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Kendall's Questions
- How has information technology supported your school's needs to meet new assessment and accountability expectations?
- What do you consider to be some of the most pressing challenges faced by school districts in light of these new expectations?
- Schools?
- Teachers?
- In what ways can information technology address these challenges?
- What are some of the new sources of student data that you now have access to?
- How do you use data to make school based decisions?
- How do you anticipate data being used to make classroom decisions?
San Diego Effective Schools Survey
- See Chrispeels appendix A.
- Relevant items
- 26. The principal reviews and interprets test results with the faculty.
- 41. Teachers and the principal thoroughly review and analyze test results to plan instrucitonal program modifications.
- 57. The California Assessment Program is an accurate and valid measure of the basic skills curriculum.
- 102. The results of teacher-made tests or chapter tests are used to plan for reteaching.
- 103. The curriculum, instruction, and assessment are aligned with teaching objectives.
Interview Questions
- See Chrispeels appendix B.
- 5. Is the school addressing the needs of low-achieveing students? How?
- Which instructional methods have been effective in meeting the needs of these students?
- How do you know they are effective?
- 7. Do teachers in this school work together on instructional issues? How?
- 9. Are there significant barriers wchi are preventing you from reaching the achievement levels you'd like?
- 10. What role do test scores play in making instrucitonal decisions?
- Several other questions regarding instructional decisions.
