SamStage1

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results=
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Student Data Standards ([|Maine Department of Education])
 * Guidelines for collecting and entering required data into the state's student information system.
 * The Maine DOE requires accurate data for financial, assessment & accountability purposes.
 * This unit with focus primarily on Enrollment data (Student Personal & Student Enrollment fields). ||

//What understandings are desired?//

 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * * enrollment data in our local Student Information System directly impacts both State funding __and__ local administration.
 * the importance of accuracy should lead to evaluation and possible re-design of data collection and data entry procedures.
 * the purpose and coding for much of our data collection is defined by state and federal agencies. ||

//What essential questions will be considered?//

 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * * How does inaccurate data affect the school district?
 * What are my daily data collection and data entry procedures, and are they adequate?
 * Why is each piece of data collected, and why is consistent coding important? ||

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
- what values belong in each field - who uses each piece of data
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * The Data:

Accuracy & Evaluation: - how to evaluate data procedures - how to improve data procedures

Funding: - state funding formula - reporting dates and timeline || * explain how state data collections affect district funding (U1).
 * evaluate current data entry procedures (U2).
 * build new procedures to improve data accuracy (U2).
 * criticize state data collection procedures and definitions (U2,U3)
 * consider the needs of all data users (U1,U3)
 * recognize situations where inaccurate data is detrimental to the district (U1) ||


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**