Jan 22,2025
Think Like Harvard: Bring Data Wise to Your School
By: Zach Fodor
The Eight Steps of the Data Wise Process
- Organize for Collaborative Work
- Build Assessment Literacy
- Create Data Overview
- Dig into Student Data
- Examine Instruction
- Develop Action Plan
- Plan to Assess Progress
- Act and Assess
How Does Otus Support This Process?
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- High-stakes 3rd party data (NWEA, SBAC, state assessments, etc)
- Local assessment data
- Performance on standards
- Attendance
- Behavior
- Participation
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