‘This book offers a compelling message of hope and resolve. The authors′ three-year journey in a multiplicity of diverse, underperforming, high-poverty schools across the nation has resulted in a treasure chest of knowledge and experiences about how to professionally develop data coaches in ways that benefit some of our most underserved students. This book provides powerful resources to those who have the belief, passion, and desire for implementing collaborative data inquiries in schools and districts.’
—From the Foreword by Ruth S. Johnson
Use data as an effective tool for school change and improvement!
How can data coaches create a collaborative culture in which data is used continuously and effectively to improve teaching and learning?
The Data Coach′s Guide to Improving Learning for All Students provides detailed guidance for helping schools move away from unproductive data practices and toward examining data as a catalyst for systematic and continuous improvement in instruction and student learning. To help both current and aspiring data coaches facilitate school-based data teams and lead teachers in collaborative inquiry, the authors demonstrate a data model that has been field-tested and proven to be effective in:
- Narrowing achievement gaps between students in all content areas and grade levels
- Achieving strong, steady gains in local and state assessments in mathematics, science, and reading
- Using data as a springboard for powerful conversations about race/ethnicity, class, educational status, gender, and language differences
- Developing shared values and a vision for creating a high-performing, data-informed school culture
This culturally responsive resource benefits staff developers, teachers, and administrators interested in creating change through effective data practices, and includes a CD-ROM keyed to the book, with templates, handouts, Power Point slides, resources, and sample goals and agendas.
Tabla de materias
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Ruth Johnson
Introduction
1. The Power of Collaborative Inquiry
2. Getting Organized for Collaborative Inquiry
3. Building the Foundation
Introduction
Task 1 Launch the Data Team
Task 2 Reflect on Our School
Task 3 Raise Awareness of Cultural Diverstiy
Task 4 Commit to Shared Values, Standards, and Vision
4. Identifying a Student-Learning Problem
Introduction
Task 5 Build Data Literacy
Task 6 Drill Down into State CRT Data: Aggregate-Level Analysis
Task 7 Drill Down into State CRT Data: Disaggregate-Level Analysis
Task 8 Drill Down into State CRT Data: Strand-Level Analysis
Task 9 Drill Down into State CRT Data: Item-Level Analysis
Task 10 Examine Student Work
Task 11 Drill Down into common Assessments and Other Local Student-Learning Data Sources
Task 12 Identify a Student-Learning Problem and Goal
5. Verifying Causes
Introduction
Task 13 Conduct Cause-And-Effect Analysis
Task 14 Verify Causes through Research and Local Data
6. Generating Solutions
Introduction
Task 15 Build Your Logic Model
Task 16 Refine Outcomes and Strategies
7. Implementing, Monitoring, and Achieving Results
Introduction
Task 18 Take Action and Monitor Results
Task 19 Celebrate Success and Renew Collaborative Inquiry
8. Clark County, Nevada: Collaborative Inquiry in Action
CD-ROM Tool Kit Guide
References
Index
Sobre el autor
Susan Mundry is currently deputy director of Learning Innovations at West Ed and the associate director of West Ed’s Mathematics, Science, and Technology Program. She directs several national or regional projects focused on improving educational practice and oversees the research and evaluation projects of Learning Innovations. She is codirector of a research study examining the distribution of highly qualified teachers in New York and Maine for the Northeast & Islands Regional Education Laboratory and is the project codirector for the evaluation of the Intel Mathematics Initiative, a professional development program for elementary and middle grades teachers aimed at increasing student outcomes in mathematics. She is also a Principal Investigator for two National Science Foundation projects that are developing products to promote the use of research-based practice in science and mathematics. Since 2000, Mundry has codirected the National Academy for Science and Mathematics Education Leadership, which provides educational leaders with training and technical assistance on professional development design, leading educational change, group facilitation, data analysis and use, and general educational leadership, as well as access to research-based information to improve teaching and learning. Building on this work, she provides technical assistance to several large urban schools districts engaged in enhancing leadership and improving math and science programs.As a senior research associate for the National Institute for Science Education (1997-2000), Mundry conducted research on attributes of effective professional development. She served on the national evaluation team for the study of the Eisenhower Professional Development program led by the American Institutes for Research, where she worked on the development of national survey instruments and the protocols for case studies. From 1982 to 1997, Mundry served in many roles from staff developer to associate director at The NETWORK, Inc., a research and development organization focused on organizational change and dissemination of promising education practice. There, she managed the work of the National Center for Improving Science Education and the Center for Effective Communication, provided technical assistance to schools on issues of equity and desegregation, oversaw national dissemination programs, and co-developed the “Change Game, ” (Making Change for School Improvement) a simulation game that enhances leaders’ ability to lead change efforts in schools and districts.Mundry has written several books, chapters, and articles based on her work. She is coauthor of the best selling book, Designing Effective Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics (2nd edition), as well as Leading Every Day: 125 Actions for Effective Leadership, which was named a National Staff Development Council Book of the Year in 2003. Her latest book is The Data Coach’s Guide to Improving Learning for All Students (2008).
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