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District officials describe 'data journey,' show early-grade gains and new dashboards
Summary
Chippewa Valley Schools’ data team presented its approach to using academic, attendance, behavioral and perception data to guide instruction, citing examples of building-level growth and new dashboards to support leadership coaching.
Chippewa Valley Schools administrators presented a districtwide "data journey" on Aug. 12, describing how teachers, building leaders and central administrators use formative, interim and summative measures—along with attendance, behavioral and perception data—to guide instruction and interventions.
Executive Director of Elementary Education Marina Licari said the district has structured regular data conversations across classrooms and buildings and emphasized that data use is intended “to meet the needs of the whole child.” Director of Assessment and Data Analysis Nioka Wright showed building-level examples and dashboards designed to surface specific instructional needs for teachers and leaders.
Wright highlighted two examples presented to the board: at one elementary building kindergarten students measured at 48% at fall baseline and reached 79% at spring on a FastBridge measure at that site; another building’s fifth-grade cohort rose from 54% to 71% on a building-level measure.
Administrators said the district relies on FastBridge at the elementary level and NWEA at the secondary level for benchmark and interim checks, and on M-STEP for summative data when those state results arrive; they noted M-STEP results are often embargoed and arrive later in the academic year. To make timely decisions, the district also uses dashboards that aggregate FastBridge/NWEA and local measures so principals and coaches can target supports.
Licari and Wright described leadership-coaching visits, student-study teams and collaborative-team meetings as regular, structured times when staff dig into data and decide next steps. The presenters credited reading interventionists and district support for enabling consistent intervention across buildings.
Board members praised the presentation and asked about team composition and districtwide trends; presenters said growth is visible districtwide with variation by building and grade and that the new dashboards help identify places for targeted support.
Next steps: staff said they will continue to roll out dashboard tools and leadership coaching and will incorporate findings into the district’s strategic plan implementation.
