Data Chat Fun Facts
This short meeting between a teacher and student helps students reflect on progress and set goals.
What is a data chat?
A diagnostic test at the start of a term shows this about a student’s current learning.
What are baseline skill levels?
This end-of-lesson tool helps teachers see if students understood the day’s target.
What is an exit ticket?
Data that changes drastically day to day may signal this issue with the assessment.
What is inconsistency?
During a data chat, students should talk more than the teacher. This builds student ________.
What is ownership?
A student scoring “on grade level” on a diagnostic is often labeled as this.
What is proficient?
Exit tickets should include only this many questions so teachers can respond quickly.
What are 1–3 questions?
If most students miss the same question, it may mean the class needs this.
What is whole-group reteaching?
Simple visuals like bar charts or line graphs help students understand performance during data chats.
What are graphs?
Teachers usually group diagnostic results into strengths, needs, and ______.
What are growth opportunities? (areas of weakness will also be accepted)
Exit ticket data often guides the next day’s instruction, especially through timely ______.
What is reteaching (or intervention)?
Data that’s “too good to be true” may show the assessment wasn’t this.
What is reliable (or valid)?