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Snodgrass Rangel, Virginia; Bell, Elizabeth R.; Monroy, Carlos – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
A key assumption of accountability policies is that educators will use data to improve their instruction. In practice, however, data use is quite hard, and more districts are looking to instructional coaches to support their teachers. The purpose of this descriptive analysis is to examine how instructional coaches in elementary and middle school…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Science Education, Data, Accountability
Abrams, Lisa; Varier, Divya; Jackson, Lisa – Perspectives in Education, 2016
The use of assessment data to inform instruction is an important component of a comprehensive standards-based assessment programme. Examining teachers' data use for instruction can reveal the extent to which instruction is aligned with established content standards and assessment. This paper describes results of a qualitative study of teachers'…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Alignment (Education), Instructional Improvement, Evaluation Utilization
Abrams, Lisa; Varier, Divya; Jackson, Lisa – Grantee Submission, 2016
The use of assessment data to inform instruction is an important component of a comprehensive standards-based assessment programme. Examining teachers' data use for instruction can reveal the extent to which instruction is aligned with established content standards and assessment. This paper describes results of a qualitative study of teachers'…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization