The document discusses the importance of data gathering and collaboration among educators, administrators, parents, and students for school improvement in low-performing schools. It highlights the challenges and necessary reforms driven by legislation like the No Child Left Behind Act and the Every Student Succeeds Act, emphasizing the need for effective leadership and community ties. Additionally, it outlines the critical role of data analysis in identifying weaknesses and monitoring progress to enhance student achievements and overall school performance.

1. 1
Running Head: DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS
11
DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS
Data Gathering and Interviews
Introduction
School improvement has important on schools, which are low-
performing schools where the whole school should be turned
toward another path. There are changes of ways and that a
school can do with school improvement. Instructors,
administrators, and parents are to set objectives to assist the
school with improving each year on an institutionalize test and
other test to contrast them and others school presentations. With
the No Child Left behind Act in 2002 it expects leaders to take
a gander at each child as people and as gatherings and not
exactly at the aggregate school, making the act of ceaseless
improvement for all students. Be that as it may, this Act has
change and called Every Student Succeeds Act, it enable
schools for more important adaptability to decide best
interventions and improvement activities. For school
improvement, information should be gathered to distinguish
shortcoming and the qualities of a specific school. Instructors,
staff, administrators and parents are partners they thought of a
school improvement intend to upgrade student accomplishment
in the classroom and to prepare instructional procedures for
persuasive getting ready for school improvement.
School Reform
For a long time training, leaders have been pushing onto school
regions school changes that don't hint at any working while at
the same time giving short shrift to those that have a reputation
of working. In the classroom there are such a large number of
weaknesses and basic leadership that can be considered to

2. improve student accomplishment and to help school
improvement. School change or school upgrades results should
be changed. Among a meeting with the standard of WASC team,
they expressed that school improvement or school change is
followed up on the coordinated effort on administrators,
teachers, parents and students. Specialist assumes a critical job
in the school. There are a few schools with various
socioeconomics that can influence different results. Schools that
demonstrated achievement grasps fundamental help and these
backings are:
•
Leadership-Everyone in the school is a leader. An educator is
the leader in the classroom. Parents are leaders at home and
administrators are the leaders of an explicit school. Guideline
sorted out their staffs and their locale resources in help of
student learning. Whatever the guideline needs the school
pursues, here and there initiative can be a reason for
miscommunication, and they will simply accumulate
information from educators and guardians yet they do not want
to do with that information.
•
Improved people group ties the standard and school staff
examines out and made school additionally inviting for parents
and made connects to other network establishments. In an
instruction framework the mission of the school isn't just done
in the classrooms and the school itself. They need to also
enhance the network for assets, and to carry out their
responsibilities as nationals so the network will support a
school.
•
Increased proficient limits the school center around quality
expert advancement and consistent improvement. Teachers and
parents they share that proficient limit in the school. The

3. administrators are there to counsel and energize the staff. Be
that as it may, teachers are the center supposing that the issue
of school improvement is student accomplishment on standard
based test. Educators are not doing their jobs to assist these
students with their math and reading abilities.
With school change effort without great instructor and elevated
standards in school. Student will never improve their figuring
out how to the dimension that they require pass. Great devices
encourage the result of instruction and make it all the more
fascinating and energizing however the last nature of training
comes down to the nature of the instructor and the help from the
parents. In all schools and distinctive nations confront
difficulties in adjusting their training framework to the huge
changes occurring the world over. Partners in instruction need
to awaken students to think about hard through both natural and
outside motivating forces.
Student, Grades or Subject areas Impacted
Educator quality is generally accepted to be essential for
training. Conflicting proof that educator's certifications matter
for accomplishment. Student, evaluations and branches of
knowledge affected school improvement by amplifying person's
potential and are an essential for significant learning.
Educationists had endeavored in enhancing showing learning
forms, instructional planners are as yet seeking and testing to
get best strategies for ideal academic performance for students.
Instructors and students watching and listening spend
conventional methodology of encouraging a large portion of the
class time, and helpful learning seems, by all accounts, to be
disheartened in the classroom. In any case, student learning
performance and accomplishment in the classroom decides their
performance for the entire school.
On the off chance that the gaps of students are sufficient
students and experience issues in the classroom they will
influence the accomplishment of the school among assessment
and other school related exercises or evaluations. The effect of
evaluations, branches of knowledge the students and the teacher

