Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement provides a new definition of school improvement, away from a singular focus on compliance, toward a true commitment to excellence. This book is a call to action. It is about inspiring schools and school districts to commit to continuous school improvement by providing a framework that will result in improving teaching for every teacher and learning for every student through the comprehensive use of data. A culmination of over 30 years of doing the hard work in schools and districts both nationally and internationally, Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement shares new, evidence-based learnings about how to analyze, report, communicate, and use multiple measures of data. The updated edition provides a wealth of tools, protocols, timelines, examples, and strategies that will help schools and districts become genuine learning organizations.
Author(s): Victoria L. Bernhardt
Edition: 4. ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
1 From Compliance to Commitment: Using Data for Continuous School Improvement
Moving Away From a Singular Focus on Compliance, Toward a Commitment to Continuous Improvement
Purpose of this Book
Structure of this Book
Updates
Intended Audience
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
2 The Continuous School Improvement Framework
Traditional Continuous Improvement
Continuous School Improvement
The Continuous School Improvement Framework
From Compliance to Continuous School Improvement
Assessing Continuous School Improvement with the Education for the Future Continuous Improvement Continuums
Assessing on the Continuous Improvement Continuums
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
3 Who We Are: Demographic Data
Demographic Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement
What Demographic Data Are Important for the Learning Organization
Seeing the System and Leadership in Demographic Data
Telling Your Story by Recording Demographic Information in a Data Profile
Analyzing Demographic Information in a Data Profile
Disaggregation
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
4 How we do Business: Perceptions Data
Perceptions Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement
Assessing Perceptions
Overview of the Questionnaire Process
Changing Perceptions
How Much Time Does it Take to Assess Perceptions with Questionnaires?
How Much Time Does it Take to Assess Perceptions Through Interviews and Focus Groups?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
5 How Are Our Students Doing: Student Learning Data
Student Learning Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement
Measures of Student Learning
Ways to Measure Student Learning
The Normal Curve and Related Score Types
The Meaning of the Bloom Quote
Analyzing the Results, Descriptively
Analyzing the Results, Inferentially
Measurement Error
Validity and Reliability of Assessments
Validity
Reliability
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
6 What Are Our Processes: School Processes Data
School Processes Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement
How to Analyze School Processes Data
Measurement of System-Level Processes
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
7 How Did We Get to Where We Are: Looking Across All the Data
Why is it Important for Continuous School Improvement to Look Across All Types of Data?
How to Look Across All Types of Data: Analyzing Your School’s Data Profile
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
8 What Is Working and What Is Not Working: Delving Deeper Into the Data
Intersections of Multiple Measures of Data
Using Intersections in Contributing Cause Analyses
Predictive Analytics
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
9 Where Do We Want to be: Creating a Shared Vision and Monitoring Its Implementation
Why the Shared Vision is Important for Continuous School Improvement
Inspiring a Shared Vision
How to Create a Shared Vision
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
10 How Are We Going To Get To Where We Want to be: Implementing the Shared Vision By Creating a Plan For Continuous School Improvement
How Will We Implement
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
11 Strategies for Teachers: Using Data to Implement the Vision Through the Continuous School Improvement Plan To Improve Teaching and Learning
Strategies that Lead to Effective Data Use
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
12 Is What We Are Doing Making a Difference: Evaluating Our Efforts
Why Knowing if What We Are Doing is Making a Difference is Important to Continuous School Improvement
How to Know if What We Are Doing is Making a Difference
Evaluating Programs and Processes
Evaluating the Continuous School Improvement Plan
An Example Evaluation of School Goals
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
13 Continuous School Improvement Timeline: Making Time to do the Work
The Timeline
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
14 The Transformation from a Complying School to a Learning Organization
Becoming Learning Organizations
Logic in the Learning Organization
Benefits of Continuous School Improvement and Becoming a Learning Organization
How Much Time Does it Take?
Reflection Questions
Application Opportunities
Appendix A: Continuous Improvement Continuums Self-Assessment
Appendix B1: Demographic Data Inventory
Appendix B2: Perceptions Data Inventory
Appendix B3: Student Learning Data Inventory
Appendix B4: School Processes Data Inventory
Appendix C: Getting to Perceptions Through Questionnaires
Appendix C1: Designing Questionnaires
Appendix C2: Administering Questionnaires
Appendix C3: Analyzing Questionnaire Results
Appendix C4: Analyzing Open-Ended Responses
Appendix C5: Presenting and Using Questionnaire Results
Appendix D: Measuring a Program or Process
Appendix E: Flowcharting School Processes
Appendix F: Case Study ~ Part 1 ~ the Case Study and Study Questions
Appendix G: Case Study ~ Part 2 ~ What We Saw in the Data
Appendix H: Analyzing Data for Continuous School Improvement Planning
Appendix I: Problem-Solving Cycle
Appendix J: Creating a Shared Vision
Appendix K: Monitoring Vision Implementation
Appendix L: Continuous School Improvement (CSI) Plan
Appendix M: Monitoring the Implementation of the Plan
Appendix N: Leadership Structure
Appendix O: Professional Learning Calendar
Appendix P: Creating Partnerships
Appendix Q: Communication Protocol
Appendix R: Examining Student Work
Appendix S: Ability to Achievement
Appendix T: Timeline for Continuous School Improvement Work
References and Resources
Index
