Information and technology are now an integral part of everything we do. In fact, though it can frustrate us, we depend on it for even the simplest of tasks– and this reliance will only increase as we struggle to keep up with the children who now, in many cases, surpass us. RIDE will work with districts to:
 

• Evaluate school progress and student performance to ensure that the vision, strategic mission, and supporting goals and objectives of the district have been implemented effectively.
   
• Collect, analyze, and use data to plan instruction, to set instructional priorities, to allocate resources, and to be accountable for student performance.
   
• Provide professional development and ongoing support on interpreting and using data to school-committee members, parents, school staff, members of school-improvement teams, and other individuals or groups responsible for school planning.
   
• Ensure that all instructional staff have access to a robust student-information system, including a local formative-assessment system, and that all district educators have sufficient skill to analyze available data to inform their instructional practices.
  
  
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