Schools are evaluated by the performance of their students on high stakes assessments in the testing grades.  Improving instruction in all grades is the only long term way of improving your students’ performance on these assessments.

One clear indicator of student growth is to look at your school’s data.  Looking at one’s data can be overwhelming.  Not all of it is easy to get or understand.  Much can be misleading.  Some can  be inaccurate and can damage students if decisions are based on it.   The most valuable data comes from the assessments that are embedded in your instructional programs.

We Can Help You!

Learning Directions is an organization that provides instructional data systems for schools throughout New York City and Westchester County.  We manage, analyze, and disaggregate a school’s formative and summative data over a continuous cycle.  Each school receives a customized Student Track binder, on site support as well as professional development in order to improve student outcomes. 

Schools work with us because they believe that the only way to improve student performance is to make instruction more effective.  The only way to provide more effective instruction is to have data drive what is taught.  It is only what students actually learn that matters; teaching methods, curriculum maps, pacing calendars and formal observations do not matter if students are not learning.  In the business world if you want to improve something you must first be able to measure it. 

What matters is measured!

In your school the only thing that really matters is student learning.  This is exactly what Learning Directions will help you measure.  

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