Delivering Data to Improve Schools
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Friday March 29, 2013 9:21 Bryan Toporek |
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Friday March 29, 2013 1:59 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 1:59 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:00 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:00 Kathleen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:01 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:02 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:02 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:03 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:03 Rick Christofferson |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:03 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:04 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:04 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:04 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:05 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:05 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:06 Michael Schlesinger |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:06 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:07 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:07 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:07 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:08 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:08 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:08 Guest |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:09 Tracy Drew |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:09 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:10 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:10 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:10 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:12 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:13 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:13 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:13 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:13 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:14 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:14 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:15 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:15 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:15 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:16 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:16 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:16 Kate |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:17 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:17 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:18 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:19 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:19 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:19 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:20 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:20 Michael Schlesinger |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:21 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:21 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:21 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:22 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:22 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:22 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:23 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:23 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:24 dr.p@instructionalleadershipsolutions.com |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:25 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:25 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:26 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:26 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:26 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:27 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:27 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:27 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:28 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:29 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:29 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:29 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:30 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:33 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:34 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:35 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:35 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:35 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:41 Dr Steve |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:43 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:46 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:46 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:47 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:48 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:48 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:49 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:49 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:50 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:50 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:52 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:53 Moderator: Katie Ash |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:53 Michael Schlesinger |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:53 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:53 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:55 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:56 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:56 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:57 Paige Kowalski |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:57 Laura Hansen |
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Friday March 29, 2013 2:57 Paige Kowalski |
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Delivering Data to Improve Schools
Friday, March 29, 2013, 2 to 3 p.m. ETWhile school districts and states are collecting more data than ever on student performance, many barriers stand in the way of allowing teachers to access and use that data in meaningful ways to improve instruction. The fragmented nature of data systems within districts as well as states, and the lack of adoption of data standards, make it challenging to share data from one district to another and across state lines, creating an incomplete picture of how students are performing and what measures might help them, data experts contend.
Our guests talked about efforts to bridge those gaps and provide teachers with the data they need to raise student achievement. Metropolitan Nashville school’s Laura Hansen shared what the district has done to improve the usage of data by her teachers, and Paige Kowalski, the director of state policy initiatives for the Data Quality Campaign, provided a national view of how states are working to improve data sharing between districts.
Laura Hansen, director of information management and decision support, Metro Nashville school district
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