When assessing your district’s CCMR programsAs you begin to consider how to improve CCMR outcomes in your district, the first step is to craft questions related to a CCMR problem of practice in your district that will guide your inquiry process. The table below outlines several potential questions that you might explore. Next. Before contemplating solutions, it is important to gather and analyze multiple sources of data to help you develop a deep understanding of the CCMR problem of practice in your district.
After deciding on an area of inquiry, you will need to identify sources of information that will help to answer your questions. Types of information you might gather include: demographic data, assessments, accountability data, TAPR reports, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and district documents related to CCMR programs. Ideally, you will be able to gather data from multiple sources and then triangulate that information to ensure that a variety of sources corroborate your findings (see table below).
Depending on your district’s needs and the resources available, you may choose to focus on one or two questions or you may engage in a comprehensive inquiry that addresses all of the questions listed below. In a similar manner, for each question, you may choose to gather information from one data source or draw upon multiple data sources.
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