Links

• Legislation
• Standardized Tests
• School Improvement Planning
• Data Samples
• Technology

• GreatSchools.net
  GreatSchools.net is an objective source of school information on elementary, middle, and high schools.
• The Real Causes of Higher Achievement
  An article on how achievement is primarily a function of two things: (1) What we teach and (2) how we teach.
• Data Can Drive Performance
  This article by Barbara Bray highlights ways that “teaching practice can improve if teachers can look at themselves and student data in an objective manner”.
• Student Data Handbook for Elementary, Secondary, and Early Childhood Education: 2001 update
  This updated hand book established current and consistent terms, definitions, and classification codes to maintain, collect, report, and exchange comparable data about students.
• Using Data to Drive Student Achievement in the Classroom and on High-Stakes Tests
  An article on how to improve student learning in the classroom and raise student performance on high-stakes tests.
  

Legislation

• NCLB—Testing for Results
  Helping families, schools, and communities understand and improve student achievement supplies realities and myths about annual mandatory testing.
• Effective Schooling Practices
  Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory—A Research Synthesis 1995 Update
  

Standardized Tests

• Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
  FCAT is a statewide effort to improve the teaching and learning of higher educational standards.
• The Nation’s Report Card
  National Center for Education Statisticss
  

School Improvement Planning

• Indiana School Improvement Rubrics
  The following general rubrics describe characteristics of school improvement.
• Characteristics of Successful Schools
  Wisconsin’s framework for school improvement is based on characteristics of successful schools.
• Evidence of Success
  Evidence of success is found in the data related to student achievement, behaviors, demographics, programs, and staff perceptions.
  

Data Samples

• Sample School Reporting to the Public
  Schools use data and graphs to inform the public about the student achievement data collected and analyzed.
• Disaggregating Data
  An article on how data tells a school's full story.
• Sample School Report Card
  The school report card for Paseo Verde Elementary in 2002.
• California Assessment: Testing and Accountability
  Provides information on California student academic achievement and program requirements.
• The Nation’s Report Card
  A source for Mathematics and Reading data assessment results.
• Texas Education Agency—Student Assessment Division
  The Student Assessment Division manages and oversees the development, administration, scoring, and analysis of the state-wide assessment program.
• Assessment and School Performances (ASP)
  The ASP provides a wide range of services including school accountability and testing of students, teachers, and principals.
• American Psychological Association (APA)
  Information from the APA on the appropriate use of high-stakes testing in our nation's schools.
• St. Petersburg Times Online Opinion
  A times editorial on high-stakes testing.
• NCLB—Using Data for Results: Introduction
  This exhibit was created as a tool for schools to use to identify, gather, and analyze data to assist them in improving outcomes.
• NCLB—Using Data for Results: Collect and Organize Data
  This activity allows you to develop a plan for organizing existing data and collecting new data.
• NCLB—Using Data for Results: Mine Data
  During this activity you will examine and interpret state content standards and sample third grade achievement data from a state mandated standardized test.
• Kentucky Department of Education: Instructional Equity/Closing the Achievement Gap
  The Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Equity provides technical assistance and resources to assess school and district equity needs and develop and implement interventions to promote school improvement and success for all students.
• Florida Department of Education—Norm-Referenced Tests (NRT)
  A list of Norm-Referenced Tests and abbreviations used within the state of Florida.
  

Technology

• Online Data Analysis with SP SnapShot™
  SP SnapShot™ is an online data analysis tool for teachers and school administrators that provides criterion referenced test analysis, norm referenced test analysis, and data specific to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) initiative.
• Florida Department of Education—No Child Left Behind
  This website contains useful information on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and its basis in Florida.
• Providing Our Children with a World-Class Education
  A look at the Bush/Brogan A+ plan for education in Florida.
• The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
  The FCAT is a test to determine whether students are learning the Sunshine State Standards.
• Common Core of Data (CCD)
  Information on public schools and school districts in the United States.
• Using Data to Drive Student Achievement in the Classroom and on High-Stakes Tests
  An article on how continuing assessment and evaluation throughout the school year, as well as a commitment to the success of all students will improve student learning in the classroom and raise student performance on high-stakes tests.

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