Graph as You Go: Practitioner-Friendly Data Collection and Analysis
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| Title: | Graph as You Go: Practitioner-Friendly Data Collection and Analysis |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Erinn E. Whiteside (ORCID |
| Source: | TEACHING Exceptional Children. 2026 58(3):186-193. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Intended Audience: | Practitioners |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Graphs, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Individualized Instruction, Progress Monitoring, Student Needs, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Worksheets |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00400599251346716 |
| ISSN: | 0040-0599 2163-5684 |
| Abstract: | Data collection and analysis is a critical skill for all teachers, especially those who provide special education services. The collection and use of data allows teachers to create individualized goals for students, monitor progress of learning, and adjust instruction as needed to support student needs. Graph as You Go is a simple, teacher-created formative assessment that allows teachers to collect data and analyze it regularly. Through the nature of the data sheet, the data is graphed automatically in each observation to visually represent the change in count of correct responses per session. Graph as You Go is an appropriate data collection method for goals with discrete responses, such as identifying specific targets, and more complex skills that can be broken down into a task analysis. Furthermore, Graph as You Go is helpful in collecting data on preacademic, academic, and functional skills. Seven steps are presented to practitioners that they can follow to prepare, implement, and analyze Graph as You Go data sheets in their classroom. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1500443 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Data collection and analysis is a critical skill for all teachers, especially those who provide special education services. The collection and use of data allows teachers to create individualized goals for students, monitor progress of learning, and adjust instruction as needed to support student needs. Graph as You Go is a simple, teacher-created formative assessment that allows teachers to collect data and analyze it regularly. Through the nature of the data sheet, the data is graphed automatically in each observation to visually represent the change in count of correct responses per session. Graph as You Go is an appropriate data collection method for goals with discrete responses, such as identifying specific targets, and more complex skills that can be broken down into a task analysis. Furthermore, Graph as You Go is helpful in collecting data on preacademic, academic, and functional skills. Seven steps are presented to practitioners that they can follow to prepare, implement, and analyze Graph as You Go data sheets in their classroom. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-0599 2163-5684 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00400599251346716 |
