Full Description
"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, PowerPoint slides, resources, and sample goals and agendas.
Contents
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
