Hightower Trail Middle School

Data Inventory
Amy Morris
Data Source Content Area Dates of Students Accessibility Current Data Use More Effective Use
Collection Assessed
State Reading – Math – End of All 8th Grade Intranet Used for Placement Consolidate all data
Assessment- Science – Physical School consideration but into one
EOG Test, Education Year – reading scores are used area/sheet for
Fitness gram May for success data. view. This could
help see where one
The school develops excels and where
SLO/SGM data in % form of one needs help.
SLO: students Lexile score at This could also help
Fall/Spring or above 1050. teachers to find
areas of weakness
Fitness gram data goes and strength when
home with school reaching some
report card for student students who are
view. struggling.

Track data
overtime to see
areas of weakness.
Ethnic groups,
gender groups,
attendance.
On Track for 4 Content areas: End of All 8th Grade Intranet, ONTRACK, Data is used to measure Same as above.
Graduation ELA, Math, Science, School Principal/AP/Counselor graduation/promotion Consolidating all
Social Studies or Year - to high school success data on content
World Language May rate. The number of areas into one
students who earned 4 document can help
 credits in core content teacher and
areas in relation to the students.
number of students Data (grades) can
who attempted 4 or be broken down by
more core content quarter to help
courses. intervention earlier
to increase
graduation rate.
Career Ready Personal All Year 8th Grade Internet/Intranet Data for CCRPI Discuss plans with
submission. It is based students. Meet
on the number of with students to
students who have help keep them
completed their accountable or
graduation plans in adjust plans.
school data base. Provide resources.
Advanced Any AC courses All year 6-8th grade Intranet, Synergy, Gifted/talented Track data over
Academics offered School Administration eligibility time to and see the
–Curriculum specialist breakdown of
Teacher 9th grade course course to student
placement grades given.

The school uses Track data to see

this for S.T.E.M the amount of
certification, students that drop
accolades for the out of AC classes or
school and add to AC classes
enrollment. The by grade
data is level/course.
developed by
percentage of
students taking
 Advanced Credit
classes.
Stakeholder Personal January  6-8th Internet –State Rate school climate Compare student
Satisfaction – grade Website based on student surveys (climate
GA School students survey. Provides data domain) to parent
Climate ALSO for school improvement and personnel.
Survey  Parents based on students views Maybe there is an
(personnel, of 6-8th of school climate. Helps overall climate
student, and grade HTMS become aware of issue hindering
parent)  Teachers some pressing issue that more than just the
and may hinder student students.
Personnel success.
Take the amount of
students who took
the survey and
break it down by
gender and grade
level.

Bringing awareness
to the data
collected can help
develop
conversations with
students about
issues.
Iowa 7th ELA Spring 7th grade Intranet, Principal Use IOWA 7th grade Track data
Grade District scores for placement overtime to ensure
Reading and intervention. students are
Students who score a gaining necessary
skills for 8th grade.
 7.1 or higher are
considered proficient.
CCRPI Scores NA Scores All Grades District Principal This is Georgia’s School Item analysis.
given out TeachersCommunity Accountability rating. Break down the
in The data is not used for data into areas that
April/May much other than need work and
assessing comparisons focus on
with other middle improvement
schools in the county. instead of EXTRA
HTMS has a goal to get POINTS.
about 100 every year.
Take data and
develop ways to
strength the weak
areas.

Conversation with
students/teachers
about results.
Math & Math and ELA Quarterly All students then Synergy Student placement and Coached discussion
Reading based on accommodations. about how results
Intervention intervention inform instruction.
Connections needs the Track data based
amount of on intervention
student’s needs in both
changes. areas.

Track data based

on
increase/decrease
in course grade by
 having an
INTERVENTION
CONNECTION class.
Unit All 18 week 6th-8th Teacher, Synergy Intervention Track data over
Assessments periods. longer periods of
Midterm. Course Placement time. Compare
Reflection data from one
on Units Student Benchmark school year to next.
Break down data
by unit to see areas
of
weakness/strength.

Grade level analysis

Teacher analysis
S.T.E.M All Quarterly All but only 10 TEACHER. Reflecting on student Inform instruction
Samples per teacher are T:Drive then works related to their
archived. downloaded by grade level focus in Create a sample of
Principal to be S.T.E.M. what is model
archived and erased Administration team assessments and
from T:Drive. Teachers analyzes data and looks what is not.
keep individual for misrepresentation,
examples for Higher Order Thinking Analyze trends for
professional portfolio assessments, and assessment paths.
and upload to TKES. overall representation IE: Do students
of S.T.E.M concepts on need more
grade level. technology in the
classroom to
Administration team develop more HOT
reflects on current assessments?
 curriculum and
instructional practices Develop a rubric to
for track assessment
improvement/strengths. scores overtime.
Make rubric school
Uses data to promote wide.
teacher leaders in the
school.
Other Student-Level Information
What other student-level information does your school collect?
Attendance/Truancy Retention Student Accomplishments
Behavior IEP/504 G.P.A.
After School/Before School
Activities
Data Wish List
Are there any other types of assessment data you would like to see your school collect and use to improve instruction?
Students: Number of Years in Cobb County School District? Technology use at home?
Students: Number of Special Education Students broken Student behavior (detention/iss/oss) verse grade promotion ( GPA/Grades)
down by services. Which students need 1 on 1 support vs
small group testing? This could help increase the need for
more SPED teachers.
Teachers use of technology….What technology do they use?
What technology do they want? SURVEY based on years’
experience and course teaching.
Resources:

Montgomery, L. (2018 July 7). Personal Interview.

Boudett, K. P., E.A. City and R. J. Murname. (2013). Data Wise: A Step‐By‐Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to
Improve Teaching and Learning—Revised and Expanded Edition. Harvard Education Press.