Using Tools of the Trade with
Your Data
Direct Access to Achievement (DATA) Project
Certification Training
Becky Stoughton, Eric Blackford and Marianne Oakes
Purpose and Objectives
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What are some of the tools?
How do you use them?
Why do you use them?
How do you know they work?
The Tools:
Processes and Procedures
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Funneling Data
Ishikawa Fishbone
Wagon Wheel
Force Field Analysis
Data Team Forms
Funneling Data
“Funneling” Data
Broadly Explore Successes & Challenges
Winnow Data
Infer Cause/Effect
Relationships
SMART
Goals
Hypothesize Improvement Strategies
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Your Turn…….
What do you use? How do you use it?
Ishikawa Fishbone
Cause-and-Effect Diagram
Ishikawa Fish Diagram
Teacher
training in
content area
writing
lacking
Poor family
support
Poor
performance
on nonfiction
writing
assessments
Student
interest/self
confidence in
writing low
Link between
successful non-fiction
writing and positive
student outcomes not
established (for
students)
Lack of
opportunities
for nonfiction
writing
Lack of
systemic
school-wide
plan to support
non-fiction
writing
Link between
successful nonfiction writing
and positive
student
outcomes not
established
(for teachers)
Ishikawa Fishbone: Diagram
Modified for Task Analysis
Content/skills
Instructional Tasks
Content/skills
Instructional tasks
Standard
Instructional tasks
Content/skills
Instructional tasks
Content/skills
Your Turn………..
And Why?
Wagon Wheel
Wagon Wheel Template
Key Variables
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Possibilities for Analysis
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Wagon Wheel Template
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•Grade level
•Teachers
•Student groups/subgroups
•Domains/strands
•Grades
•Courses
•Instructional StrategiesTraining
•Instructional StrategiesImplementation
•Years (trends)
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Wagon Wheel Example
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Key Variables
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% of classrooms displaying
student work by trait
# of grade level teams with
students scoring by trait
% of student-led
conferences explaining 6 +1
traits
% of teachers posting
rubrics by trait
% of teachers collaboratively
scoring/mo
% of students showing
writing gains on writing
prompts monthly
% of time students are
actively engaged
% of teachers that have
objectives clearly posted
Group A =
Group B =
Group C=
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Excel’s Version of Wagon
Wheel
Force Field Analysis
Force Field Analysis
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Define the desired change
or action (agree on a simple
statement to describe the
change to be made)
Brainstorm the driving
forces-those which exist
and tend to support or drive
the desired change—these
represent a good source of
ideas for an implementation
plan
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Brainstorm restraining
forces-forces which
currently exist and are most
likely to inhibit
implementation of the
improvement action
Prioritize the driving forcesrelative importance
Prioritize restraining forcesrelative importance
List actions to be taken
Force Field Analysis
Force Field Analysis
Desired Change:
Driving Forces (+)
ACTIONS:
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Restraining Forces (-)
Winnow the Data
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Practical Examples from
the Field
Your Turn…….
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Sharing of usefulness of the tools
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Any others?
Tool Kit for Accountability
Found on the Oregon DATA Project
Website
• Left Hand Side Toolbar
• Full of resources
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http://oregondataproject.org/content/toolkit-accountability
Any Questions?