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Formative Assessment: What Is It and Why Use It
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Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D., NCSP
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Texas HB 4545 FAQ: What It Means and How to Position Your District for Success
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October 28, 2021
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Ashley Klint
October 21, 2021
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Evaluating Your Overall Intervention Program’s Effectiveness
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October 7, 2021
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Tying Assessment & Instruction Together
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September 16, 2021
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Essential Supports for Hybrid Learning
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September 9, 2021
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Free Webinars for Educators: MTSS, Assessment, SEB and More
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September 2, 2021
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Illuminate Summer 2021 Release: Driving Data-Informed Decisions to Efficiently Address Unfinished Learning
Bonny Troyer
August 19, 2021
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Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
August 12, 2021
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How Shelby County Schools is Increasing Equity in its Gifted Program
Krista Delk
July 15, 2021
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Supporting Mental Health in Schools: The Value of Dual Perspectives
Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D., NCSP
June 17, 2021
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Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
June 10, 2021
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Westside Community Schools is Improving Intervention and Core Instruction with Assessment Data & PLCs
Krista Delk
June 3, 2021
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Leveraging an Early Warning System within a Data-Driven MTSS
Franck Reyherme
May 27, 2021
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Diagnostic Assessment & the Importance of Alignment
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
May 20, 2021
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Student Data: How Using Data Can Help Your Students Succeed
Jessica Rowley
May 13, 2021
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Ashley Klint
May 10, 2021
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Stephen Kilgus, Ph.D.
April 30, 2021
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How Warsaw Changed Its Culture with Data & Assessment
Krista Delk
April 22, 2021
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What Are Decision Rules?
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
April 8, 2021
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Using Data Visualizations to Help Identify and Address Disproportionality in Schools
Adam Palmese, Ed.S.
March 18, 2021
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Asking Better Questions with Data
Jenn Belda
March 11, 2021
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Kristin Rockwell, M.A. Ed.
March 5, 2021
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Policy to Practice: How to Ensure Short-Term Relief Funding Yields a Long-Term Impact on Student Growth
Dr. Amy Jackson
March 3, 2021
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How (and Why) to Complete a Midyear Check on Equity & Growth
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
February 24, 2021
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What is Disproportionality and Exclusionary Discipline?
Claire Smizer
February 4, 2021
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Tips for Writing Items for Quality Data: Lessons Learned from Reviewing Hundreds of Items
Dena White
January 28, 2021
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Busting 2 Common Neuromyths about Learning
Dr. Amy Jackson
January 21, 2021
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Literacy as a Social Justice Issue
Kim Gibbons, Ph.D.
January 15, 2021
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Assessing and Equitably Accelerating: The Power of a Comprehensive and Balanced Assessment System
Dr. Amy Jackson
January 8, 2021
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Close Learning Gaps by Applying the Science of Reading
Martin Yan
December 15, 2020
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How to Use Winter Screening Data
Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
December 8, 2020
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New Data Indicate Substantial Math & Modest Reading Learning Losses due to COVID-19
Martin Yan
November 13, 2020
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Diagnostic Assessment as a Tool for Identifying Learner Needs
Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
November 12, 2020
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An Equity-Based Approach to Supporting SEB Functioning
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
October 15, 2020
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Policy to Practice: The State of State Assessments
Dr. Amy Jackson
October 8, 2020
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4 Steps for Leading Data Conversations About Equity
Kristin Rockwell, M.A. Ed.
September 30, 2020
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What is a PLC? A Definition and Resource Roundup
Martin Yan
September 25, 2020
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Understanding Different Types of Assessments
Ashley Klint
September 10, 2020
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6 Reasons to Lean Into MTSS This Year
Kate Pechacek
August 27, 2020
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Understanding & Improving the Universal Tier
Sarah Brown, Ph.D.
August 20, 2020
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What is Data Based Decision Making?
Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
August 14, 2020
Data
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An Opportunity for Equity: How to Use Assessments and Data the Right Way When Schools Reopen
Dr. Amy Jackson
August 13, 2020
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How Can Leaders Help Teams Increase Their Assessment Literacy?
Jeremy O'Neil
July 30, 2020
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How to Create Strong Data Culture in Your Building: Tips from a Former Principal
Jeff Ion
July 28, 2020
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The Power of Assessment to Close Gaps & Help Students Soar
April Beasley
July 2, 2020
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Seeing the “Whole Child” Data Picture
Lynn Ehlers
June 17, 2020
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Using the 4 Load-Bearing Walls of Equity-Based MTSS to Plan for Next Year
Martin Yan
June 12, 2020
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Leadership
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MTSS
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Remote Learning
Using Qualitative Data to Support Students During the School Closures
Martin Yan
May 18, 2020
Data
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Remote Learning
Using Data to Support Remote Learners with IEPs
Kristin Rockwell, M.A. Ed.
