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Supporting Mental Health in Schools: The Value of Dual Perspectives
Universal screening to evaluate social-emotional behavior (SEB) functioning is important in determining if students are on track to meet their developmental goals and whether or not they may benefit from…
Why are Tiered Supports Helpful for All Students?
Tiered supports are helpful for all students because they provide a framework by which we can provide timely assistance to students, whether or not they have some other identification that…
Westside Community Schools is Improving Intervention and Core Instruction with Assessment Data & PLCs
About Westside Community Schools Westside District 66’s mission is to ensure academic excellence and serve the unique needs of all learners. The district does this by using student assessment data…
Leveraging an Early Warning System within a Data-Driven MTSS
One of the primary goals of Illuminate’s suite of products is to allow educators to spend less time wrangling data and more time on the critical decisions that affect student…
Diagnostic Assessment & the Importance of Alignment
Diagnostic, or drill-down, assessment is the process of using multiple measures and reports to identify student strengths and needs in specific skill areas. With this information, teachers can provide instruction…
Student Data: How Using Data Can Help Your Students Succeed
Data are key to making instruction and intervention decisions that enable all students to succeed in learning. But as vital as data are, organizing data and understanding how to analyze…
3 Steps for Using End of Year Assessment Data to Accelerate Growth
Though spring has sprung and the end of the school year is in sight, it is important to continue the critical work of addressing unfinished learning and preparing students for…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
To say that educators have been through a lot this year would be an understatement. In this midst of challenge and change, teachers have shown us– more than ever– that…
Using Social-Emotional Behavior Screening Data to Plan Interventions at the Individual, Class, and School Levels
More and more research suggests that it’s not just students’ academic skills that lead to overall success in schools. Students’ social-emotional and behavioral (SEB) skills-their positive behaviors, as well as…
How Warsaw Changed Its Culture with Data & Assessment
About Warsaw Community Schools Warsaw Community Schools is a nationally recognized public school district in Kosciusko County, Indiana. The district includes 13 schools within the communities of Warsaw, Winona Lake,…