Georgia Department of Education
August 11, 2021• Page 3 of 4
CONCEPT NOT EVIDENT EMERGING OPERATIONAL EXEMPLARY
7. DATA-DRIVEN
PRACT
ICE
S
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There is little or no evidence of
the use of data to guide and
inform decision-making and
problem-solving tasks.
Data is rarely used to develop,
implement, and monitor school
improvement processes.
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The school leadership team
gathers some data to make
decisions and solve problems,
but it tends to be summative and
is not necessarily timely.
Annual school improvement
goals are based on summative
data.
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The school leadership team shares in
decisions of real substance pertaining to
curriculum, instruction, assessment, and
professional development.
The school leadership team gathers
diagnostic, process, formative, and summative
assessment data in a timely manner to make
decisions, solve problems, and implement the
school improvement process.
Adjustments are made to the school
improvement plan, through short-term action
plans of 45-days or less, to address data-
based needs.
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The school leadership team is highly data-
driven; acquiring, analyzing, and displaying
useful and current data and identifying relevant
data patterns to make decisions and solve
problems at the student level.
The team understands that being data driven is
a cyclical process that leads to new ideas,
questions, and possibly the need for more data.
The team develops an annual calendar to
monitor formative data points throughout the
year.
Adjustments are made to the school
improvement plan, through 30-day short-term
actions plans, to address data-based needs.
8. CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEM
ENT
CYCLE
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There is little or no evidence of
a systematic process for
continuous improvement.
Topics relate to operations
only with no clear purpose.
Discussions focus on issues
and concerns in random
fashion with the principal
fielding these and attempting
to address them rather than
engaging the team in
collaborative problem solving.
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Topics extend beyond
operational issues.
There is some evidence that
improvement processes exist,
but these processes are
unsystematic and do not
intentionally target issues directly
impacting student achievement
or instructional practices.
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Leadership team
meetings are focused on
student achievement and continuous school
improvement. The leadership team addresses:
Where are we now?
Where are we going?
How will we get there?
How do you know?
The school improvement cycle includes
monitoring the implementation of initiatives
and using data to evaluate the impact of
curriculum, instruction, assessment,
interventions, and professional development.
The school improvement cycle ensures a
direct impact on student achievement,
instructional practices, and organizational
effectiveness.
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Leadership team
meetings are focused on
student achievement and continuous school
improvement. The leadership team continuously
addresses:
Where are we now?
Where are we going?
How will we get there?
How do you know?
The school improvement cycle includes
monitoring the im
plementation of initiatives and
using data to evaluate the impact of curriculum,
instruction, assessment, interventions, and
professional development.
The team reflects on improvement needs,
identifies desired outcomes, analyzes barriers to
achievement, and adjusts the school
improvement plan monthly.