April 24, 2020
Assessments
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Data
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Remote Learning
6 Free Professional Development Kits for Educators
Kristin Rockwell, M.A. Ed.
April 1, 2020
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Use the Data You Have Today to Group Students, Align Remote Resources & Plan for the Future
Kristin Rockwell, M.A. Ed.
March 25, 2020
Data
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Educational Technology
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Remote Learning
Analyzing Your Assessment Data: Patterns of Need & Root Cause Analysis
Dr. Melissa Hogan
February 27, 2020
Assessments
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Supporting Advanced Learning Within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Maria A. Martin
February 20, 2020
Data
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Creating and Taking Action on a Data-Driven Strategic Plan
Valerie Coffey
February 13, 2020
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Leveraging High-Quality Custom Interims to Move the Needle on Student Outcomes
Sara Shore
January 30, 2020
Assessments
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Case Study
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Data
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Leadership
How to Grow Data Literacy for Whole Child Data
Brian Green
January 24, 2020
Data
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Leadership
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MTSS
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
What is MTSS? How to Explain MTSS to Almost Anyone
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
January 16, 2020
Data
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Leadership
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MTSS
Creating a Culture of Data: Keys to Making the Shift and Making it Stick
Dr. Amy Jackson
January 9, 2020
Data
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Leadership
Illuminator Spotlight: Jonalee Castillo
Mark Adato
December 6, 2019
Data
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Illuminator Spotlight
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Instruction
Setting Goals That Matter for Students With Dyslexia
Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
November 14, 2019
Assessments
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Data
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Dyslexia
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School Improvement
10 Persistent Progress Monitoring Myths Debunked
Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP
October 31, 2019
Assessments
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Data
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MTSS
Maximizing Tier 2 & Tier 3 Data: Progress Monitoring, Intervention Fidelity, and Intervention Effectiveness
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
October 17, 2019
Data
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MTSS
How to Use Quality Assessment Content to Build Assessment and Data Literacy
Jeremy O'Neil
October 11, 2019
Assessments
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Data
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Educational Technology
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Instruction
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PLC
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Resources
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Turning Tier 1 Universal Data into Action
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
September 26, 2019
Data
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MTSS
MTSS Tiers & MTSS Interventions 101
Kate Pechacek
September 13, 2019
Assessments
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Data
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Implementation
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MTSS
How I Made MTSS Work in My District
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
September 5, 2019
Data
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MTSS
What’s the ROI on RtI?
Art Godin, Ed.S.
August 22, 2019
Data
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Leadership
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MTSS
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School Improvement
PLCs: Leveraging Collaboration to Move Student Achievement
Natalie Howell
July 25, 2019
Data
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Leadership
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PLC
,
School Improvement
What it Really Means to Be a Data-Driven District–and How to Make it Happen
Dr. Amy Jackson
July 11, 2019
Data
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Leadership
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School Improvement
Making the Shift: Basing Teaching and Learning in Data
Crystal Steinmetz
June 27, 2019
Data
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Educational Technology
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Illuminator Spotlight
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Leadership
Leveraging Social-Emotional Learning: Insights from Tustin Unified’s Journey from Data Collection to Action
Allison McCarty Ku
June 21, 2019
Data
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Illuminator Spotlight
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
4 Data Visualizations that Remove Barriers Between Data and Action
Franck Reyherme
June 13, 2019
Data
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Educational Technology
,
School Improvement
How to Run An Effective PLC Meeting
Michael Harris
May 16, 2019
Data
,
PLC
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School Improvement
Lessons from John Hattie: Unlocking the Power of Classroom Discussion
Debra Russell
April 11, 2019
Data
,
Instruction
Data Visualization & Action Plans: Filling Gaps in Seeing the “Big Picture”
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
March 21, 2019
Data
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Educational Technology
,
School Improvement
The Case for Assessment Literacy: Why It’s Critical for All of Us
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
January 31, 2019
Assessments
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Data
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Leadership
4 Types of Filters to Help You Find Patterns in Your Data
Jaime Harris, Ed.S., NCSP
January 24, 2019
Data
From Data Dolt to Superhero: Leveraging Micro-Data Trends for Personalization
Leilani Cauthen
September 13, 2018
Data
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Leadership
,
Personalized Learning
What’s So Great About Data Driven Instruction?
Mark Adato
August 15, 2018
Data
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Instruction
,
Whiteboard Series
Does Your District Need a School Data Dashboard?
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
June 7, 2018
Data
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School Improvement
How IDEA Public Schools is Getting Data into the Right Hands
Martin Yan
May 24, 2018
Case Study
,
Data
,
Leadership
Can State Reporting for Schools be Easy?