4. cooperate to set objectives and enhance student
accomplishment. Such communications, student figure out how
to question issues, share thoughts, clarify contrasts and build
new comprehension on any branches of knowledge. The
educator can do significantly more to give assets and devices to
accommodate the student. Yet, the examination need to think
about hard and get ready for a test and have the capacity to pass
it. An incredible standard is the SBA test that students need to
take each year to quantify school accomplishment and a large
portion of the state funded school score underneath normal.
Since the educators are not showing the standard of the SBA in
their classroom which they need to include this to their
educational modules so the student can comprehend the test and
have the capacity to improve the SBA testing.
Why this reform is was needed?
School change or instructive change infers inquiries of social
generation and of state direction that are the catchphrases in
instructive change. These changes are dependably on the
political plan of nations and include the school to create social
advancement. The target of school change is to satisfy the
overall duties made regarding the matter of training. At the
point when school change includes is frequently made to change
and to change the academic framework in relations to
instructive logic, student approach, the educational modules,
instructional method, association, the board, financing and likes
with national advancement in this specific time allowance. It's
anything but a simple errand, to decide the degree of viability
of instructive changes on the planet.
Every nation has its achievements and disappointments in these
changes. All the school has their own shortcoming to decide a
change in their framework. Administrators, staff, parents and
student should all cooperate to construct this change for the
better of the school, students and the network. It is an
exceptionally troublesome procedure however cooperating is the
way to progress. Everybody in the specific school or level can

5. succeed and have the instruction that they expected to construct
future objectives. Educators and parents must be upheld deep
insect students should be anxious to learn and understand in the
classroom and advise the parents that these changes depends on
students presentations in the classroom.
Types of Data used to assess this need and why?
There are numerous sorts of information educators gathers to
help school improvement. Here in Western Elementary school.
Enlistment information is imperative. Managers gathers have
numerous students are selected in that school year and attempt
to contrast with the earlier years if the enlistment went down or
expanding. As per DOE responsibility group, they have
introduced the information of the standard based test, the school
preformed inadequately a year ago with a score of proficiency
level for ELA, and Math. In any case, there will be a connection
with the information that I gathered. To expound on the
Mathematics information of this evaluation in my nearby state
from 2014 there was 42 percent of student were basic, however
48% of students were below basic. Contrasting in 2017, student
performance and the percent of underneath essential expanded
by 43% and 47% students were basics. From this information
that was displayed from the responsibility group of this school
year this SBA needs improvement there is more students in this
school however the scores are not coming up where it should be.
Stakeholder involved in the decision making process and how?
In a school setting parents, teachers, administrators, and
community leaders are partners in the training division. Ms.
Avasa expressed that basic leadership in the school setting the
educators and chairman meets up to enable deal with an issue in
the school. They can't settle on an ultimate choice except if
everybody chooses one outcome that they will concur and this is
occurred among workforce conference. Those gathering
educators are educated on current issues that has been happen in
classroom, the workplace and the earth. Partners get included

6. for changes and support of a decent aim. They need to function
as a group to show these students and plan additional
educational modules exercises for student to encounter fun
learning in the school. In any case, in the classroom, parents
should be educated and within their report cards they need to
ensure that the following term they need to demonstrate
incredible enhancement of the branches of knowledge and to use
sound judgment that can affect the student accomplishment and
the standard based test.
How reform effort is being monitored?
Educational systems around the globe have been progressively
under strain to enhance student accomplishment and advance the
school change adequately in national and worldwide economies.
Many have been executing all inclusive changes concentrated on
foundational change, in light of the possibility that a school's
performance will be fortified by a sound vision and a
methodology that will considers each part of the school
activities in classified limiting and changing of a school culture.
In the United States school change has maybe turned out to be
most conspicuous as a key system focused to schools
distinguished as least performing under the No Child Left
behind Act.
A large number of the schools have gotten Title 1 school
enhancement concedes that finance execute of change moved
toward, for example, the school turnaround demonstrate and the
school change display, which expect school to receive new
administration structures, foundation far reaching instructional
change, make network arranged schools and have operational
adaptability. As indicated by a Western Elementary school
change depends on student accomplishment and the joint effort
of workforce and partners. Inside a year a school should be
capable accomplish a specific objective and with that they need
to think of an arrangement to change a school. Educators,
administrators, network suppliers, and parents need to assist
them with this change.

