Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement, Third Edition, 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. It provides a new definition of improvement, away from a singular focus on compliance, toward a true commitment to excellence. This Third Edition is the culmination of over 25 years of doing the hard work in schools and districts, both nationally and internationally, to analyze, report, communicate, and use multiple measures of data for continuous school improvement. This book provides new and very specific tools, timelines, and strategies that will help schools and districts become true learning organizations.
Chapter 1: From Compliance to Commitment: Using Data for Continuous
School Improvement
Chapter 2: The Continuous School Improvement Framework
Chapter 3: Who Are We: Demographics Data
Chapter 4: How We Do Business: Perceptions Data
Chapter 5: How Are Our Students Doing? Student Learning Data
Chapter 6: What Are Our Processes: School Processes Data
Chapter 7: How Did We Get to Where We Are: Looking Across All the Data
Chapter 8: What Is Working and What Is Not Working: Delving Deeper into the
Data
Chapter 9: Where Do We Want to Be: Creating a Shared Vision and Monitoring
Its Implementation
Chapter 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
Chapter 11: Strategies for Teachers: Using Data to Implement the Vision
Through the Continuous School Improvement Plan to Improve Teaching and
Learning
Chapter 12: Is What We Are Doing Making a Difference: Evaluating Our Efforts
Chapter 13: Continuous School Improvement Timeline: Making Time to Do the
Work
Chapter 14: The Transformation from a Complying School to a Learning
Organization
Appendices
References and Resources
Index
Victoria L. Bernhardt, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Education for the Future Initiative and is Professor (currently on leave) in the College of Communication and Education at California State University, Chico, USA. She is the author of over 19 books.
