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

Boudett, Kathryn Parker [Editor]; City, Elizabeth A. [Editor]; Murnane, Richard J. [Editor];

ISBN 10: 1891792679 / ISBN 13: 9781891792670

Published by Harvard Education Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning
• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891792679
• ISBN 13: 9781891792670
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 14 ounces

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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 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.