Data+Management

__DATA MANAGEMENT (collect, organize, analyze, share)__
Technology is extrememly useful for data management in all areas of collecting, organizing, analyzing and sharing data. Classroom response systems, also known as "clickers", allow teachers to access data in real time as students are testing/quizzing to track student progress and to gather information about what students are learning. These systems also allow teachers to organize data by creating about a dozen different reports for students from study guides to item and standard analysis on tests. Because teachers can immediately access this data and process these reports, it makes it easy for them to reteach key areas where students might be missing information or misunderstanding a concept. Additionally, since some the reports can be exported to programs lke Microsoft Excel, teachers can share data about classes or can combine data from multiple users, as long as they are in a similar format. Additionally, since this program has the ability to group questions by standard, teachers can see specifically which standard students struggle with by using that report or with an item analysis, teachers can see a specific breakdown of what student answered what on each question and can understand where students might have gone wrong on a question. This is a much faster method than scantron or grading by hand and makes collecting, organizing, and analyzing data much easier and must faster than other methods. __Tools:__ CPS - classroom performance systems Microsoft Excel Software such as Coach Connected __Information Resources:__ __Strategies and Ideas:__