Join us at the following events to learn more about the Using Data Process and how it works for schools and districts. Check back often for updates. For a list of past sessions, see our past sessions page.
NSTA Annual Conference
Event: March 18-21, 2010
Session: March 19, 8:00am-9:00am; Room Franklin 5
Location: Philadelphia Marriott; Philadelphia, PA
Title: Identifying Critical Causes Related to Kids in Poverty
Description: The learning needs of children living below the poverty line are often hidden below the radar. Certainly achievement gaps between students from different ethnic and/or language backgrounds are frequently the subject of national reports. A process designed to help teachers identify the root causes of lower achievement and gaps between groups of children can make solutions visible. Our work has demonstrated results in improved student learning for student subgroups with significant achievement gaps like those living below the poverty line (and students with special learning needs!). This NSTA session in Philadelphia will highlight the causal analysis process that successful Using Data schools are using to identify and eliminate achievement gaps while providing a sustainable foundation for any learning community to practically, systematically and successfully address the larger spectrum of school improvement.
Presenter(s):Diana Nunnaley, Director of Using Data at TERC; Terry Lashley, Learning Curve, Knoxville, TN
Information Analysis for Educators
Event: March 25, 2010
Session: 8:00am-12:00pm
Location: The Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
**This event is free and open to all educators. Please call 421-392-1006 to register.
Title: Information Analysis for Educators
Description:
A half-day symposium on how you can use information in your school district to pinpoint the actionable tasks that will impact your district most. The program will feature outstanding presenters, all of whom are at the top of their respective field, ready to convey how data can be used to help your district achieve its goals.
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Jerry Longo, Co-Director, Educational Leadership Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shula Nedley: Hear why "knowing thy data" and "knowing thy assessments" are vitally important to the overall success of our students from Dr. Shula Nedley, former Bureau Director of the Bureau of Assessment and Accountability within the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Presenters:
Frameworks IT: Learn the latest in visual analytic systems for your district from Glen Ponas, President and Chris Temple, Chief Executive Officer for Frameworks IT, developers of ExecViz.
TERC: Discover how learning communities learn to use data and transform student learning and achievement from Diana Nunnaley and Jake Schlumpf of TERC, creators of Using Data for Meaningful Change.
3rc: Engage in a conversation on the importance of information analysis for the Education Community with Elbie Yaworsky, Executive Director of 3 Rivers Connect (3rc), facilitators of local innovations for K-12.
KIPP School Summit 2009
Event: Aug 2-9, 2010
Sessions: 3 90-minute sessions on Aug. 4 and 5, see below for details
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
Session 1: August 4, 10:45am-12:15pm
Title: Which Data? When? And, How Do We Create a Culture of Precision Teaching and Continuous Improvement?
Description: Backward Design (and forward) - Learn how to use classroom assessments to identify student learning challenges and to build your instruction to increase student learning. Your analysis will reveal how well your students are doing in critical thinking and how well aligned your curriculum is to provide instruction in this vital domain.
This session will use common assessment items, student work items, and classroom exercises to demonstrate a process for understanding student thinking and responding to identified gaps.
Presenter: Diana Nunnaley, Project Director of Using Data at TERC
Session 2: August 4, 2:00pm-5:00pm:
Title: Learning From Analyzing Student Work
Description:"We're drowning in data" is often the first comment made by teacher teams when talking about how they are using data. Classroom teachers, jointly analyzing their student data hold the keys to improved student performance, and even more important, the elimination of achievement gaps between groups of students.
All data are not created equal. But every type of school data can bring its own meaning when teachers are supported in a structured process of collaborative inquiry including causal analysis and developing responses monitored through the use of continuous formative assessment of understanding.
This hands-on session will walk you through the process and provide an opportunity to experience several techniques and tools that have been successfully used to sustain a culture of continuous improvement based on the continuous use of data to inform instruction.
Presenter: Diana Nunnaley, Project Director of Using Data at TERC
Session 3 : August 5, 10:45am-12:15pm
Title: Verify Causes Before Implementing Solutions
Description: Be a participant (in the fishbowl) or an observer (looking into the fishbowl) to see what real collaboration looks like in practice. Are we collaborative in our work or just collegial? Are our conversations honest or safe? Do our questions contain judgment or are they inquisitive? What are the personal capabilities and norms of group behaviors that can help our schools transcend entrenched norms and personal beliefs from generations of educational practice? And, how can the analysis of data get us to the kind of collaboration that results in high performing schools?
Schools are encouraged to attend this session as a school team.
Presenter: Diana Nunnaley, Project Director of Using Data at TERC
For more information on upcoming events, please contact us at 617.873.9648, or complete a contact us form.
