TEXT-CENTERED DATA CYCLES
A yearlong coaching cohort for literacy leaders and school teams
Build a clearer, more repeatable approach to reading data—one that centers on text complexity, strengthens daily instruction, prioritizes students, prepares thoughtfully for end-of-year assessments, and tells a more complete story of growth.
Five live sessions across the 2026–27 school year · Individual and school-team enrollment available
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“What reading standards did students fail to master?” is our default data question.
Often, it’s the wrong one.
Standard-level reports are common after benchmark assessments, but they rarely explain why meaning broke down or what teachers should do differently next.
A weak result on an “inference” question might actually reflect missing background knowledge, dense syntax, an unfamiliar text structure, or a plot shift students failed to notice.
Text-Centered Data Cycles push teams to study the reading demands behind the results and build instructional responses that fit the actual problem.
Want to see the full framework?
[Download the free 5-Cycle Reading Data Plan.]
What cohort participants will build
A repeatable data-meeting process
Move from score reports to a clear analysis of texts, tasks, and student needs.
Focused student priorities
Use multiple data points to identify which students need a more intentional push at key moments during the year.
Stronger instructional responses
Connect assessment findings to upcoming curriculum instead of defaulting to generic reteaching.
A clearer growth story
Connect student outcomes to the instructional choices that helped produce them.
Five coaching sessions guide teams through the major data moments of the school year.
01
Launch the School Year
Build shared language for text-centered analysis, preview the first major exam, and establish the yearlong data calendar.
The Year at a Glance
02
Analyze First Benchmark
Look beyond standards reports to identify the passage, task, or reading demand that best explains student performance.
03
Growth and Prioritization
Use multiple data points to identify who is thriving, who is stalled, and who needs a more intentional push.
04
Spring Crescendo
Prepare students to show what they know without replacing strong instruction with disconnected test prep.
For fuller descriptions of each cycle and when it occurs during the year, download the free 5-Cycle Reading Data Plan.
05
Tell the Story of Growth
Connect outcomes to the instructional work behind them and identify what the team should carry forward.
What your enrollment includes
Practical tools and support for carrying the five-cycle process across the school year
Five live coaching sessions
Session recordings and shared resources
Repeatable data-meeting protocols
Benchmark and text-complexity analysis tools
Growth and priority-student planning templates
Spring assessment-planning resources
Year-end reflection and data-storytelling tools
Discussion of implementation questions and selected team artifacts
Brief feedback on selected questions and artifacts between sessions
Who this cohort is for
Designed for literacy leaders and school teams responsible for improving reading instruction and making sense of assessment data.
Principals and assistant principals · Instructional coaches · Teacher leaders ·
Middle-grade reading and ELA teams · District, network, and charter leaders
Individuals are welcome. Schools will get the most from the cohort when a small leadership-and-teacher team participates together.