Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891792679 ISBN 13: 9781891792670

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2013

Synopsis

Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools’ abilities to capture teachers’ knowledge, foster collaboration, identify obstacles to change, and enhance school culture and climate.

This revised and expanded edition captures the learning that has emerged in integrating the Data Wise process into school practice and brings the book up-to-date with recent developments in education and technology including:

• The shift to the Common Core State Standards.
• New material on the “ACE Habits of Mind”: practices that prioritize Action, Collaboration, and Evidence as part of transforming school culture.
• A new chapter on “How We Improve,” based on experiences implementing Data Wise and to address two common questions: “Where do I start?” and “How long will it take?”

Other revisions take into account changes in the roles of school data teams and instructional leadership teams in guiding the inquiry process. The authors have also updated exhibits, examples, and terminology throughout and have added new protocols and resources.

About this title

About the Author

Kathryn Parker Boudett is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and director of the Data Wise Project. Elizabeth A. City is director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program and a lecturer on education at HGSE. Richard J. Murnane is the Thompson Professor of Education and Society at HGSE.

From the Back Cover

Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools’ abilities to capture teachers’ knowledge, foster collaboration, identify obstacles to change, and enhance school culture and climate. This revised and expanded edition captures the learning that has emerged in integrating the Data Wise process into school practice and brings the book up-to-date with recent developments in education and technology.

“Schools that embrace the Data Wise process exemplify the value that true school transformation happens from within the school, not from outside. Systemic, sustainable improvement in student performance is assured when a school makes Data Wise a part of its culture. From a district perspective, supporting our schools in their work with Data Wise is time well spent.” — Kathy Rollo, executive director, leadership and professional development, Lubbock Independent School District, Texas

“This book provides a great variety of useful ideas and tools for analyzing student achievement data. It serves as a significant resource for school leaders in utilizing data to improve instruction and student achievement.” — Gerald N. Tirozzi, former executive director, National Association of Secondary School Principals

Kathryn Parker Boudett is a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and director of the Data Wise Project. Elizabeth A. City is director of the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program and a lecturer on education at HGSE. Richard J. Murnane is the Thompson Professor of Education and Society at HGSE.

From the Inside Flap

In the wake of the accountability movement, school administrators are inundated with data about their students. How can they use this information to support student achievement? Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools ability to capture teachers knowledge, foster collaboration, identify obstacles to change, enhance school culture and climate, and improve students results. The contributors rich and varied experiences as exemplary school leaders and top scholars in the field of statistics and testing is reflected in the case studies that illustrate each chapter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891792679
• ISBN 13: 9781891792670
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Boudett Kathryn Parker, City Elizabeth A., Murnane Richard J.