The Data Coach′s Guide to Improving Learning for All Students: Unleashing the Power of Collaborative Inquiry - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412950015 ISBN 13: 9781412950015

Publisher: Corwin, 2008

Synopsis

Use data as an effective tool for school change and improvement!

This resource helps data team facilitators move schools away from unproductive data practices and toward examining data for systematic and continuous improvement in instruction and learning. The book, which includes a CD-ROM with slides and reproducibles, illustrates how the authors′ model has proven successful in:

• Narrowing achievement gaps in all content areas and grade levels 
• Achieving strong, continuous gains in local and state assessments in mathematics, science, and reading 
• Initiating powerful conversations about race/ethnicity, class, educational status, gender, and language differences
• Developing a vision for a high-performing, data-informed school culture

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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 examinging data as a catlyst for systematic and continuous improvement in instruction and student learning.

About the Author:

Nancy Love is Director of Program Development at Research for Better Teaching in Acton, Massachusetts, where she leads this education-consulting group’s research and development. She is the former Director of the Using Data Project, a collaboration between TERC and WestEd, where she led the development of a comprehensive professional development program to improve teaching and learning through effective and collaborative use of school data. This program has produced significant gains in student achievement as well as increased collaboration and data use in schools across the country. Love has authored several books and articles on data use, including A Data Coach’s Guide to Improving Learning for All Students: Unleashing the Power of Collaborative Inquiry (2008, Corwin Press) and Using Data to Improve the Learning for All: A Collaborative Inquiry Approach (2009, Corwin). She is also well known for her work in professional development both as a presenter and author of articles and books, including Designing Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics (Second Edition) with Susan Loucks-Horsley, Kathy Stiles, Susan Mundry, and Peter Hewson (2003, Corwin Press). In 2006, she was awarded the prestigious Susan Loucks-Horsley Award from the National Staff Development Council in recognition of her significant national contribution to the field of staff development and to the efficacy of others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412950015
• ISBN 13: 9781412950015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Love Nancy B., Stiles Katherine E., Mundry Susan E., DiRanna Kathryn