From Marshall Memo 811:

Nine Questions for a PLC Data Meeting

            In this sidebar in All Things PLC, Robert Eaker and Janel Keating suggest an agenda for a grade-level teacher team looking at the results of an assessment given to all students. They suggest about five minutes for each item, with more time for two toward the end:

-    What are the “power standards” or learning targets measured by this assessment?

-    In what areas did our students do well?

-    What instructional strategies helped our students do well?

-    What skill deficiencies do we see?

-    What patterns do we see in the mistakes, and what do they tell us?

-    Which students did not master essential standards and which need additional time and support?

-    What interventions will be provided to address unlearned skills, and how will we check for success? (20 minutes)

-    Which students mastered standards and what is our plan for extending and enriching their learning? (10 minutes)

-    Do we need to tweak or improve this assessment?

“Team Analysis of Common Formative Assessments” in All Things PLC, Fall 2019 (p. 35); these questions come from Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom: District Leadership for Growing Professional Learning Communities at Work by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating (Solution Tree, 2012)