Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement

by Victoria L. Bernhardt

With the 5th Edition of Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement, best-selling Victoria Bernhardt has written the go-to-resource for data analysis in your school! By incorporating collaborative structures to implement, monitor, and evaluate the vision and continuous improvement plan, this book provides a framework to show learning organizations how to create the results they really want for all teachers and all students.

A culmination of over 30 years of doing the hard work in schools and districts both nationally and internationally, this 5th Edition shares new, evidence-based information and shows how to analyze, report, communicate, and use multiple measures of data, to create a shared vision and a continuous school improvement plan that gets implemented – a plan that doesn't just gather dust on an office shelf.

The revised edition is updated throughout including new chapters on school processes, student achievement, and evaluation. As always, Dr. Bernhardt provides a wealth of tools, protocols, timelines, examples, and strategies that will help schools and districts become genuine learning organizations.

Genres: Education, Leadership, Nonfiction, Professional Development

423 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a book I would recommend as pleasurable reading (ha!), however it was informative and appropriate to read as a school leader working with data. Very easy to digest, clear and straightforward method. Definitely a book to read if you need to understand how to compile, read, and report on data for school improvement.

[Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the structure of this book and that it goes in a definitive timeline. I have read a lot of college books where you feel like it jumps all around, but this one was well structured.

[Rachel Hardy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for my master's work - it was insightful and helpful. Would recommend.

[Derek Dupuis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was passable as textbooks go. Somewhat interesting.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful handbook for school leaders hoping to move their schools toward a continuous improvement model.

[W Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author presents a compelling case for developing data sets beyond test scores. When analyzing data, she argues that student data goes well beyond test scores and includes personal data on the students, data on the community, and data on the school as a whole. Once that is collected, then, and only then, can serious analysis begin and ways to improve the school developed. Solid book.