7. Types of data will be collected to evaluate the results.
This was the enrollment data that Western Elementary school
from last year that could be updated and there was a drop from
last year from all the years. According to this data, some
students were dropouts and some were not able to attend
(American Samoa Department of Education, 2018).
Enrollment Trend
Filter Criteria:
School Year
2017-2018
School
Western Elementary School
Grade Level
[All]
Total of 8 row(s) with 10000 Row Limit
School Year
Total
2010-2011
1333
2011-2012
1346
2012-2013
1342
2013-2014
1352
2014-2015
1302
2015-2016
1255
2016-2017
1225
2017-2018

8. 1192
The other data that can help for school improvement is the SBA
data. This SBA data represent a huge drop of Central High last
year. Due to these results teacher, parents and administrators
need to have be able to come up some strategies for the better of
the school. Central high is very good with some of the extra
curriculum activities however, these results are based on their
academics and this shows that the teachers are not teaching
them the entire thing that they have to do in the classroom.
Majority of the students are below average. This year the
students’ needs to consider and try to practice the SBA test in
their classroom.
Annual Trend
Filter Criteria:
School Type
Elementary School
School
Western Elementary School
Test
SBA
Test Subject
ELA
Total of 14 row(s) with 10000 Row Limit
Year
Test Result
# Scores
2014-2015
Basic
115
2014-2015
Below Basic
94
2014-2015
Proficient

9. 32
2015-2016
Basic
89
2015-2016
Below Basic
136
2015-2016
Proficient
40
2016-2017
Advanced
5
2016-2017
Basic
74
2016-2017
Below Basic
112
2016-2017
Proficient
36
2017-2018
Advanced
1
2017-2018
Basic
134
2017-2018
Below Basic
218
2017-2018
Proficient
18
With the data and interview that I have conducted school
improvement is based on student achievements and the support

10. of teachers, parents and administrators. However, with
collaboration teaching the future generation of American Samoa
these students can be something in the future and if these data
are increasing the numbers this year it means that we teachers
and parents have done our part to reform Central High School.
There are so many ways to help an educational cite with their
school improvement. Communication is very important for
school improvement. There are so many decisions about how to
support school to improve on their academics and base on the
data that have collected and the interview that I have conducted
there are so much to do to help a school but it starts from the
classroom and the parents.
References
https://www.doe.as/apps/departments/index.jsp?show=ESD
Kowalski, T. J., Lasley II, T. J., & Mahoney, J. W.
(2007). Data-driven decisions and school leadership: Best
practices for school improvement.
American Samoa Department of Education. (2018). Edvantage
Dashboard. Retrieved from
https://lds.doe.as/PublicDashboard/portalHome.jsp
1
Running Head: DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS
11
DATA GATHERINGS AND INTERVIEWS
Data Gathering and Interviews
Introduction
School improvement has important on schools, which are low-
performing schools where the whole school should be turned
toward another path. There are changes of ways and that a
school can do with school improvement. Instructors,
administrators, and parents are to set objectives to assist the
school with improving each year on an institutionalize test and

