STAAR Data Walls

1. STAAR Data Walls By: Steffanie Dunbar

2. Data Walls Overview

3. Purpose • The purpose of creating data walls was to ensure teachers and staff had access to a quick and easy glance at their student’s testing information from the previous year in order to aide in lesson planning and tutorial sessions.

4. Planning • Planning began after a meeting at a different school in which the principal noticed their data walls and wanted to incorporate it on our campus. • Student identification pictures were printed, as well as any special education indicators, all testing information from the previous year, and notecards and colored dots were purchased for coding purposes. • Creation of the data walls took place during a campus staff development day.

5. Data Wall coding sheet • Each student was symbolized with a notecard that had their name, picture, identification number, any special education indicators, and their testing data from the previous year. • Large Colored Dots: • Green= 100-88% • Yellow= 87-75% • Blue= 74-62% • Orange= 61-51% • Red= 50% and below • Small Colored Dots: • Green= Economically Disadvantaged • Blue= At-Risk • Red= Special Education • Yellow= Limited English Proficiency • Black= Gifted and Talented

6. Data Wall Student Notecard Examples

7. Teachers and staff creating data walls

8. Actual data walls

9. Conclusion • After notecards were completed, teachers attached them to correct data walls according to their percentiles. • Several weeks after the completion of the project, a survey was given to teachers and staff. Results indicated that the data wall system had a positive impact on lesson planning and tutorial sessions as teachers were able to easily see where their students were academically and plan lessons/tutorial sessions accordingly.