Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary Schools

by Bernhardt, Victoria L.

• ISBN13: 9781930556607
• ISBN10: 1930556608
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317922810
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Eye on Education
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Summary

This book helps you make sense of the data your school collects, including state student achievement results as well as other qualitative and quantitative data. Easy-to-use templates, tools, and examples are available on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Introduction
Introduction	1	(1)
The Importance of Data	2	(2)
Data Barriers	4	(1)
The Purposes of this Book	5	(1)
The Structure of this Book	5	(2)
Summary	7	(5)
What Data are Important?
What Data Are Important?	9	(3)
Levels of Analysis	12	(7)
Focusing the Data	19	(2)
Study Questions	21	(4)
Summary	25	(1)
On the CD	26	(3)
Getting Started
On Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement	27	(2)
Analyzing Data Using a Continuous School Improvement Planning Model	29	(1)
Continuous School Improvement via The School Portfolio	29	(5)
Study Questions	34	(3)
Summary	37	(1)
On the CD	38	(2)
Analyzing the Data
Who Are We?	39	(1)
Example One: Little River Elementary School	40	(21)
Study Questions	61	(1)
What I Saw in Example One	62	(2)
Summary	64	(1)
Typical Demographic Data to Gather	64	(2)
On the CD	66	(5)
Analyzing the Data
How Do We Do Business?	69	(2)
Example One: Little River Elementary School	71	(17)
Study Questions	88	(1)
What I Saw in Example One	89	(3)
Summary	92	(1)
On the CD	92	(5)
Analyzing the Data
Where Are We Now?	95	(2)
How Can Elementary Schools Measure Student Learning?	97	(13)
Grades	110	(2)
Analyzing the Results, Descriptively	112	(4)
Analyzing the Results, Inferentially	116	(4)
Example One: Little River Elementary School	120	(9)
Study Questions	129	(1)
What I Saw in Example One	130	(2)
Summary	132	(1)
On the CD	132	(5)
Analyzing the Data
What Are the Gaps and What Are the Root Causes of the Gaps?	135	(2)
Example One: Little River Elementary School	137	(9)
Study Questions	146	(1)
What I Saw in Example One	147	(1)
Summary	148	(1)
On the CD	149	(6)
Analyzing the Data
How Can We Get to Where We Want to Be?	153	(2)
Implications for the Little River Elementary School Improvement Plan	155	(15)
Summary	170	(1)
On the CD	170	(6)
Analyzing the Data
Example Two: Blue Bird Elementary School	175	(1)
Who Are We?	176	(20)
How Do We Do Business?	196	(10)
Analyzing School-Level Data with a Norm-referenced Test	206	(12)
Gaps and Root Causes	218	(11)
Study Questions	229	(4)
What I Saw in Example Two	233	(8)
Summary	241	(1)
On the CD	242	(4)
Analyzing the Data
Conclusions and Recommendations	245	(1)
What the Examples Show	246	(2)
Data Warehouses	248	(1)
Who Does the Data Analysis Work?	249	(1)
The Role of the Administrator	250	(1)
Evaluation	251	(1)
Summary	252	(1)
Final Notes	253	(1)
On the CD	254	(1)
Appendix A: Overview of the CD Contents	255	(14)
Appendix B: Education for the Future Continuous Improvement Continuums	269	(10)
Glossary of Terms	279	(14)
References and Resources	293	(6)
Index	299	(3)
End-User License Agreement	302	(2)
CD-Rom Installation Instructions	304