The 5-Minute Weekly Data Snapshot

One signal. One decision. Every Friday.

The most common data problem in K-12 classrooms is not too little data — it is too much, with no system for deciding what to do about any of it. This tool constrains the problem: one signal per week, one action, one honest check the following Friday on whether it worked. The 10-week log creates a full-year audit trail that serves three audiences: the teacher own professional growth, the admin who asks what data you are using to drive instruction, and the RTI team that needs to see whether patterns were noticed before a referral. The signal type menu gives teachers six categories — assessment, engagement, climate, celebration, attendance, and instructional reflection — because signals beyond academics matter and rarely get recorded. The data literacy lesson embedded here teaches the most important data skill: the discipline of acting on fewer, higher-quality signals produces better instructional decisions than collecting more data.