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="My Nine 'Truths of Data" =

__Education Week__ Commentary by Ronald S. Thomas - June 14, 2011 [[file:9 Truths About Data.doc]]


For over 20 years, I’ve been a data coach for hundreds of teachers, first as a top-level official in two Maryland school districts and now on the faculty of a university leadership center. I’ve had mountain-top experiences with school teams whose members really get what it means to use data to inform their instruction, and I’ve led sessions that were disasters.

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"Objectives That Students Understand"

__Educational Leadership__ May 2011 | Volume **68** | Number **8, Schools, Families, Communities**, Pages 86-87 Robert J. Marzano

Although hundreds of studies have shown that clearly communicating instructional objectives has a positive effect on student achievement, not all techniques for doing so have the same beneficial effects.

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