Data Use, Collection, and Application

 Elementary English language arts teachers constantly collect data on literacy-related tasks to track and analyze student progress and teacher efficacy.  The purpose of this assignment is to collect data during your field experience and use it to select appropriate research-based methods and strategies for teaching English language arts.  In this assignment, you will use the “Data Use, Collection, and Application” worksheet to conduct a needs assessment with one student from the class. Use the data collected to select appropriate, research-based instructional strategies and assessments for meeting the needs of this student. Choose a student who has an IEP to gain experience in working with students who have diverse learning needs. For confidentiality purposes, do not include the student’s full name.  Spend the remainder of your field experience hours observing your teacher or another language arts teacher in your school, looking for evidence of summative and formative assessment.