5.2 Monitoring and Community Analysis

Section 5.2 on Monitoring and Community Analysis focuses on processes for states, districts and schools to use data to frequently and effectively measure, monitor and analyze progress towards learning goals and improve educational programs and services. It requires meaningful participation of students and parents or guardians in those processes and training for teachers, administrators, staff, students and parents to use data collection and analysis as part of their school-level planning and decision-making. Finally, it provides guidelines for creating community monitoring structures that are independent of the school system to analyze data, work with the school system to make improvements, and hear and address concerns from students, parents and community members.