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of 6— Gather Your Data
What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll be able to paste student assessment data into Claude and get back a plain-language narrative that tells the story of the data — ready to present at your next teacher data meeting. What used to take 45-60 minutes of spreadsheet interpretation and writing takes under 10 minutes.
What you'll need
- A Claude account at claude.ai ({{tool:Claude.free_tier}} handles most data tables)
- Student assessment data (MAP, iReady, benchmark, or district assessment — even a screenshot or copied table)
- Time needed: 20-30 minutes to learn the workflow; 5-10 minutes per data meeting after that
- Cost: Free (basic) / {{tool:Claude.price}} (Pro — useful for large datasets or PDF uploads)
How-To Guide: Use Claude to Write Data Narratives for Teacher Meetings
Step 1: Gather Your Data
You need some form of assessment data to analyze. The most common sources:
- MAP (NWEA): Export class reports as CSV or copy the summary table
- iReady: Export the diagnostic report for a class
- District benchmarks: Copy the score table from the dashboard
- Teacher-created assessments: A simple table works fine (name, score, percentage)
You don't need clean, formatted data — Claude can interpret messy tables. The key is having numbers organized by student or by subgroup.
Tools:Claude