I-C: Assessment and Data-Informed Decision-Making

1. Assessment: Implements and monitors a balanced and coherent system for the use of a variety of formal and informal assessments, including those embedded in high-quality instructional materials, that:

   • Are used for specific instructional purposes, including to support teachers to understand all students' strengths and areas for growth, measure and monitor understanding throughout instruction and progress toward grade-level standards and/or individual learning goals, and actively inform instructional decisions.

   • Are accessible to all students by providing multiple ways and opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning, enabling students to draw from their cultural knowledge and lived experiences, and ensuring that assessment methods and instruments do not perpetuate racial, cultural, or linguistic bias.

2. Adjustments to Practice: Provides regular collaborative planning time and effectively supports educators to analyze disaggregated data from a wide range of assessments, as well as feedback from colleagues, students, and families, to:

   • Gain information about students' progress towards grade-level standards and/or individual learning goals, including trends across students or student groups.

   • Reflect on instruction and identify actions to reduce disparate outcomes and improve learning for all students.

3. Data-Informed Decision Making: Monitors and uses school-level and disaggregated data, research, and best practices to:

   • Reflect on strengths and gaps in instructional systems and work to continuously improve instructional practice.

   • Eliminate learning inequities across race, gender, ethnicity, language, disability and ability, and other aspects of student identities.

   • Support all students to meet or exceed grade-level standards and/or individual learning goals.

4. Sharing Progress with Students and Families: Supports educators to collaborate with students and their families, in an accessible format and language, to:

   • Communicate specific, timely, and data-informed feedback on student progress towards grade-level standards and/or individual learning goals.

   • Identify ways to build on students' strengths and support further growth.

Last Updated: February 22, 2024