Schools And Data

Author : Theodore B. Creighton
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452238432

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Schools and Data by Theodore B. Creighton Pdf

Praise for the First Edition: "Creighton′s descriptions of the applicability and helpfulness of statistics for educators is especially strong. His use of plain language and school-based examples is crucial." -Scott McLeod, Assistant Professor University of Cincinnati Improve instructional leadership practice with proven, easy-to-understand strategies for data-based decision making! Since the first edition of Schools and Data, the No Child Left Behind Act has swept the country, and data-based decision making is no longer an option for educators. Today′s educational climate makes it imperative for all schools to collect data and use statistical analysis to help create clear goals and recognize strategies for improvement. Schools and Data, Second Edition, focuses on the relevance of statistics in the lives of principals and teachers. Real-life examples and step-by-step procedures for collecting and organizing data provide every school leader with the means to facilitate more appropriate and effective decision making. With a highly practical method for statistical analysis, this comprehensive yet reader-friendly new edition places special emphasis on: Connecting statistics and educators′ daily work Integrating applied technology, including Excel and SPSS software Strengthening educators′ data interpretation skills Building strong skills in problem analysis, program evaluation, data-driven decision making, and report preparation Increasing the focus on correlation and regression Packed with easy-to-follow instructions, illustrations, and real-world examples that educators can readily understand, this is an essential resource for school leaders who want to create meaningful, data-driven decisions! *Note: The author created web site that provides information and activities paralleling the individual chapters of the second education of Schools and Data text is NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

Author : Lorna M. Earl,Steven Katz
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483304090

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Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World by Lorna M. Earl,Steven Katz Pdf

Turn skepticism about data into knowledge for true educational reform! More versatile than mere number crunching and statistics, data can be an effective tool—or even a powerful catalyst—for change within a school. By replacing cynicism with conviction, learning to harness data′s power, and becoming good users of data to positively impact student achievement, school leaders can develop three crucial capacities: an inquiry habit of mind, data literacy, and a culture of inquiry. Lorna M. Earl and Steven Katz show educators how to become comfortable with data, and provide valuable tools for school improvement teams to use in their work, including: Vignettes to support group discussion Activities for practicing the ideas and concepts in the book Task sheets Short case studies with actual school data that show how the full process works in a school To improve schools, data can and should be a vital force in the change process. Using this essential resource, school leaders, school teams, study groups, and students of education can all make sense of data to plan and reform for maximum benefit.

Author : Shane Safir,Jamila Dugan
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071812662

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Street Data by Shane Safir,Jamila Dugan Pdf

Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doing Education can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of the focus being on "fixing" and "filling" academic gaps, we must envision and rebuild the system from the student up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ brilliance, cultural wealth, and intellectual potential. Street data reminds us that what is measurable is not the same as what is valuable and that data can be humanizing, liberatory and healing. By breaking down street data fundamentals: what it is, how to gather it, and how it can complement other forms of data to guide a school or district’s equity journey, Safir and Dugan offer an actionable framework for school transformation. Written for educators and policymakers, this book · Offers fresh ideas and innovative tools to apply immediately · Provides an asset-based model to help educators look for what’s right in our students and communities instead of seeking what’s wrong · Explores a different application of data, from its capacity to help us diagnose root causes of inequity, to its potential to transform learning, and its power to reshape adult culture Now is the time to take an antiracist stance, interrogate our assumptions about knowledge, measurement, and what really matters when it comes to educating young people.

