Using data to inform practice

Summary

Educators use a wide range of data to inform and drive decision-making for their students. They rely on high-quality data to inform instructional strategies, target student services, and strengthen school/community partnerships. As they work to support students, educators may want to consider the wide range of Institute of Education Sciences' Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program resources available to inform their data use practices. This infographic provides an overview of several REL resources, as well as other tools, ideas, and strategies available to inform data use. Additionally, this infographic provides information that may inform data quality for students with families from the Freely Associated States of the Pacific (the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau).

• Dr. Katie Gao, REL Pacific (kgao@mcrel.org)

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