data driven instruction

My school has many missions that are data driven. Increasing elegebility, increasing attendance, decreasing the drop out rate, increasing participation in the PSAT, increasing scores on the ACT and SAT, and a 100% passing rate for the HSAs are just a few missions my school is trying to focus on. For this discussion, I am going to focus on our HSA mission and how we use data driven instruction to support our students. When I reffer to the HSA I am reffering mostly to the Algebra test because that is the field I work in. When administration and our data analyzer look at HSA data they mostly use filemaker, but are learning how to use myMCPS. The data they gather pertains to student history with test taking. They usually analyse this data after the test is taken for the first time, meaning the data is mainly pertaining to students who did not pass the test. When analyzing this data they determine the best approach for the student as to how they can pass the test, or meet the graduation requirements. The options available to the students are continue taking each test with remediation, do a bridge project for a class you struggle with, or if the student is strong in a certain subject area try to have students raise his or her test score for that subject area so he or she can obtain the 1602 needed to graduate. For example, if a student has taken the test three times, has come in for remediations either after school, or at lunch, and can still not pass the algbra test, then this student would be recommended to complete a bridge project.
When analyzing HSA data for classroom instruction pertaining to the particular test taken, administration analyzes the data according to gender, demographics, teacher, and student's past ability on tests, MSA for example. If a certain teacher has a higher passing rate, then that teacher is asked to share classroom instruction that works for the students. Or if a certain demographic scores better, then a discussion and implementation of how to reach the other demographics takes place. With our data we are able to identify the students struggling, which is a focus of the school. We are also able to determine a means of helping the struggling students by analyzing past test scores, GPA, and attendance. Data driven instruction enables schools to identify struggling students and determine the best means of helping the student.
The only suggestion for utilization of our data resources would be to put all the data into one resource so every teacher and administrator has access to the information. I believe this is the mission or goal for myMCPS. Eventually all of our data from filemaker will be accessable in myMCPS, I hope.