Analysing data to improve student learning

A teacher works with three colleagues to analyse samples of her student’s work and assessment tasks. The teachers identify the strengths and areas for improvement in writing and set learning foci and instructional teaching strategies for future learning and teaching. The collegiate activity is designed to strengthen teaching and learning approaches across the entire year level. The clip also includes extracts from a lesson.

The school is located west of Melbourne in a semi-rural suburban area. It has many students from diverse language and cultural backgrounds. Staff members regularly work together in professional learning teams to analyse and review student learning needs and to support one another to develop strategies to support student learning.