Turning Data Into Action: One School’s Playbook

Literacy leaders often have plenty of data and still feel unsure what to do next. In this microwebinar, Bridget Beichler, Principal at Trailside Middle School in Virginia and Lexia® National Literacy Advisor Dr. Lori Silver unpack how a team moved from scattered dashboards to disciplined, purposeful data use that changed instruction.

You will hear how Trailside clarified the questions that mattered most, agreed on essential standards, and chose priority indicators such as skill checks for small-group instruction, comprehension growth as the long-term goal, and progress monitoring for MTSS/Tier 3. Bridget explains the infrastructure that made the data usable: schedule redesign, protected common planning, routine data-review days tied directly to lesson planning, and 8-week intervention cycles with flexible regrouping.

The conversation makes a clear distinction between screen time and intervention. Lexia data helps teachers identify what to teach next, but the teacher remains the intervention through targeted instruction and coaching. You will also learn how Trailside built teacher capacity with short, weekly professional learning and how students became partners through goal setting and conferences that track where I was, where I am, and where I want to go.

Walk away with a practical framework to reduce overwhelm, strengthen instructional decisions across content areas, and advance literacy equity with Lexia as a supportive partner. Ideal for principals and district teams, this session shows how to align tools, time, and routines so data consistently leads to Monday-morning teaching moves.