December 2008/January 2009
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December 2008/January 2009 | Volume 66 | Number 4
Data: Now What?
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Driven Dumb by Data?
Marge Scherer
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The Spectrum of Education Research
Jeffrey R. Henig
The politicization of education research has been dispiriting, but there are encouraging signs that research is improving.
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The New Stupid
Frederick M. Hess
The "old stupid" was not using data at all. Now the pendulum has swung the other way.
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Answering the Questions That Count
David Ronka, Mary Ann Lachat, Rachel Slaughter and Julie Meltzer
Schools of all sizes use the essential-questions approach to become data-driven decision makers.
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Accountability with Roots
George Johnson and Susan Bonaiuto
To be meaningful, accountability must grow out of local priorities.
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Measuring the Achievement Elephant
Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley
Understanding the nuances of data requires seeing the whole picture.
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School Climate Through Students' Eyes
Bill Preble and Larry Taylor
When bullying and harassment rear their heads, student-led research helps address the issues.
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The Assessment Double Play
Roberta Buhle and Camille L. Z. Blachowicz
Coaches help teachers connect information and find relevant applications.
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Researchers and Educators: Allies in Learning
Mark Dynarski
The director of the What Works Clearinghouse calls for backing rigorous research studies.
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The Collaborative Advantage
Jennifer L. Steele and Kathryn Parker Boudett
Lessons from eight schools that seek to understand student achievement data.
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Data Beyond High School
Elliot Washor, Karen Arnold and Charles Mojkowski
A school looks at the life trajectories of its recent graduates to assess high school practices.
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Student-Driven Research
Makeba Jones and Susan Yonezawa
Why and how students can guide research at school.
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Measuring What Matters
Mike Schmoker
Standardized test scores are not always the right data to use.
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A Day's Worth of Data
Margery B. Ginsberg and Catherine Brown
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Using Data, Changing Teaching
Barnett Berry, Carolann Wade and Paula Trantham
Surveys on working conditions point to the need for change.
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Departments
All About Assessment / Anchoring Down the Data
W. James Popham
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What Research Says About / Collaborative Inquiry
Jane L. David
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The Learning Leader / Looking Deeper Into the Data
Douglas B. Reeves
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Special Report / Learning About—and From—Data
Amy M. Azzam
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The Principal Connection / Data That Count
Thomas R. Hoerr
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ASCD Community in Action
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Bits from the Blog
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Journal Staff
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Online Only
Why Teachers Must Be Data Experts
Jennifer Morrison
Learn to love—and understand—data, this Outstanding Young Educator recommends.
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A Tale of Two Schools
Jennifer D. Morrison and Margaret Rudt
Two middle schools take different routes, but both make adequate yearly progress.
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Raising the Bar at Furness High
Robert E. Slavin, Gwen Carol Holmes and Cecelia Daniels
A school unifies around data, improvement, and pride.
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The Challenge of Assessing School Climate
Jonathan Cohen, Terry Pickeral and Molly McCloskey
Educating the whole child calls for assessing hard-to-measure indicators.
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Taking Data to Heart
Kim K. Metcalf
What do blood pressure and school data have in common?
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EL Study Guide
Teresa Preston
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