South Carolina District Builds Its Data Culture
In the 2018–2019 school year, Spartanburg School District 7 in South Carolina began searching for a new formative assessment program that would help Spartanburg improve students’ performances on the state summative assessments. “What we really needed was data we could use throughout the year as a blueprint, showing us what we’re doing from one assessment to the next and letting teachers know, ‘This is how I need to target my instruction.’ With the tools we had at the time, I just didn’t see that happening,” explained Dr. Terry Pruitt, the district’s chief academic officer.
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