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 * Read the Case Study regarding Data-Driven on page 17 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1-3. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. What are the various forms of data that are available in your school or district to assist with professional development and instructional decision making? Are some forms more useful than others? Norm referenced and criterion referenced, grades, teacher generated data, demographic. Criterion referenced and teacher generated are more useful because it helps to show the weaknesses in the content and can help support teachers in filling in those gaps.

2. What are benefits and potential costs of disaggregating data in the way suggested by the standard? It helps to identify students with particular strengths and weaknesses, but can lead to discrimination. 3. What strengths and weaknesses do educators in your school or district have with regard to using data in the way recommended by the standard? In our district, teachers are not using data on the local level besides their own classroom data. However, they do look at data from county and state tests, but are they using it to make informed decisions?