ERIC Number: ED494128
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Nov
Pages: 140
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-1-5788-6479-8
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Using Data Analysis to Improve Student Learning: Toward 100% Proficiency
Wong, Ovid K.; Lam, Ming-Long
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Education reforms such as "A Nation at Risk" and "Goals 2000" have come and gone. However, we can be confident that the goal of student improvement shall not pass if the core mission is student learning. The true mission of learning has prompted educators to ponder the following questions: How do we need each student to behave? How do we know when each student has behaved properly? How do we respond when students misbehave? Standards of behavior such as attendance, discipline, homework, and academic learning are the answering points for the first question with connections to school policy and curriculum. The question of "how do we know?" is answered by assessment with relevant data support. Decisions to adjust student behaviors or to modify a school program are based on thorough data analysis and interpretation. What is the evidence that a student is not learning? A teacher is not effective? A school program is not serving the needs of students? The evidence can be addressed by information from a student record book; a teacher performance summary; a program survey or other data based reports. We will never reach the destination of making successful students if we ask the right question and yet fail to respond properly. Is the student or school improvement plan in alignment with our best education practices? Let the student data, the professional practice data, and the school community perception data drive the improvement goals. This book uses a unique blend of quantitative and qualitative strategies to tackle challenges in both student and school improvement and should be of interest to all educators. Included in the table of contents are: (1) Paving the Road to Using More Data for Student Improvement; (2) Student Data, Improvement & Accountability: Setting the Stage for Success; (3) School Professional Practice and Program Data, Improvement, and Accountability: Professional Practice: Walk-through Supervision and Collaborative Coaching; (4) School District Community Improvement Accountability; and (5) Putting It Altogether in the Continuous School Improvement Plan.
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Student Improvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Student Behavior, Student Records, Accountability, Data Interpretation, Teacher Evaluation, Program Evaluation, School Community Relationship, Total Quality Management
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Goals 2000
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