Student-involved data use: Teacher practices and considerations for professional learning

In student-involved data use (SIDU), students are guided in the tracking and analysis of their own learning data. Research, however, is scarce when it comes to the outcomes of this practice as well as to the knowledge and skills teachers need to productively engage students in this kind of data use. This study adds to the knowledge on SIDU by exploring the ways in which 11 teachers across five districts learned how to involve their students with data. Teachers' descriptions of practice and roots of learning specific to SIDU suggest considerations for the ways in which preparation and hiring entities might support teachers to engage in constructive data use.