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 Educational Publishing Group, 2013

Synopsis

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? This book 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, and enhance school culture and climate.

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About the Authors

Kathryn Parker Boudett teaches at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Elizabeth A. City teaches aspiring principals in Boston's School Leadership Institute and is currently a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Richard J. Murnane is the Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Kathryn Parker Boudett teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Elizabeth A. City teaches aspiring principals in Boston s School Leadership Institute and is currently a doctoral student at HGSE. Richard J. Murnane, an economist, 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 Educational Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891792679
• ISBN 13: 9781891792670
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Boudett Kathryn Parker, City Dr Elizabeth A, Murnane Professor Richard J