A major purpose of the monitoring plan is to put in place a system for the ongoing collection of data aligned with the content standard indicators/objectives you are responsible for teaching. You can't analyze data you don't have. And it is not useful to analyze data that is not aligned with your learning outcomes. Once you have the data, you are ready to analyze it.
Resources for Analyzing Classroom Data
Listen to Nancy Kalin describe what data tools her school has found useful and view how data is displayed in her classrooms.
Improving Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions: Asking the Right Questions and Acting on the Answers by Nancy Protheroe in the Summer 2001 issue of ERS Spectrum.
