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How to Make Decisions with Different Kinds of Student Assessment Data
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Brookhart, Susan M. – ASCD, 2015
In this book, best-selling author Susan M. Brookhart helps teachers and administrators understand the critical elements and nuances of assessment data and how that information can best be used to inform improvement efforts in the school or district. Readers will learn: (1) What different kinds of data can--and cannot--tell us about student…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Student Evaluation, Data Analysis
Rigor in Your School: A Toolkit for Leaders
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Williamson, Ronald; Blackburn, Barbara R. – Eye on Education, 2011
Raise the level of rigor in your school and dramatically improve student learning with the tools in this book. Each illuminating exercise is tailored to educators looking to spread the word on rigor and beat the obstacles to achieving it schoolwide. Formatted for duplication and repeated use, these tools are perfect for those who currently hold a…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Academic Achievement, Leadership, Models
Improving Student Outcomes: Data-Driven Instruction and Fidelity of Implementation in a Response to Intervention (RTI) Model
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Bianco, Sharon Davis – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2010
As teachers, administrators, and members of intervention teams use student performance data to inform instructional decisions and monitor implementation of tiered instruction in a Response to Intervention (RTI) model, assuring fidelity of implementation or treatment integrity continues to be a challenge. This article describes how one school…
Descriptors: Integrity, Educational Change, Response to Intervention, Instructional Design
A Grand Bargain for Education Reform: New Rewards and Supports for New Accountability
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Hershberg, Theodore, Ed.; Robertson-Kraft, Claire, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
This book offers an ambitious new system for evaluating, compensating, and providing professional development for school teachers and administrators. In this realigned system, new forms of accountability are introduced, but they go hand in hand with new rewards and access to enhanced forms of professional development to help educators succeed in…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Change, Rewards, Accountability
Canadian Perspectives on Beginning Principals: Their Role in Building Capacity for Learning Communities
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Sackney, Larry; Walker, Keith – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper sets out to posit that the new economy places a new set of demands on schools and those who lead. Mindfulness, intentional engagement of people and adaptive confidence are needed developmental features of beginning principal success. The paper examines how beginning principals in Canada respond to the capacity-building work of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Beginning Principals, Learning Activities
Building Schools, Building People: The School Principal's Role in Leading a Learning Community
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Mitchell, Coral; Sackney, Larry – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
This article describes the work of the school principal in building a vibrant learning community for staff and students. The descriptions emerged from a series of investigations into teaching, learning, and leading practices within schools that have high capacity for effective teaching and learning. These investigations demonstrated that the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Professional Development, Learning Activities