Brian Mitchell Pete & Catherine A. Duncan 
Data! Dialogue! Decisions! [EPUB ebook] 
The Data Difference

The analysis of data for instructional decision making is a hallmark of the 21st century. Teachers and administrators alike need a process that links instant, consistent, and relevant data to instant, consistent, and relevant results.
Data! Dialogue! Decisions! describes a simple process–selecting a piece of data, dialoging about the data, and making SMART goal decisions about how to increase student performance–that includes the critical elements for powerful school improvement: meaningful teams, managed data, and measurable goals. Using a collegial process, administrators and teachers choose their own school of class achievement data to analyze and interpret as they target ‘breakthrough’ instructional decisions that yield rapid and quantifiable results. Results have been staggeringly successful.

Table of Content

Preface

Introduction

What′s It All About?

What′s the History of Results-Driven Change?

How to Use This Book

1. The Data! Dialogue! Decisions! Process

Schmoker′s Model of Results-Driven Change

Introduction to the Data! Dialogue! Decisions! Process

2. Data!

A Sign of the Times

What Kinds of Data Exist?

What Kinds of Data Are Available?

How Are Data Collected?

How Are Data Used?

3. Dialogue!

Teaming to Ask and Answer the Questions

The Four Questions in Brief

The Four Questions in Full

Action Plan

Conclusion

The Coaches′ Meeting Revisited

4. Decisions!

SMART Goals

Instructional Decisions

5. Troubleshooting

Data! Issues

Dialogue! Issues

Decision! Issues

General Issues

Professional Development Issues

Appendix A: Data! Dialogue! Decisions! General Format

Appendix B: State Standards in Reading Example

Appendix C: A Tale of Two City Schools: Making the Difference With Data

Appendix D: People Search

Bibliography

About the author

Catherine Sambo is vice president of Kinney and Associates where she supervises site-based and field-based staff, provides a leadership role in all sales/marketing presentations, and designs and implements workshops relating to the relationships between curriculum, standards-based assessments, and student achievement. With more than a decade of educational consulting experience in over 300 schools Sambo offers her expertise in the collection and use of data for improving classroom instruction and student performance. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Loras College and a master’s degree in educational administration from Governors State University.