1. The district has an information infrastructure and technology that supports and facilitates:
- Accurate data collection, entry, and storage
- All staff receiving specific data in an easy-to-read format to make decisions regarding student achievement
- All staff receives the data they need to make decisions in a timely manner
- Flexible entry and retrieval of a wide range of information. Teachers are able to enter and obtain assessment and demographic information regarding their students easily and in an understandable format.
2. The district supports school-level systems for implementing a curriculum-embedded assessment system that monitors student achievement every 6 to 8 weeks. Schools are provided with software to assist in the data analysis of curriculum-embedded assessments, and schools are provided data entry assistance.
3. The district supports the use of a data management system that includes:
- Curriculum-embedded assessments - 6 to 8 week assessments based on SBE/local board adopted texts, end of course assessments, exit and entry exams, etc.
- State-level testing data, CST proficiency levels, CAT/6 results, CAHSEE results, CELDT results, etc.
- Demographic and other data
- Data at the student level
- Disaggregation of data by student groups, proficiency and quintile levels, by AYP achievement, classroom level, grade level, school level, and by programs such as interventions to support change in the district, school sites, and classroom practice.
- The ability to review longitudinal data
4. The district has a system in place that ensures district staff, site administrators, and teachers receive the appropriate professional development and ongoing support on the district data system. Teachers know how to access, retrieve, interpret, and use data to inform classroom instruction.
5. The district has a system in place for communicating student achievement data in a comprehensible way to teachers, parents, community members, and other stakeholders.