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The People Behind Early Warning Indicators
As we’ve been emphasizing in our previous posts, data alone is never enough. Data is just a tool that educators can use to identify and remove possible barriers to student…
Social-Emotional Learning vs. Mental Health: What’s the Difference?
With the release of a new survey published recently by the National Association of Elementary School Principals, school principals in K-8 schools say their top concern is the rising numbers…
The (Overlooked) Relationship Between Progress Monitoring and IEP Goals
We’ve talked before about the benefits of implementing progress monitoring. The most notable of which, is that tiered supports are designed to be a way of meeting all students’ learning needs.…
BI Tool: The “Quick Lookup” Report
Last month, in recognition that September was Attendance Awareness Month, Scott Johnston-Roark, Romulus Community Schools’ District Data Coach, shared his “Attendance Update Parent Report” with the Illuminate BI Tool community. The…
How a Unique Border-Town District Defies Demographics
Serving the entire city of Yuma, Arizona—a town near the Mexican border with a population just under 100,000—the Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD) consists of five comprehensive high schools…
The Importance of Setting-Level Data in an Early Warning System
Identifying students in need of extra support is just one of the benefits of using an early warning system (EWS). As High School Graduation and College Readiness Indicator Systems: What…
What Does MTSS Even Mean?
https://youtu.be/dkPcJ4ryxbs Presented by Jaime Harris – Transcription Below Introduction Welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard Series. I’m Jaime Harris. I am the Co-Founder of eduCLIMBER. I am a practicing school psychologist,…
How to Select the Right Progress Measures for Reading
Progress monitoring is an important way that teachers can learn whether interventions provided to help students catch up are working. However, in order for progress data to be helpful, the…
Student-Level Data in an Early Warning System: Less is More
In the last post, we discussed the importance of using just a few proven early warning indicators (EWI) to avoid overwhelming teachers, administrators, parents, and students with unnecessary data points.…
“Just Don’t Give Up!”: Advice from an Air Force Colonel to Schools & Educators
In August 2018, I was blessed to conduct four hours of professional development for school leaders, teachers, and staff of the Lewis Center for Educational Research (LCER). The LCER oversees…