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 * Read the Case Study regarding Data-Driven on page 17 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-3. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. What are the various forms of data that are available in your school or district to assist with professional development and instructional decision making? Are some forms more useful than others? Various forms of data that are available include: Some of these forms are more useful than others because they provide more useful data.
 * Quarterly benchmarks for all subjects grades 1-8
 * A variety of reading assessments such as DRAs, Rigby, AIMSweb
 * A standardized test such as CRCT, COGAT, SAT, ACT, EOCT, IOWA, Gkids

2. What are benefits and potential costs of disaggregating data in the way suggested by the standard? The benefits are that they reveal differences among different subgroups of students and allow for you to determine achievement gaps. The costs of disaggregating data are the potential to label and that you may be focusing to much time and resources on a specific group.

3. What strengths and weaknesses do educators in your school or district have with regard to using data in the way recommended by the standard? The strengths educators in our schools have regarding to data include data to differentiate instruction and monitor student progress. The weaknesses educators in our schools have regarding data include data quickly becomes outdated, data is not always available when needed for decision making, and that teachers and adminstrators may have poor data analysis skills.