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Data shows that at your school, ESOL/EL students are having a problem in understanding literacy techniques. Specifically, comparisons such as similes and metaphors were challenging for 72% of ESOL students. You would like to diagnose the exact source of the problem so that students can learn what the state standards require. Which of the following represents the best series of strategies that teachers should use?

True or False: Great PD objectives are highest-leverage, measurable, and bite-sized.

Goals – Performance vs Process: By 2020, 90% of school-based staff will indicate full knowledge of how their new Math curriculum is implemented.

True or False: Students should not actively engage in discussing their assessment data because it can lead to test anxiety and poor performance.

An “Outcome” is defined as:

In this week’s article Using Data to Guide School Improvement, the “recipe for school improvement” includes all of the below EXCEPT:

True or False: Assessment inventories can assist schools in ensuring that assessments their students take are rigorous, fair, non-redundant, and tied to improve teaching and learning.

Which of the following is NOT an example of how a school leader can follow up on an action plan?

True or False: The first attribute of a good issue for a school to investigate is one that is under their direct control.

According to the Data Matters Framework, what are the critical components for implementing effective data cycles?