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Leading schools in a data-rich world : harnessing data for school improvement /

Turn skepticism about data into knowledge for true educational reform! More versatile than mere number crunching and statistics, data can be an effective tool-or even a powerful catalyst-for change within a school. Lorna M. Earl and Steven Katz show educators how to become comfortable with data, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Earl, Lorna M. (Lorna Maxine), 1948- (Autor), Katz, Steven (College teacher) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Fullan, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, a Sage Publications Company, [2006]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Putting data at the center of school improvement
  • Awash with data
  • Data as a policy lever
  • Educators' skepticism about data
  • Needing to know
  • Thinking differently about data
  • Accountability redefined
  • Choosing accountability through informed professional judgment
  • The role of data in informed professional judgment
  • Using data to "take charge of change"
  • Using data for informed decision making
  • An inquiry habit of mind
  • Data literacy
  • A culture of inquiry
  • Leading in a data-rich world
  • Cultivating the qualities of data-driven leadership
  • The painting metaphor
  • Inquiry habit of mind
  • Data literacy
  • A culture of inquiry
  • A gallery full of paintings
  • Developing an inquiry habit of mind
  • Setting the canvas
  • Planning this picture
  • Becoming data literate
  • Blocking the canvas
  • The first strokes
  • Creating a culture of inquiry
  • The image grows
  • Displaying the picture
  • Sustaining the process: the cycle of inquiry
  • The next picture, and the next, and the next.