11. other test to contrast them and others school presentations. With
the No Child Left behind Act in 2002 it expects leaders to take
a gander at each child as people and as gatherings and not
exactly at the aggregate school, making the act of ceaseless
improvement for all students. Be that as it may, this Act has
change and called Every Student Succeeds Act, it enable
schools for more important adaptability to decide best
interventions and improvement activities. For school
improvement, information should be gathered to distinguish
shortcoming and the qualities of a specific school. Instructors,
staff, administrators and parents are partners they thought of a
school improvement intend to upgrade student accomplishment
in the classroom and to prepare instructional procedures for
persuasive getting ready for school improvement.
School Reform
For a long time training, leaders have been pushing onto school
regions school changes that don't hint at any working while at
the same time giving short shrift to those that have a reputation
of working. In the classroom there are such a large number of
weaknesses and basic leadership that can be considered to
improve student accomplishment and to help school
improvement. School change or school upgrades results should
be changed. Among a meeting with the standard of WASC team,
they expressed that school improvement or school change is
followed up on the coordinated effort on administrators,
teachers, parents and students. Specialist assumes a critical job
in the school. There are a few schools with various
socioeconomics that can influence different results. Schools that
demonstrated achievement grasps fundamental help and these
backings are:
•
Leadership-Everyone in the school is a leader. An educator is
the leader in the classroom. Parents are leaders at home and
administrators are the leaders of an explicit school. Guideline
sorted out their staffs and their locale resources in help of

12. student learning. Whatever the guideline needs the school
pursues, here and there initiative can be a reason for
miscommunication, and they will simply accumulate
information from educators and guardians yet they do not want
to do with that information.
•
Improved people group ties the standard and school staff
examines out and made school additionally inviting for parents
and made connects to other network establishments. In an
instruction framework the mission of the school isn't just done
in the classrooms and the school itself. They need to also
enhance the network for assets, and to carry out their
responsibilities as nationals so the network will support a
school.
•
Increased proficient limits the school center around quality
expert advancement and consistent improvement. Teachers and
parents they share that proficient limit in the school. The
administrators are there to counsel and energize the staff. Be
that as it may, teachers are the center supposing that the issue
of school improvement is student accomplishment on standard
based test. Educators are not doing their jobs to assist these
students with their math and reading abilities.
With school change effort without great instructor and elevated
standards in school. Student will never improve their figuring
out how to the dimension that they require pass. Great devices
encourage the result of instruction and make it all the more
fascinating and energizing however the last nature of training
comes down to the nature of the instructor and the help from the
parents. In all schools and distinctive nations confront
difficulties in adjusting their training framework to the huge
changes occurring the world over. Partners in instruction need
to awaken students to think about hard through both natural and
outside motivating forces.

13. Student, Grades or Subject areas Impacted
Educator quality is generally accepted to be essential for
training. Conflicting proof that educator's certifications matter
for accomplishment. Student, evaluations and branches of
knowledge affected school improvement by amplifying person's
potential and are an essential for significant learning.
Educationists had endeavored in enhancing showing learning
forms, instructional planners are as yet seeking and testing to
get best strategies for ideal academic performance for students.
Instructors and students watching and listening spend
conventional methodology of encouraging a large portion of the
class time, and helpful learning seems, by all accounts, to be
disheartened in the classroom. In any case, student learning
performance and accomplishment in the classroom decides their
performance for the entire school.
On the off chance that the gaps of students are sufficient
students and experience issues in the classroom they will
influence the accomplishment of the school among assessment
and other school related exercises or evaluations. The effect of
evaluations, branches of knowledge the students and the teacher
cooperate to set objectives and enhance student
accomplishment. Such communications, student figure out how
to question issues, share thoughts, clarify contrasts and build
new comprehension on any branches of knowledge. The
educator can do significantly more to give assets and devices to
accommodate the student. Yet, the examination need to think
about hard and get ready for a test and have the capacity to pass
it. An incredible standard is the SBA test that students need to
take each year to quantify school accomplishment and a large
portion of the state funded school score underneath normal.
Since the educators are not showing the standard of the SBA in
their classroom which they need to include this to their
educational modules so the student can comprehend the test and
have the capacity to improve the SBA testing.
Why this reform is was needed?

