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DataWORKS Educational Research
was created when co-founders
John Hollingsworth and Dr. Silvia Ybarra assembled a team of educators and data
analysts to collect, analyze, and use real student data to drive educational reform to
improve student achievement. DataWORKS started out providing analysis and disaggregations of
STAR test results for over 600 schools per year.
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The founders of DataWORKS realized that analyzing student test scores did not always lead to
improved student achievement. They began to ask themselves, do you raise test scores by testing
students or by teaching them? DataWORKS then shifted into a relentless focus on improving how
students are taught.
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Fundamental to the DataWORKS approach is the collection and analysis of teaching process data.
Time on task, alignment to standards, breadth of coverage of standards, and teacher practices are the
items where improvement directly produces improved student learning.
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DataWORKS has collected and analyzed over 2 million assignments from 48,000 classrooms revealing
that many students, especially low income students, are being taught two to four grades below grade
level preventing them from doing well on grade-level state tests. Curriculum Calibration has been
completed at hundreds of schools in California, in Washington DC, and over 1,000
schools in South Carolina.
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Building on the vast experience in analyzing student work, DataWORKS’ developed methods
to analyze and enhance classroom instruction. So far, DataWORKS observers have sat in
more than 25,000 classrooms observing and tallying teaching practices.
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DataWORKS has consolidated its research findings into the Targeted Improvement Model (TIM).
TIM is a school-wide reform model that focuses on building a school’s capacity to effectively
teach students grade-level standards regardless of what specific programs or textbooks are being used.
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Our research is also the basis for the highly acclaimed DataWORKS Developed Targeted Training
in areas such as Content Standards, Explicit Direct Instruction, Instructional Leadership,
Writing, Math, ELL Strategies, and Content Area Literacy. DataWORKS Educational Research works with
Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, and state agencies in supporting school reform for improved
student learning.
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DataWORKS’ expertise in school reform is in demand across the United States.
DataWORKS has trained thousands of teachers and administrators in many states including
California, South Carolina, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, and Maryland.
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