It was great to see so many folks at last week's rollout of the District Data Team Toolkit, presented by Andrea Condit from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. I am excited to hear from you about how you envision this valuable set of tools and resources being used in your district.
Among other things, Andrea shared an article entitled "The New Stupid" from the "Data: Now What?" issue of Educational Leadership (December 2008), which you can access here. This article is definitely worth the read as it provides suggestions and precautions to consider when using data for planning and decision-making.
While the District Data Team Toolkit is not yet available online, Andrea did send along the materials via email to those who attended last week's session. I will post the link here when it is up on the DESE Web site. In the meantime, I am happy to forward the materials to you upon request for those who have not yet received them. (laura.tilton@dsacma.org)