14. School change or instructive change infers inquiries of social
generation and of state direction that are the catchphrases in
instructive change. These changes are dependably on the
political plan of nations and include the school to create social
advancement. The target of school change is to satisfy the
overall duties made regarding the matter of training. At the
point when school change includes is frequently made to change
and to change the academic framework in relations to
instructive logic, student approach, the educational modules,
instructional method, association, the board, financing and likes
with national advancement in this specific time allowance. It's
anything but a simple errand, to decide the degree of viability
of instructive changes on the planet.
Every nation has its achievements and disappointments in these
changes. All the school has their own shortcoming to decide a
change in their framework. Administrators, staff, parents and
student should all cooperate to construct this change for the
better of the school, students and the network. It is an
exceptionally troublesome procedure however cooperating is the
way to progress. Everybody in the specific school or level can
succeed and have the instruction that they expected to construct
future objectives. Educators and parents must be upheld deep
insect students should be anxious to learn and understand in the
classroom and advise the parents that these changes depends on
students presentations in the classroom.
Types of Data used to assess this need and why?
There are numerous sorts of information educators gathers to
help school improvement. Here in Western Elementary school.
Enlistment information is imperative. Managers gathers have
numerous students are selected in that school year and attempt
to contrast with the earlier years if the enlistment went down or
expanding. As per DOE responsibility group, they have
introduced the information of the standard based test, the school
preformed inadequately a year ago with a score of proficiency
level for ELA, and Math. In any case, there will be a connection

15. with the information that I gathered. To expound on the
Mathematics information of this evaluation in my nearby state
from 2014 there was 42 percent of student were basic, however
48% of students were below basic. Contrasting in 2017, student
performance and the percent of underneath essential expanded
by 43% and 47% students were basics. From this information
that was displayed from the responsibility group of this school
year this SBA needs improvement there is more students in this
school however the scores are not coming up where it should be.
Stakeholder involved in the decision making process and how?
In a school setting parents, teachers, administrators, and
community leaders are partners in the training division. Ms.
Avasa expressed that basic leadership in the school setting the
educators and chairman meets up to enable deal with an issue in
the school. They can't settle on an ultimate choice except if
everybody chooses one outcome that they will concur and this is
occurred among workforce conference. Those gathering
educators are educated on current issues that has been happen in
classroom, the workplace and the earth. Partners get included
for changes and support of a decent aim. They need to function
as a group to show these students and plan additional
educational modules exercises for student to encounter fun
learning in the school. In any case, in the classroom, parents
should be educated and within their report cards they need to
ensure that the following term they need to demonstrate
incredible enhancement of the branches of knowledge and to use
sound judgment that can affect the student accomplishment and
the standard based test.
How reform effort is being monitored?
Educational systems around the globe have been progressively
under strain to enhance student accomplishment and advance the
school change adequately in national and worldwide economies.
Many have been executing all inclusive changes concentrated on
foundational change, in light of the possibility that a school's

16. performance will be fortified by a sound vision and a
methodology that will considers each part of the school
activities in classified limiting and changing of a school culture.
In the United States school change has maybe turned out to be
most conspicuous as a key system focused to schools
distinguished as least performing under the No Child Left
behind Act.
A large number of the schools have gotten Title 1 school
enhancement concedes that finance execute of change moved
toward, for example, the school turnaround demonstrate and the
school change display, which expect school to receive new
administration structures, foundation far reaching instructional
change, make network arranged schools and have operational
adaptability. As indicated by a Western Elementary school
change depends on student accomplishment and the joint effort
of workforce and partners. Inside a year a school should be
capable accomplish a specific objective and with that they need
to think of an arrangement to change a school. Educators,
administrators, network suppliers, and parents need to assist
them with this change.
Types of data will be collected to evaluate the results.
This was the enrollment data that Western Elementary school
from last year that could be updated and there was a drop from
last year from all the years. According to this data, some
students were dropouts and some were not able to attend
(American Samoa Department of Education, 2018).
Enrollment Trend
Filter Criteria:
School Year
2017-2018
School
Western Elementary School
Grade Level
[All]

17. Total of 8 row(s) with 10000 Row Limit
School Year
Total
2010-2011
1333
2011-2012
1346
2012-2013
1342
2013-2014
1352
2014-2015
1302
2015-2016
1255
2016-2017
1225
2017-2018
1192
The other data that can help for school improvement is the SBA
data. This SBA data represent a huge drop of Central High last
year. Due to these results teacher, parents and administrators
need to have be able to come up some strategies for the better of
the school. Central high is very good with some of the extra
curriculum activities however, these results are based on their
academics and this shows that the teachers are not teaching
them the entire thing that they have to do in the classroom.
Majority of the students are below average. This year the
students’ needs to consider and try to practice the SBA test in
their classroom.
Annual Trend
Filter Criteria:
School Type
Elementary School

