Putting FACES on the Data : What Great Leaders Do!

by Lyn Sharratt

• ISBN13: 9781452202587
• ISBN10: 1452202583
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-03
• Publisher: Corwin Pr
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Summary

Build the bridge from data collection to improved instruction Assessment data can bury you or give you focused attention on how to recognize and reach every student. This book will show how to develop a common language for sharing all students' progress with all teachers and leaders, and how to use ongoing assessment to inform instruction. Based on worldwide research of 500 educators, the book is organized around clear definitions of: Assessment Instruction Leadership Ownership Included are numerous self-assessment tools and frameworks to help implement improvement at the district and state levels. Improving education begins by understanding the needs and abilities of every student.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Authors	p. xvii
From Information Glut to Well-Known FACES	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Toward Well-Known FACES	p. 3
How the 14 Parameters Came to Be	p. 7
Parallel Research	p. 12
Simcoe County District School Board Case Study	p. 15
The Power of Putting FACES on the Data	p. 29
Genesis of the Dialogue with Educators	p. 30
When and How We Asked the Research Questions	p. 30
Research Findings: Question 1	p. 32
Clustering the Parameters	p. 41
Why Do We Put FACES on the Data?	p. 41
How Do We Drill Down to Find "the Lovely Apparition"?	p. 44
To Be, or Not to Be (Good): That Is the Question	p. 45
FACES at High School	p. 53
Community Schools Case Study	p. 55
Making It Work in Practice-Assessment	p. 59
Assessment Case Study	p. 59
What Have We Learned about Assessment from This Case Study?	p. 64
Grande Prairie Case Study	p. 87
Making It Work in Practice-Instruction	p. 94
Tier 1-Good First Teaching and Classroom Practice	p. 95
Tier 2-Case Management Approach	p. 120
Tier 3-Early Intervention	p. 124
Eastern Ontario Case Study	p. 135
Leadership-Individualizing for Improvement	p. 151
Leading-by-Example Case Study	p. 151
Know-ability, Mobilize-ability, Sustain-ability	p. 157
Case Study from Vail Unified School District, Vail, Arizona	p. 176
Ownership-Of All the FACES	p. 184
An Entire State as a Case Study	p. 184
Public Policy Implications	p. 190
Parents and Communities Are "Owners," Too!	p. 193
Case Studies Reveal "Ownership by All"	p. 194
Epilogue	p. 199
Glossary of Terms	p. 202
Matrix of Scaffolded Learning Using the Gradual-Release-of-Responsibility Model: From Modeled to Shared to Guided to Interdependent Practice for Practitioners	p. 208
Data Collection Placemat for Research	p. 220
Case Management Template	p. 222
The Teaching-Learning Cycle	p. 228
Weekly Literacy Block Planner	p. 229
Task-Oriented Question Construction Wheel Based on Bloom's Taxonomy	p. 233
Cross-Curricular Literacy Indicators of Success	p. 234
Guiding Questions for Collaborative Team Book Study	p. 236
References	p. 243
Index	p. 248
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