Collecting student data can be overwhelming, but there are some tips and tricks for keeping it organized and making sure that you have the data available when you need it.
Learn how to streamline your process after collecting student data so that you can save time and energy throughout the school year.
Organizing Student Data
There are a lot of ways to collect student data, but one of the most effective is the use of sticky notes. These notes allow you to quickly and easily jot down tally marks, short notes to refer back to and give you a great format for being able to easily access them at a later date.
Once you have collected student data on sticky notes, it’s time to break out the editable progress monitoring sheets that are part of the Endless Bundle of Data Sheets for Special Education.
On the Weekly Data Sheet, write the student’s name along the far left edge of the box. From there, jot down the specific activity that the child did on that day in the appropriate box to the right. Here is where you will reference your lesson plans for the week.
After the activity is written down, take the sticky note with the student data that you collected and jot down the student’s performance on that particular lesson.
For example, if you are doing Reading A-Z, jot down the specific title that you worked on for that day. Then write down the student’s performance.
You don’t need to jot down the data for each assignment, but it is a good idea to write it down for any assignment that is working on an IEP goal, is being graded, or that needs to be counted for another type of assessment.
Once you copy over all of the data from your sticky note onto the Weekly Progress Monitoring Sheet, place the sticky note on the back of the page.
The Weekly Progress Monitoring Sheet can then be filed in a folder in your filing cabinet and will show the weekly progress monitoring while also having the original data collection note right there with it.
You can also put a star or highlight the assignments that you have work samples for so that you can quickly and easily see which assignments you have saved samples of should admins or parents need to see it.
Collecting your data is only the first step. Once you’ve collected data, you need to ensure that you are graphing the data points and analyzing the data points to see if the student is or is not making progress… and what to do from there.
Everything lies in the data.
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