Running Records Google Data Sheet (Teacher's College / Guided Reading)

Ever get tired of running records? This custom Google Sheet will make data entry exciting! The Sheet is designed to track running records for one teacher up to an entire elementary school - and it's easy to use!

*Note: The independent reading levels are the work of the Teacher's College Reading & Writing Project, and can be found for free here. This Sheet is a tool that enables you to track your students' independent reading levels more efficiently.

Summary of this sheet’s [pretty neat] features:

• One tab for each grade level (from Kindergarten up to 8th grade)
• Up to 400 students can be entered per grade level.
• Each year's students stay together on the same tab from K-8 so teachers can easily see their progress from year to year.
• Running records can be entered five times per school year for each grade level.
• When data is entered, cells automatically change color to indicate each student's level.
• A notes column is included to identify students' teachers, or to indicate labels such as IEP, 504, ELL, etc.

I provide many other user-friendly, visual data sheets to help teachers track their students' growth! Here is a comparison of all my sheets:

Elementary Teacher

This is my most basic data sheet. It is designed for Elementary Teachers (or secondary teachers who only have one roster) and it will calculate average score and how many students are at each level of mastery.

Elementary PLC

This is similar to my most basic data sheet, but it is designed for PLCs of up to six teachers. Each teacher has their own tab to enter data, and the sheet also has a tab that compiles data from all six teacher tabs. In this way teachers can compare data using their individual tabs, and they can see how the entire group of students are doing in that grade level, etc.

Secondary Teacher

This data sheet is designed for Secondary Teachers with multiple class sections. There are enough tabs for eight class sections, and another tab that compiles data from all of the sections.

Do you want to track subgroups?

Subgroups may include traditional subgroups (IEP, FRL, etc.), but they are fully customizable, which means they could be used to track reading groups, intervention groups, etc. Here are the sheets that help teachers track subgroups:

Elementary Teacher w/ Subgroup Tracking

This data sheet is for one teacher (one roster) and allows the teacher to track up to six subgroups.

Elementary PLC w/ Subgroup Tracking

This data sheet is for a PLC (up to six teachers) and allows each teacher to track subgroups for their class, and the data from all subgroups is compiled on a separate tab.

Secondary Teacher w/ Subgroup Tracking

This data sheet has tabs for up to eight course sections, and it calculates subgroup data for each section while also compiling data for all sections combined.

Are there other options?

Customized Google Data Sheet

This option is available if you want a data sheet to make your life easier, but none of my standard options really meet your needs. If you download the PDF you will see a pricing guide, but this is only a guide. For example, if I can quickly modify an existing sheet to fit your needs then the price will be less. If I have to create a sheet from scratch, the price will be higher.

Why isn't there a secondary level PLC data sheet?

I try to make all of my data sheets generic enough that any teacher in any district can use it. For example, all of my secondary data sheets have enough tabs for eight course sections (I don't imagine that any teacher has more than eight sections). To make a generic PLC data sheet at the secondary level would look like six tabs for teachers, and each tab would have to have enough space for eight course sections. In other words, the data sheet would be so huge that it would become difficult to navigate. So if you would like a PLC data sheet at the secondary level, I can create one to your specs and it probably won't be so huge. Use the Customized Google Data Sheet option above.