Author : Alex J. Bowers,Alan R. Shoho,Bruce G. Barnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 1623967864

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Using Data in Schools to Inform Leadership and Decision Making by Alex J. Bowers,Alan R. Shoho,Bruce G. Barnett Pdf

A volume in International Research on School Leadership Series Editors Alan R. Shoho and Bruce G. Barnett, University of Texas at San Antonio Our fifth book in the International Research on School Leadership series focuses on the use of data in schools and districts as useful information for leadership and decision making. Schools are awash in data and information, from test scores, to grades, to discipline reports, and attendance as just a short list of student information sources, while additional streams of data feed into schools and districts from teachers and parents as well as local, regional and national policy levels. To deal with the data, schools have implemented a variety of data practices, from data rooms, to data days, data walks, and data protocols. However, despite the flood of data, successful school leaders are leveraging an analysis of their school's data as a means to bring about continuous improvement in an effort to improve instruction for all students. Nevertheless, some drown, some swim, while others find success. Our goal in this book volume is to bring together a set of chapters by authors who examine successful data use as it relates to leadership and school improvement. In particular, the chapters in this volume consider important issues in this domain, including: - How educational leaders use data to inform their practice. - What types of data and data analysis are most useful to successful school leaders. - To what extent are data driven and data informed practices helping school leaders positively change instructional practice? - In what ways does good data collection and analysis feed into successful continuous improvement and holistic systems thinking? - How have school leadership practices changed as more data and data analysis techniques have become available? - What are the major obstacles facing school leaders when using data for decision making and how do they overcome them?

Author : Ryan A. Estrellado
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000552935

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The K-12 Educator’s Data Guidebook by Ryan A. Estrellado Pdf

The K-12 Educator’s Data Guidebook is a comprehensive field guide for school professionals learning to use data. “Non-data people,” rejoice! Requiring no prior proficiency in data tools and programming, this book validates the implicit challenges of learning to use data to empower educators and features original real-world examples from in-service educators to illustrate common problem-solving. Each chapter uses stories, humor, and a human approach to set the tone for a safe and fun learning experience. Through this highly practical foundation, everyday educators can better engage school initiatives, professional development, and instructional challenges that require competent data use for improving school systems.

Author : Mense, Evan G.,Crain-Dorough, Mindy
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522531890

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Data Leadership for K-12 Schools in a Time of Accountability by Mense, Evan G.,Crain-Dorough, Mindy Pdf

The monitoring of data within educational institutions is essential to ensure the success of its students and faculty. By continually analyzing data, educational leaders can increase quality and productivity in their institutions. Data Leadership for K-12 Schools in a Time of Accountability explores techniques and processes of educational data analysis and its application in developing solutions and systems for instructional concerns and next-generation learning. Providing extensive research covering areas such as data-driven culture, student accountability, and data dissemination, this unique reference is essential for principals, administrators, practitioners, academicians, students, and educational consultants looking to maximize their institution’s performance.

Author : J. Yamin-Ali
Publisher : Springer
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137412393

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Data-Driven Decision-Making in Schools: Lessons from Trinidad by J. Yamin-Ali Pdf

Yamin-Ali shows how schools can undertake responsible decision-making through gathering and evaluating data, using as examples six fully developed case studies that shed light on common questions of school culture and student life, including student stress, subject selection, and the role of single-sex classes.

Author : Kim Schildkamp,Mei Kuin Lai,Lorna Earl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400748156

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Data-based Decision Making in Education by Kim Schildkamp,Mei Kuin Lai,Lorna Earl Pdf

In a context where schools are held more and more accountable for the education they provide, data-based decision making has become increasingly important. This book brings together scholars from several countries to examine data-based decision making. Data-based decision making in this book refers to making decisions based on a broad range of evidence, such as scores on students’ assessments, classroom observations etc. This book supports policy-makers, people working with schools, researchers and school leaders and teachers in the use of data, by bringing together the current research conducted on data use across multiple countries into a single volume. Some of these studies are ‘best practice’ studies, where effective data use has led to improvements in student learning. Others provide insight into challenges in both policy and practice environments. Each of them draws on research and literature in the field.

Author : Ryan A. Estrellado
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000552959

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The K-12 Educator’s Data Guidebook by Ryan A. Estrellado Pdf

The K-12 Educator’s Data Guidebook is a comprehensive field guide for school professionals learning to use data. “Non-data people,” rejoice! Requiring no prior proficiency in data tools and programming, this book validates the implicit challenges of learning to use data to empower educators and features original real-world examples from in-service educators to illustrate common problem-solving. Each chapter uses stories, humor, and a human approach to set the tone for a safe and fun learning experience. Through this highly practical foundation, everyday educators can better engage school initiatives, professional development, and instructional challenges that require competent data use for improving school systems.

