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Data-Driven Decision Making Flashcards

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  1. Which federal law requires schools to publicly report disaggregated student performance data by subgroup?

    Answer: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

    ESSA requires states and districts to publicly report academic achievement data broken down by race, income, disability, and English learner status.

  2. A principal notices that student performance data improves each spring. Before celebrating, the principal should consider which data validity threat?

    Answer: Seasonal or testing effects that inflate scores artificially

    Score gains near standardized testing windows may reflect test preparation rather than genuine learning gains, a validity threat called 'teaching to the test.'

  3. What is the PRIMARY purpose of a school data dashboard for a building-level principal?

    Answer: To provide a real-time, at-a-glance view of key performance indicators for decision-making

    A well-designed data dashboard consolidates key indicators—attendance, behavior, grades, assessment—so principals can monitor school health and act quickly.

  4. A principal wants to determine whether a new reading intervention actually caused student improvement. Which research design provides the strongest evidence of causation?

    Answer: Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

    Randomized controlled trials eliminate confounding variables by randomly assigning participants to treatment and control groups, providing the strongest causal evidence.

  5. Which practice BEST supports a culture of data-driven decision making among teachers?

    Answer: Regularly scheduled collaborative data team meetings focused on student learning

    Collaborative data teams normalize data use, build shared ownership of student outcomes, and translate findings into instructional changes more effectively than top-down mandates.

  6. Under FERPA, a principal may share a student's academic records without parental consent in which situation?

    Answer: With school officials who have a legitimate educational interest

    FERPA's 'school officials with legitimate educational interest' exception allows sharing records internally when there is a genuine educational need without parental consent.