Frontline Education Blog | Ideas for School Leaders

By Theodora Schiro, M.Ed., on 10/21/2021

Why Use Baseline Data to Drive Decisions in K-12 Education?

Believe it or not, data wasn’t always a factor in decision-making in schools. A lot of decisions were made subjectively. Lacking efficient digital records, educators didn’t have the data needed to make objective decisions. Fortunately, teaching has evolved into a science based on facts.

By Jim Wright, Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education on 8/29/2019

8 Steps to Monitor Progress on Tier 2/3 Reading Interventions

Whenever I can, I like to visit the American southwest and hike in rocky desert terrain. I often find small piles of stones (cairns) placed at intervals as trail markers. Hikers are always on the lookout to spot the next cairn, moving from signpost to signpost to successfully navigate the trail. Trekkers who ignore the progress-monitoring information of these trail markers can quickly wander off the track and become lost.

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By Jim Wright, Contributing Consultant to Frontline Education on 8/21/2017

Your RTI and MTSS Academic Screening Process: Performing a Check-Up

School-wide academic screeners provide the equivalent of air traffic control for RTI/MTSS and lend considerable power to the RTI/MTSS model. Because so much of the impact of RTI/MTSS depends upon the quality and use of screening data, veteran RTI/MTSS districts should start the school year by reviewing their school-wide screening procedures.