About the Author |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 From Compliance to Commitment: Using Data for Continuous School Improvement |
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Moving Away From a Singular Focus on Compliance, Toward a Commitment to Continuous Improvement |
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Application Opportunities |
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2 The Continuous School Improvement Framework |
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Traditional Continuous Improvement |
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Continuous School Improvement |
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The Continuous School Improvement Framework |
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From Compliance to Continuous School Improvement |
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Assessing Continuous School Improvement with the Education for the Future Continuous Improvement Continuums |
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Assessing on the Continuous Improvement Continuums |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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26 | (1) |
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Application Opportunities |
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3 Who We Are: Demographic Data |
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Demographic Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement |
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What Demographic Data Are Important for the Learning Organization |
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Seeing the System and Leadership in Demographic Data |
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Telling Your Story by Recording Demographic Information in a Data Profile |
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Analyzing Demographic Information in a Data Profile |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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Application Opportunities |
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4 How We Do Business: Perceptions Data |
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Perceptions Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement |
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42 | (1) |
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Overview of the Questionnaire Process |
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How Much Time Does it Take to Assess Perceptions with Questionnaires? |
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How Much Time Does it Take to Assess Perceptions Through Interviews and Focus Groups? |
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Application Opportunities |
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5 How Are Our Students Doing: Student Learning Data |
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Student Learning Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement |
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52 | (1) |
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Measures of Student Learning |
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Ways to Measure Student Learning |
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The Normal Curve and Related Score Types |
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The Meaning of the Bloom Quote |
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Analyzing the Results, Descriptively |
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Analyzing the Results, Inferentially |
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Validity and Reliability of Assessments |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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Application Opportunities |
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6 What Are Our Processes: School Processes Data |
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School Processes Data: What They Are and Why They Are Important to Continuous School Improvement |
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How to Analyze School Processes Data |
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Measurement of System-Level Processes |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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Application Opportunities |
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7 How Did We Get To Where We Are: Looking Across All the Data |
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Why is it Important for Continuous School Improvement to Look Across All Types of Data? |
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How to Look Across All Types of Data: Analyzing Your School's Data Profile |
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Application Opportunities |
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8 What Is Working and What Is Not Working: Delving Deeper Into the Data |
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Intersections of Multiple Measures of Data |
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Using Intersections in Contributing Cause Analyses |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (6) |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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Application Opportunities |
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9 Where Do We Want to Be: Creating A Shared Vision and Monitoring Its Implementation |
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Why the Shared Vision is Important for Continuous School Improvement |
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Inspiring a Shared Vision |
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How to Create a Shared Vision |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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Application Opportunities |
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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 |
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128 | (16) |
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Application Opportunities |
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11 Strategies for Teachers: Using Data to Implement the Vision Through the Continuous School Improvement Plan to Improve Teaching and Learning |
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Strategies that Lead to Effective Data Use |
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Application Opportunities |
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12 Is What We Are Doing Making A Difference: Evaluating Our Efforts |
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Why Knowing if What We Are Doing is Making a Difference is Important to Continuous School Improvement |
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How to Know if What We Are Doing is Making a Difference |
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Evaluating Programs and Processes |
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Evaluating the Continuous School Improvement Plan |
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An Example Evaluation of School Goals |
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Application Opportunities |
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13 Continuous School Improvement Timeline: Making Time To Do the Work |
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Application Opportunities |
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14 The Transformation From A Complying School To A Learning Organization |
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Becoming Learning Organizations |
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184 | (2) |
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Logic in the Learning Organization |
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186 | (4) |
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Benefits of Continuous School Improvement and Becoming a Learning Organization |
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190 | (1) |
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How Much Time Does it Take? |
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Application Opportunities |
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Appendix A Continuous Improvement Continuums Self-Assessment |
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Appendix B1 Demographic Data Inventory |
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Appendix B2 Perceptions Data Inventory |
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Appendix B3 Student Learning Data Inventory |
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Appendix B4 School Processes Data Inventory |
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Appendix C Getting to Perceptions Through Questionnaires |
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Appendix C1 Designing Questionnaires |
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Appendix C2 Administering Questionnaires |
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Appendix C3 Analyzing Questionnaire Results |
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Appendix C4 Analyzing Open-Ended Responses |
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Appendix C5 Presenting and Using Questionnaire Results |
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Appendix D Measuring A Program or Process |
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Appendix E Flowcharting School Processes |
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Appendix F Case Study ~ Part 1 ~ The Case Study and Study Questions |
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Appendix G Case Study ~ Part 2 ~ What We Saw In the Data |
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Appendix H Analyzing Data for Continuous School Improvement Planning |
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Appendix I Problem-Solving Cycle |
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Appendix J Creating A Shared Vision |
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Appendix K Monitoring Vision Implementation |
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Appendix L Continuous School Improvement (CSI) Plan |
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Appendix M Monitoring the Implementation of the Plan |
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Appendix N Leadership Structure |
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Appendix O Professional Learning Calendar |
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Appendix P Creating Partnerships |
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Appendix Q Communication Protocol |
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Appendix R Examining Student Work |
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389 | (2) |
Appendix S Ability to Achievement |
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Appendix T Timeline for Continuous School Improvement Work |
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References and Resources |
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Index |
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