18. School
Western Elementary School
Test
SBA
Test Subject
ELA
Total of 14 row(s) with 10000 Row Limit
Year
Test Result
# Scores
2014-2015
Basic
115
2014-2015
Below Basic
94
2014-2015
Proficient
32
2015-2016
Basic
89
2015-2016
Below Basic
136
2015-2016
Proficient
40
2016-2017
Advanced
5
2016-2017
Basic
74

19. 2016-2017
Below Basic
112
2016-2017
Proficient
36
2017-2018
Advanced
1
2017-2018
Basic
134
2017-2018
Below Basic
218
2017-2018
Proficient
18
With the data and interview that I have conducted school
improvement is based on student achievements and the support
of teachers, parents and administrators. However, with
collaboration teaching the future generation of American Samoa
these students can be something in the future and if these data
are increasing the numbers this year it means that we teachers
and parents have done our part to reform Central High School.
There are so many ways to help an educational cite with their
school improvement. Communication is very important for
school improvement. There are so many decisions about how to
support school to improve on their academics and base on the
data that have collected and the interview that I have conducted
there are so much to do to help a school but it starts from the
classroom and the parents.
References
https://www.doe.as/apps/departments/index.jsp?show=ESD
Kowalski, T. J., Lasley II, T. J., & Mahoney, J. W.
(2007). Data-driven decisions and school leadership: Best

20. practices for school improvement.
American Samoa Department of Education. (2018). Edvantage
Dashboard. Retrieved from
https://lds.doe.as/PublicDashboard/portalHome.jsp
Argosy University
School of Education Rubric
LASA 1 E6037 Making Decisions for Data Driven Change—
Field Experience: Data Gathering and Interviews
Campus
Student Name/ID#
Faculty Name
Date
Criteria
Unsatisfactory
(1)
Emerging
(2)
Proficient
(3)
Exemplary

21. (4)
Score
School Improvement Effort
(ISLLC: 1E, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4A, 5E; ELCC 3.1; CF:
1, 2; T&L/C&I: 2a, 2b)
Does not identify knowledge and/or theories to support area of
reform and programmatic changes. (3.1.a)
Identifies some of the knowledge and theories to support area of
reform and programmatic changes. (3.1.a)
Identifies most, but not all of knowledge and specific theories
to support area of reform and programmatic changes. (3.1.a)
Identifies key area of knowledge and specific theories to
support area of reform and programmatic changes. (3.1.a)
WEIGHTED BY 6
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<17
2=18-20
3=21-22
4=23-24
School Improvement Effort
(ISLLC: 1E, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4A, 5E; ELCC 3.1; CF:
1, 2; T&L/C&I: 2a, 2b)

22. Does not identify knowledge and/or theories to support area of
reform and programmatic changes. (3.1.a)
Identifies some of the research-based strategies and processes
needed to identify impacted students, grades or subject areas.
(1.2.b)
Identifies most, but not all of the research-based strategies and
processes needed to identify impacted students, grades or
subject areas. (1.2.b)
Identifies specific research-based strategies and processes
needed to identify impacted students, grades or subject areas.
(1.2.b)
WEIGHTED BY 5
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<14
2=15-16
3=17-18
4=19-20
Need
(ISLLC: 1A, 1.B, 1D; ELCC 1.2; CF: 1, 2; T&L/C&I: 1, 5)
Does not identify the actions used to identify, articulate, and
gain support of the reform effort and how they support the
school vision. (1.2.a)
Identifies some of the actions used to identify, articulate, and

23. gain support of the reform effort and how they support the
school vision. (1.2.a)
Identifies most, but not all of the actions used to identify,
articulate, and gain support of the reform effort and how they
support the school vision. (1.2.a)
Identifies specific actions used to identify, articulate, and gain
support of the reform effort and how they support the school
vision. (1.2.a)
WEIGHTED BY 5
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<14
2=15-16
3=17-18
4=19-20
Summary of Collected Data
(ISLLC: 1E, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4A, 5E; ELCC 3.1; CF:
1, 2; T&L/C&I: 1, 2a, 2b)
Does not identify key data and main points it supports. (3.1.a)
Identifies some of the key data and main points, but they are
weakly connected. (3.1.a)
Identifies most, but not all of the key data and connections to
program changes and student results. (3.1.a)

