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Survey Questions to Ask

The following list of survey questions is for use at the state level when analyzing the components of a state wide data system. The survey questions can be used to stimulate discussion at the state level about the potential of using data to improve teaching and learning, or it can be utilized at the district, school or community levels.

1. Does your student information system align to corresponding teacher information?

   • If so, do you have systems in place to ensure the data is being shared with teachers, schools and/or districts for professional development purposes?
     
     
2. Does your data system track teacher certifications?
   
   
3. Is your assessment data related to your state’s curriculum standards?
   
   
4. Does your data system align student information records with state assessment data related to his/her attainment of standards?
   • Is your assessment data distributed to schools & administrators?
   • What is the average time in which the data is distributed to schools after it is collected?
     
     
5. Do you have policies in place for the disaggregation of data?
   • At the district level?
   • At the school level?
   • At the teacher level?
   • At the parent level?
   • At the student level?
     
     
6. If you have a state virtual learning system and/or courseware offerings, is the course information and/or related standards addressed in the statewide data system at the student level?
   
   
7. Does your state provide training for the interpretation of data in the form of professional development for teachers and administrators? If so, please describe. Does your state provide software and/or hardware tools to assist teachers/administrators in the interpretation of data? If so, please describe.
   
   
8. What plans or current practices do you have in place to build skills and practices to foster the development of effective intervention strategies that fully leverage the use of data findings to inform instruction at the teacher, student, and parent levels in order to increase student achievement?
   
   
9. How are you planning to communicate the proper use and need for this data to:
   • Federal and State policy makers
   • School leaders
   • Teachers
   • Parents
   • Students

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