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From Data Dolt to Superhero: Leveraging Micro-Data Trends for Personalization
This brief was published originally by The Learning Counsel. It addresses the data issues that keep leaders from getting to real personalization from data collection, and provide the five steps…
The Importance of Phonics Intervention in Early Education
Written By: Yvette Arañas and Lynn M. Edwards, PhD For many years, literacy scholars have opposed each other during what is now referred to as the “reading wars.” One camp…
BI Tool: Attendance Update Parent Report
Illuminate BI Tool Blog is back for the start of the new academic year, and this month, in recognition that September is Attendance Awareness Month, we’re focusing on a powerful…
Developing a Data Strategy for Early Warning Indicators
In my previous post, I discussed the ways in which early warning indicators (EWI) and early warning systems (EWS) are designed to advance an equity agenda. By identifying at-risk students…
How to Leverage Legislation to Improve Dyslexia Screening and Intervention
Taking Stock of Your Assessment Program
Will Your District Provide Quality Data to All Stakeholders This School Year? As school districts prepare for the start of a new school year, it’s very likely that district administrators…
How This Rural District is Making the Most of Classroom Data
One of Washington’s fastest-growing school districts, Yelm Community Schools (YCS) serves the communities of Yelm, McKenna, the Bald Hills, the Nisqually Indian Reservation, and parts of the Lacey suburbs. YCS offers…
What’s So Great About Data Driven Instruction?
Presented by Mark Adato – Transcription Below Introduction Welcome to the “Illuminate Whiteboard Series.” My name is Mark Adato. I am an Implementation Manager on the D and A…
Understanding the Individual Skills Report for aMath™ and aReading™
By Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP The Individual Skills Report is an excellent resource for teachers to review the specific items that students answered correctly or incorrectly on FAST™ screening assessments.…
How to Infuse Innovation in a Personalized-Learning Model
To compete in the modern age, students and teachers look outside traditional learning models. Education has been slower to adapt to personalization than other sectors. In fact, much of education…