Description
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
Table of Contents
Foreword by Michael Fullan
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Putting Data at the Center of School Improvement
2. Using Data for Informed Decision Making
3. Cultivating the Qualities of Data-Driven Leadership
4. Developing an Inquiry Habit of Mind
5. Becoming Data Literate
6. Creating a Culture of Inquiry
7. Sustaining the Process: The Cycle of Inquiry
Resource: Task Sheets for Assignments
References
Index
