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Four Types of Data

Four Types of Data. Doris McWhorter, Research & Development Officer Adapted from the work of Victoria Bernhardt. “Until you are willing to become confused about what you already know, what you know will never become, wider, bigger, or deeper.” Milton Erickson. Demographics.

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Four Types of Data

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  1. Four Types of Data Doris McWhorter, Research & Development Officer Adapted from the work of Victoria Bernhardt

  2. “Until you are willing to become confused about what you already know, what you know will never become, wider, bigger, or deeper.”Milton Erickson

  3. Demographics • Who are the students, staff and community and how have they changed over time? • Useful to build the context of the school • Critical and necessary to identify trends and make predictions

  4. Students Enrolment history Gender Date of birth Attendance Expulsions Suspensions First language, ESL Special needs, IEP, IPRC Staff Teaching/support assignments Qualifications Years of experience Gender Additional Professional Development, AQ courses Demographic data…

  5. Perceptions • How do students, parents and staff perceive the work of the school? • Tells schools about satisfaction with the work of the school • Enables comparisons among views of different groups • Useful for understanding what is possible

  6. Perceptual data… • Questionnaires (students, teachers, parents) • Interviews • Focus Groups • EQAO student questionnaires • EQAO teacher questionnaires • Can be quantitative or qualitative • Can be informal (conversations, body language, emotional tone)

  7. School Processes • How do we do business? • Provides information about current approaches to teaching and learning, how our schools are organized • It is these processes that will need to change to achieve different results

  8. School Process Data… • Course offerings & student selections • Timetable by grade and program • Curriculum & Instructional Practices • Assessment and evaluation practices • Enrolment in special/unique programs • Budget allocations & expenditures by types of activities • Staff assignments • Extracurricular programs

  9. Student Learning • Which students are succeeding academically and which are not? • Helps schools to see results • Reflects student engagement with learning • Essential to guide planning, leadership, partnership and staff development

  10. Student Learning Data… • Pass rates, report card marks • Credit accumulation • Diagnostic assessments • Graduation & school leaver rates • EQAO assessment results • Post-secondary destinations

  11. Preconditions for School Improvement: • Instructional coherence • Are the right people doing the right things for the right students and consistently so? • A shared vision for school improvement • Evidence informed decision-making

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