Author : Lorna M. Earl,Steven Katz
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452209340

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Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World by Lorna M. Earl,Steven Katz Pdf

Turn skepticism about data into knowledge for true educational reform! More versatile than mere number crunching and statistics, data can be an effective tool—or even a powerful catalyst—for change within a school. Lorna M. Earl and Steven Katz show educators how to become comfortable with data, and provide valuable tools that school leaders and school improvement teams can use in their work, including: Vignettes to support group discussion Activities to give readers a chance to practice ideas and concepts Task sheets Short case studies that show how the full process works

Author : Richard Selfridge
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781526415660

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Databusting for Schools by Richard Selfridge Pdf

′In the increasingly data-swamped world of education, data literacy is no longer a desirable skill, it is essential. Databusting for Schools is part guide through the complexities, uses and limitations of data; and part challenge to those who too readily make assumptions and draw conclusions. This is an important book.′ James Pembroke, independent data analyst Data rules schools and ignorance is far from bliss. From assessment results to questioning educational claims, there is a growing need to understand the numbers used in education. Education data blogger and teacher Richard Selfridge (aka Jack Marwood) unravels the complexities of dealing with educational data and explains statistics in an understandable, everyday way, relevant to your classroom and your school. He will take you through all you need to know about data and statistics in education including: · Where does education data come from? · The what, why and how of numbers. · Understanding different types of graphs and how to use them. · How to play around with data to see the bigger picture. · How to interpret data, does one thing really lead to another? · Using data to inform school policy. A must-read for all teachers, school leaders, data managers, school governors, and anyone in education who has ever looked at statistical data and broken out into a cold sweat. Richard Selfridge is a primary school teacher and writer on education. He is author of the popular datablog Icing on the Cake and tweets under the sometime pseudonym @Jack_Marwood.

Author : Lorna M. Earl,Steven Katz,Sonia Ben Jaafar
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452298306

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Facilitator's Guide to Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World by Lorna M. Earl,Steven Katz,Sonia Ben Jaafar Pdf

This facilitator's guide helps trainers build educators' understanding of data analysis, promote an inquiry "habit of mind," and develop leaders' capacity to support an inquiry process.

Author : David Willows
Publisher : John Catt Educational Ltd
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : School management and organization
ISBN : 9781908095466

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Effective Data Management for Schools by David Willows Pdf

Author : Daniel M. Hyson,Joseph F. Kovaleski,Benjamin Silberglitt,Jason A. Pedersen
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462543106

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The Data-Driven School by Daniel M. Hyson,Joseph F. Kovaleski,Benjamin Silberglitt,Jason A. Pedersen Pdf

This indispensable practitioner's guide helps to build the capacity of school psychologists, administrators, and teachers to use data in collaborative decision making. It presents an applied, step-by-step approach for creating and running effective data teams within a problem-solving framework. The authors describe innovative ways to improve academic and behavioral outcomes at the individual, class, grade, school, and district levels. Applications of readily available technology tools are highlighted. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes learning activities and helpful reproducible forms. The companion website provides downloadable copies of the reproducible forms as well as Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint slides, and an online-only chapter on characteristics of effective teams. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

Author : Ellen Goldring,Mark Berends
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452209524

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Leading With Data by Ellen Goldring,Mark Berends Pdf

A comprehensive, practical guide to using data effectively for school improvement! This hands-on guidebook explains essential statistical and assessment information to help principals make critical and sustainable choices to promote student learning. Broad-based strategies include collecting and analyzing various types of data about student achievement, professional development, allocation of resources, family involvement, and community standards. Part of theLeadership for Learning series, this resource: Supports school leaders in developing and sustaining continuous improvement Links data-based decision making with issues of accountability and shared mission and goals Includes numerous examples and cases, a glossary, school improvement template, sample forms, and data tools