Description or Nah?
STEP On!
ATLAS Essentials & Origins
Were You Paying Attention?
ATLAS + DRIVEN Connections
100

This ATLAS step asks, “What do we notice about the student work?”

What is Description?

100

Describing what students can and cannot do without assigning blame or judging belongs to this step

What is Description?

100

ATLAS was originally designed to help which highly educated group of people?

What are teachers?

100

Last we used data from the SC Ready No Test Score form. How many students received a no score for the SC READY Writing Section?

What is 123?

100

True or False? Using ATLAS to plan intentional scaffolds or lesson adjustments connects to the DRIVEN Determined Learners pillar?

What is False?

200

Description or Nah?  “Description” includes interpreting why students answered incorrectly

What is Nah?

200

This step asks, “What might this tell us about our instruction?”

What is Interpretation?

200

The protocol emphasizes looking at student work non-evaluatively. True or False?

What is True?

200

What type of faux data did we interpret in our first PLC session on the Atlas Protocol?

What is Missing Homework/Assignment Excuses?

200

Tracking student progress over multiple CFAs to inform future instruction connects to this pillar

What is Navigated Success?

300

List 2 things you might note during the Description step:

What are patterns, trends, errors, or student strengths. 

300

This step asks "What does this mean for our work?"

What is Implications?

300

This type of decision making ensures that instructional decisions are grounded in evidence rather than opinion.

What is data-informed decision making?

300

Which writing strategy did we model that can be used to analyze any text?

What is Mark the Text with a Purpose?

300

Noticing skill gaps and persevering to address them connects to this DRIVEN pillar.

What is Determined Learners?

400

Description or Nah? This step  asks: “What do the data patterns suggest about student understanding?”

What is Nah?

400

True or False: Analysis involves deciding next steps for instruction.

What is False?

400

Brining these documents to PLCs can help teachers match each question to the standard it assesses.

What are standards and/or pacing guides?

400

Which instructional strategy for sharing did your facilitators use that required you to write down one word or phrase and to call it out when they pointed to you?

What is WHIP It?

400

Students excel on recall questions but misapply concepts in context. Using ATLAS, you redesign lessons and reflect on prior teaching choices. Which pillar guides this analysis?

What is Reflective Practice?

500

Description or Nah? Observing that one type of question consistently confuses students is part of which step?

What is Description?

500

Observing student work without judgment or assigning grades happens in this step.

What is Interpretation?

500

Teachers must bring these items to PLC when preparing to use the ATLAS Data Protocol

What are student exemplars, copies of the CFAs, and data points.

500

Our theme for this school year is Driven by Success and each we have brought you numerous modes of transportation to get our students success. Which mode of transportation was used last week to "Drive our Students to Success"?

What is a hot air ballon?

500

After several ATLAS cycles, your team identifies a persistent gap in higher-order reasoning. You plan interventions, monitor progress, and reflect on instructional strategies for long-term student success. Which DRIVEN pillar is primarily represented?

What are Determined Learners?