The Data Book for Educators Who Don’t Like Data (and Those Who Want to Use Data Better)

A practical guide to data-driven decisions

Data is one of the most powerful guides to instructional efficacy, revealing insights about the students you serve. Author Michael Roberts challenges educators to move past correlative data to active, data-driven decision making. Learn how to analyze data with a real sense of purpose, uncovering the causal data needed to build effective interventions and innovative teaching strategies that enhance achievement for every student.

K–12 teachers, school leaders, and administrators can use this book to:

• Implement data as an insightful complement to teacher experience, knowledge, and skill
• Analyze data actively and more effectively, finding patterns to inform actionable plans
• Embrace data as a guide for improvement, not a means to threaten and blame
• Cultivate teamwork, trust, and vision among educators sharing data across their school
• Champion efficacy as the guiding principle toward data-driven decisions and changes

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