24. Identifies key data for connection and support of programmatic
changes. (3.1.a)
WEIGHTED BY 5
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<14
2=15-16
3=17-18
4=19-20
Knowledge of Data
(ISLLC: 2A, 2C; ELCC 2.1; CF: 1, 2; T&L/C&I: 2a, 2b)
Does not identify or make the connection between data
collection strategies and student results. (2.1.a)
Describes some data assessment techniques used to achieve
student achievement results. (2.1.a)
Describes how data assessment strategies and student results are
connected. (2.1.a)
Demonstrates in-depth understanding of how a variety and
multiple data assessment strategies and student results are
connected. (2.1.a)
WEIGHTED BY 5
Please Circle One

25. 1 2 3 4
1<14
2=15-16
3=17-18
4=19-20
Stakeholders
(ISLLC: 4A; ELCC 4.2; CF: 1, 2; T&L/C&I: 5)
Does not identify the actions used to target and gain support of
the appropriate stakeholders. (4.2.b)
Identifies some of the actions used to target and gain support of
the appropriate stakeholders. (4.2.b)
Identifies most, but not all of the actions used to target and gain
support of the appropriate stakeholders. (4.2.b)
Identifies specific actions used to target and gain support of the
appropriate stakeholders. (4.2.b)
WEIGHTED BY 5
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<14

26. 2=15-16
3=17-18
4=19-20
Monitoring
(ISLLC: 2B, 2D, 2H, 2I, 5E; ELCC 2.2; CF: 1, 2; T&L/C&I:
2a, 3)
Does not identify the actions and strategies used to monitor the
reform effort. (2.2.a)
Identifies some of the actions and strategies used to monitor the
reform effort. (2.2.a)
Identifies most, but not all of the actions and strategies used to
monitor the reform effort. (2.2.a)
Identifies specific actions and strategies used to monitor the
reform effort. (2.2.a)
WEIGHTED BY 5
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<14
2=15-16
3=17-18

27. 4=19-20
Educational Implications and Analysis
(ISLLC: 2B, 2D, 2H, 2I, 5E; ELCC 2.2; CF: 1, 2, 4; T&L/C&I:
2a, 2b)
Makes vague and unsubstantiated decisions; bias in analysis
may be evident. Little or no reference to data and/or how data is
linked to decision-making. (2.2.b)
Makes judgments that are arbitrary and biased. Judgments are
weakly
linked to data analysis and/or program changes. (2.2.b)
States implications of the collected data with some examples of
data analysis and connections to programmatic decision-making.
(2.2.b)
Clearly states implications of the collected data with
illustrations and examples of how data should be reviewed,
analyzed, and interpreted to make realistic and accurate
decisions for staff and student programming. (2.2.b)
WEIGHTED BY 6
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<17
2=18-20
3=21-22

28. 4=23-24
WRITING
MECHANICS
Spelling
Grammar & Flow
APA
STYLE & FORMAT
; CF 1, 2
Paper contains numerous errors in spelling, grammar, and/or
sentence structure that makes understanding the logic of the
paper extremely difficult. APA Manual conventions are not
followed consistently.
Errors in spelling and grammar exist and present some issues
related to understanding all elements of the paper. APA
conventions are followed. However, some mistakes are evident.
The paper follows normal conventions of spelling and grammar
throughout. Errors do not interfere significantly with
comprehension. APA style, conventions, and format are used
consistently throughout the paper.
The paper is error free in terms of mechanics. Transitions help
establish a sound scholarly argument and aid the reader in
following the writer’s logic. The paper is consistent with the

29. APA Manual throughout with little to no errors and would meet
the guidelines for a professional publication.
WEIGHTED BY 3
Please Circle One
1 2 3 4
1<6
2=7-8
3=9-10
4=11-12
Total Score
______/180
Comments:
Total Score=180
Unacceptable<136
Emergent=137-156
Proficient= 157-174
Exemplary=175-180