Question Bank for Data-Driven PLCs

Question Bank for Data-Driven PLCs

Check out the timeline below for great questions to ask at each stage of your PLC work! Click the + icon to open the questions for each area.

Investigating the data

Determining next steps for PLC work

Setting the purpose for looking at data

Reflecting on the data

Determining which data to analyze

Determining which data to analyze

• What data exists?
• Where and how can it be accessed?
• Which students are most impacted by this data?
• Does the PLC team all have a clear understanding of the data, the criteria for student success, and what constitutes exemplary work?

Setting the purpose for looking at data

• How are our students improving as writers?
• How do our outcomes vary by classroom?
• What impact has our after school math intervention had for student learning?
• To what extent has attendance impacted achievement for our students?
• What had the greatest impact for readers who made significant progress this year?

Investigating the data

• What is the evidence of student mastery in this data set?
• Where are students struggling?
• Where are there gaps in students’ understanding?
• What can we learn about students’ thinking by looking at this work?

Reflecting on the data

• What insights have we gained?
• What questions do we still have?
• What additional data is needed?
• What conclusions can we draw?

Determining next steps

• What steps could be taken next?
• What strategies might be most effective?
• What kinds of assignments or assessments could provide this information?
• What does this conversation make you think about in terms of your own practice, and about teaching and learning in general?

• What are the implications for equity?