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The Using Data Process accommodates both long- and short-cycle improvements. The 19 tasks can unfold over a 1- to 1½-year implementation cycle and can operate as the school’s ongoing school improvement system. The team goes through a rigorous process of examining multiple data sources, identifies a problem, uses other data sources to verify the causes of the problem, and builds a logic model to link school improvement strategies to desired outcomes. They carefully plan implementation and monitor results. They think systemically and develop plans to improve several aspects of their system, such as their policies, grouping practices, and instructional materials.

But a Data Team can also move much more quickly through the Using Data Process, even in a week or a month. For example, the Data Team examines quarterly benchmark assessment data one day and discovers a student-learning problem related to specific content. They immediately generate possible solutions, which are tested out in the classroom that week, gathering data to assess whether the solution improved student understanding of the specific content. Within the longer-term improvement process, the Data Team is continually improving instruction by regularly monitoring student learning, implementing new practices, and collecting evidence of effectiveness. In this way, the Using Data Process combines the rigor of a long-term improvement process with the immediacy of short-cycle changes.