Rebecca Coleman
May 23, 2018
Data
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State Reporting
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Uncategorized
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Whiteboard Series
Will Machine Learning Change the Path of K-12 Education?
Dr. Abram Jimenez
May 17, 2018
Data
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Educational Technology
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Machine Learning
Writing a Continuous Standards-Story for Students
Kate Pechacek
April 26, 2018
Assessments
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Data
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Leadership
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School Improvement
Breaking Down Silos to Turn Data into Action
Dr. Abram Jimenez
April 5, 2018
Data
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Leadership
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School Improvement
4 Easy Ways to Check Your District’s Student Data
Rebecca Coleman
March 14, 2018
Data
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School Improvement
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Whiteboard Series
7 Methods for Measuring Student Growth
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
December 14, 2017
Assessments
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Data
Identifying the Problem of Percentile Ranks
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
August 10, 2017
Assessments
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Data
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Resources
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School Improvement
6 Practical Safeguards to Protect Student Data
Mike Oswalt, M.Ed
August 3, 2017
Data
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Educational Technology
,
Leadership
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPI): The Need for Data Disaggregation
Stacy Mauro
July 6, 2017
Data
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Equity
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Resources
Developing a Student Achievement System? Here’s How.
Doug Wells
June 22, 2017
Assessments
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Data
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Educational Technology
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Implementation
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Leadership
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Resources
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School Improvement
The “Effect Size” in Educational Research: What is it & How to Use it?
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
June 15, 2017
Assessments
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Data
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Resources
Six Steps for School Leaders to Use Data Effectively
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
June 8, 2017
Data
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Leadership
,
Resources
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School Improvement
Setting Up a Data-Driven Culture
Mark Adato
May 25, 2017
Assessments
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Data
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Leadership
,
Resources
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School Improvement
How Statesboro High Increased Math Proficiency by 84 Percent
Martin Yan
May 11, 2017
Case Study
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Data
,
Leadership
,
School Improvement
5 Critical Steps to Doing Formative Assessments
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
March 2, 2017
Assessments
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Data
,
Resources
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School Improvement
How a Low-Achieving School Uses Data to Drive Success
Dr. Abram Jimenez
February 2, 2017
Assessments
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Case Study
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Data
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Equity
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Leadership
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School Improvement
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Getting Back to the Basics [Infographic]
Martin Yan
November 29, 2016
Data
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Resources
Six Student Data Privacy Practices for Success
Mike Oswalt, M.Ed
November 14, 2016
Data
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Illuminate Announcements
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Resources
5 Fall Tasks to Improve Scheduling Success in Spring
James Fleming
November 10, 2016
Assessments
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Data
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Resources
Start Gathering Social & Emotional Data Now—Here’s How
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
October 27, 2016
Assessments
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Data
,
Resources
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Missing Millions: The Impact of Chronic Absenteeism on Ethnic Minorities
Dr. Abram Jimenez
September 22, 2016
Data
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Early Warning
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills Can Reduce the Achievement Gap
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
August 25, 2016
Data
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Resources
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Questioning Your Way into a New School Year
Valerie Coffey
August 18, 2016
Data
,
Resources
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
7 Can’t Miss Blogs to Jumpstart the School Year
Mike Oswalt, M.Ed
August 11, 2016
Assessments
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Case Study
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Data
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Educational Technology
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Resources
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Social-Emotional Behavior (SEB)/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Why Should Educators Use Data?
Katie Sellstrom
July 28, 2016
Data
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Educational Technology
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Implementation
Gatekeeping in Math: Dispelling the Myth of Placement & Advancement Exams
Debra Russell
July 21, 2016
Assessments
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Case Study
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Data
Take Action: 3 Steps Educators Can Take to Prevent Bullying
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
May 25, 2016
Data
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Resources
Illuminator Spotlight: Ramaa Ravi
Chad O'Neal
May 11, 2016
Data
,
Illuminator Spotlight
5 Steps to Building an At-Risk Student Model
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
April 26, 2016
Data
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Early Warning
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Educational Technology
Need for Better Assessment Emphasized in 2016 National Education Technology Plan
Mike Oswalt, M.Ed
April 19, 2016
Assessments
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Data
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Educational Technology
The Importance of a Growth Mindset in Turnaround Teachers
Dr. Gail L. Thompson
April 10, 2016
Data
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Educational Technology
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Resources
Switching Student Information Systems: Does It Have to Hurt So Much? Five Components for a Successful Implementation
Mark Walls
April 4, 2016
Case Study
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Data
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Educational Technology
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Implementation
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Resources
TEDx Talk by Jenny Rankin: Why Data Should Be Over-The-Counter
Illuminate Education
February 26, 2016
Data
Student Early Warning Systems: An Introduction and Best Practices
Chris Balow, Ph.D.
February 16, 2016
Assessments
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Data
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Early Warning
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Educational Technology