The New York City Department of Education

Kim McPherson, Principal

Lynden Nelson, Assistant Principal

Satellite East MS 301

344 Monroe St. 3rd floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Telephone 718-789-4251
Fax 718-789-4823

Collaborative Action Committee

Satellite East Middle School MS 301, in an effort to maximize impact on student outcomes, has
developed a specific, formalized method of generating, disseminating, and applying data.

The Satellite East Data Method is as follows:

Prior to building school wide data literacy
1. Generate Data
administer assessment
School wide
In core subjects
score assessment (core subject teachers)
2. Sort Data (core subject teachers)
group similar performance indicators
3. Disaggregate Data (core subject teachers)
separate data:
by grade
by class
by sub-group
by student
4. Disseminate data to all school based stakeholders

5/6. Study Data (all stakeholders)

Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
by grade
by class
by sub-group
by student
6/7. Set Goals (all stakeholders)
7/8. Implement Goals (all stakeholders)
Conference with students
(Re-)Teach
Assess
8/9. Revisit the goal/Share Results (all stakeholders)
meet with Inquiry Team
discuss results/findings
plan next steps
9/10. Repeat

After developing a fully data literate staff

1. Generate Data
administer assessment
School wide
In all subjects
score assessment (all stakeholders)
2. Aggregate the data
combine assessment results from various
stakeholders (Inquiry/grade team
chairperson)
3. Disseminate data to all school based stakeholders

4. Sort Data (all stakeholders)

group similar performance indicators
5. Disaggregate Data (all stakeholders)
separate data:
by grade
by class
by sub-group
by student