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If the observation is an essential part of the evaluation system, then the interpretation and analysis of the observation data are at the heart of the feedback process. There are two essential functions that the evaluator should take into account when helping teachers interpret observation data. First, the evaluator plans a strategy for the management of the post-conference; the strategy dictates what issues to treat, which data to cite, what goals to aim for, how to begin, where to end, and who should do what. Analysis and strategy exist for the sake of understanding present events in order to exercise greater control over future events. In other words, the interpretation of today's teaching data is primarily for the sake of gaining a high probability of success in tomorrow's teaching. Second, the data must be analyzed; during the feedback conference, the evaluator attempts to support a teacher reflective process to make sense out of the observation data in order to make them intelligible and manageable.