Data, data everywhere : bringing all the data together for continuous school improvement

130 Pages·2016·15.96 MB·English

by  Bernhardt, Victoria L.

DATA, DATA EVERYWHERE
Second Edition
The latest book from best-selling author Victoria L. Bernhardtis an
easy-to-read primer that describes what it takes to achieve student
learning growth at every grade level, in every subject area, and with
every student group. In this new edition, readers will learn how to use
data to inform their continuous school improvement as they develop
an appreciation of the various types of data, uses for data, and how
data are involved in the process. This accessible, updated edition
provides a wealth of straightforward and accessible strategies that will
allow educators to become comfortable with the many uses of data in
increasing student improvement.
Data, Data Everywhere, Second Edition, provides a framework and
summary of the continuous school improvement framework. It is a
perfect resource for teachers, administrators, support staff, and
students of leadership to guide comprehensive school improvement
that will make a difference for all students.
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. She is the author of over 19 books.
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DATA, DATA
EVERYWHERE
BRINGING ALL THE DATA
TOGETHER FOR CONTINUOUS
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Second Edition
VICTORIA L. BERNHARDT, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Education for the Future Initiative
Professor
College of Communication and Education
California State University, Chico, CA
Second edition published 2016
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First edition published by Routledge / Eye On Education 2008
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bernhardt, Victoria L.
Data, data everywhere: bringing all the data together for continuous
school improvement / by Victoria L. Bernhardt.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. School improvement programs—California—Livermore—
Data processing. 2. Marylin Avenue Elementary School (Livermore,
Calif.)—Data processing. I. Title.
LB2822.82.B467 2009
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2015020597
ISBN: 978-1-138-91217-5 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-69208-1 (ebk)
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CONTENTS
MEETTHEAUTHOR ....................................................... vi
PREFACE .................................................................... ix
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1
2 THE CONTINUOUS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK ....... 7
3 WHOWEARE: DEMOGRAPHICDATA .................................... 17
4 HOWWE DO BUSINESS: PERCEPTIONSDATA .......................... 29
5 HOW OUR STUDENTSARE DOING: STUDENTLEARNINGDATA ..... 37
6 WHAT OUR PROCESSESARE: SCHOOLPROCESSESDATA .............. 43
7 HOWWE GOTTOWHEREWEARE: LOOKINGACROSSALL
OFTHEDATA ............................................. 49
8 WHAT ISWORKINGANDWHAT IS NOTWORKING: DELVING
DEEPERINTOTHEDATA .............................................. 57
9 WHEREWEWANTTO GO: CREATINGASHAREDVISION .............. 69
10 HOWWE CAN GETTOWHEREWEWANTTO BE:
IMPLEMENTINGTHESHAREDVISION................................. 79
11 STRATEGIES FORTEACHERS: USINGDATATOIMPROVE
TEACHINGANDLEARNING .......................................... 87
12 AREWE MAKINGA DIFFERENCE?: EVALUATINGOUREFFORTSAND
MOVINGTOWARDBECOMINGALEARNINGORGANIZATION........ 95
REFERENCESAND RESOURCES ......................................... 105
INDEX ...................................................................... 113
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MEET THE AUTHOR
Victoria L. Bernhardt, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Education for the
Future Initiative, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to build
the capacity of all learning organizations to gather, analyze, and use data
to continuously improve learning for all students. She is also a Professor
(currently on leave) in the College of Communication and Education, at
California State University, Chico. Dr. Bernhardt is the author, and co-
author, of the following books:
u Hooper, M.A. & Bernhardt, V.L. (Forthcoming 2016). Creating
capacity for learning and equity in schools: Instructional, adaptive,
and transformational leadership.New York, NY: Routledge.
u Tibbals, C.Z. & Bernhardt, V.L. (2015). Shifting to common core
literacy: Reconceptualizing how we teach and lead.Bloomington, IN:
Solution Tree.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2013). Data analysis for continuous school
improvement. Third Edition. New York, NY: Routledge. (First
Edition, 1998; Second Edition, 2004.)
u Bernhardt, V.L. & Hébert, C.L. (2011). Response to intervention
(RtI) and continuous school improvement (CSI): Using data, vision,
and leadership to design, implement, and evaluate a schoolwide
prevention system. New York, NY: Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2009). Data, data everywhere: Bringing all the
data together for continuous school improvement. New York, NY:
Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. & Geise, B.J. (2009). From questions to actions:
Using questionnaire data for continuous improvement. New York,
NY: Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2007). Translating data into information to
improve teaching and learning. New York, NY: Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2006). Using data to improve student learning in
school districts. New York, NY: Routledge.
MEET THE AUTHOR vii
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2005). Using data to improve student learning in
high schools. New York, NY: Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2004). Using data to improve student learning in
middle schools. New York, NY: Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2003). Using data to improve student learning in
elementary schools. New York, NY: Routledge.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2002). The school portfolio toolkit: A planning,
implementation, and evaluation guide for continuous school
improvement. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, Inc.
u Bernhardt, V.L. (2000). Designing and using databases for school
improvement. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, Inc.
u Bernhardt, V.L., von Blanckensee, L., Lauck, M., Rebello, F., Bonilla,
G., & Tribbey, M. (2000). The school portfolio: A comprehensive
framework for school improvement. Second Edition. Larchmont, NY:
Eye on Education, Inc. (First Edition, 1994.)
u Bernhardt, V.L. (1999). The school portfolio: A comprehensive
framework for school improvement. Second Edition. Larchmont, NY:
Eye on Education, Inc. (First Edition, 1994.)
Dr. Bernhardt is passionate about her mission of helping all educators
continuously improve student learning in their classrooms, their schools,
their districts, states, and provinces by gathering, analyzing, and using
actual data—as opposed to using hunches and “gut-level” feelings. She
conducts workshops on comprehensive data analysis, and continuous
school improvement, and consults with learning organizations at local,
state, regional, national, and international levels.
Dr. Bernhardt can be reached at: Victoria L. Bernhardt, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Education for the Future Initiative
400 West First Street, Chico, CA 95929-0230
Tel: [phone] — Fax: [phone]
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://eff.csuchico.edu
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PREFACE
In 2013, Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement (Bernhardt,
2013) was published. Readers have told me they love the 400-page book
(now in its third edition) because of its comprehensiveness. Everything
they need to know and do with respect to Data Analysis and Continuous
School Improvement is in that book, including examples and process
protocols. They tell me the book is great for school, district, and state level
Leadership Teams and administrators to guide schoolwide improvement.
These readers asked if I could provide a synopsis of the Data Analysis for
Continuous School Improvement book in 100 pages that they could read
with staff. They want to use this book as a comprehensive “handout,” so
staff have the framework they need, with a summary backup of the main
concepts. Data, Data Everywhereis that little data book that contains the
essentials for using data to improve teaching and learning.
Not only is this book an invaluable resource for practicing leaders, but it
is also useful for Graduate Schools of Education, in particular, Leadership
Programs. There is so much to cover in the Leadership Programs and
there is so much required reading that professors often chose Data, Data
Everywhereas the book to introduce students to schoolwide Data Analysis
and Continuous School Improvement. Professors like the framework;
students like that the book is easy to read. They tend to want more
information after reading the book. It is perfect for an overview course
and encourages the candidates to go deeper in their data course.
WHAT IS NEW IN THIS EDITION
It is now time to update Data, Data Everywhere,especially after seeing how
the first edition has been received and used. While the purpose of this
second edition of Data, Data Everywhere is the same as the first edition,
the second edition is a total rewrite of the first edition. The first edition was
written around a case study. The second edition focuses on comprehensive