, assess the plan. (Plan- Do- Study- Act cycle)
 * Feedback is essential to learn from prior practice, shape practice and anticipate achievement.
 * Feedback systems will gather relevant data, sort through data, and introduce findings back into the process.
 * The challenge for leaders becomes moving from data to information to knowledge. Using data in the service of improvement.
 * "Promote mutual accountability for data use among teachers, principals, and personnel in the central and home office, such that schools are held responsible for results, and the school system administrators are responsible for support and resources" (Datnow, p. 25)

//**Practical Tips**// //- Administrators need to foster an emotionally safe and inviting climate which encourages parents, teachers and the students to use data effectively.// //- Administrators need to facilitate an, "information flow" with intentionality that will systematically improve student learning.// //- DDDM allows administrators teachers and students easy access to data, reveals patterns and correlations in data, provides real time intervention, ensures all students succeed.// //-DDDM focuses on learning student achievement outcomes, uses data to transform teaching, inform school decisions about books, schedules, grouping, and professional development.// //-Administrators need to develop a DDDM culture by: building an infrastructure (PLC's- both leadership and data),collaborate, communicate and promote, provide PD(web-based learning enviornment).// //-Administrators need to facilitate the DDDM process: data management system, assessment tools, online resources in DDDM, classroom productivity tools, communication and collaboration tools, integrated learning systems.//

//**Resources**// > >
 * [|2009 - ASCD - When Students Track Their Progress]
 * [|Public Education Data Transparency and Accessibility - 2011]
 * [|Data Wall - Video -]This is how one school utilized data to communicate student progress, CMunn
 * 2005- Halverson, Grigg, Prichett, Thomas: [|The New Instructional Leadership: Creating Data-Driven Instructional Systems in Schools]
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