February 2003
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February 2003 | Volume 60 | Number 5
Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Blind Data
Marge Scherer
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How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning
Thomas R. Guskey
The assessments most likely to improve student achievement are those that teachers create.
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A Reader's Guide to Scientifically Based Research
Robert E. Slavin
What makes one research study more valid than another?
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Lessons from Research That Changed Education
Gordon Cawelti
Great research, like great art, needs room for new approaches.
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First Things First: Demystifying Data Analysis
Mike Schmoker
Setting a limited number of simple, specific improvement goals is the way to begin.
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No Schools Left Behind
Victoria L. Bernhardt
A primer for schools attempting to analyze the data they collect.
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A Research Report / The Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Student Motivation and Learning
Audrey L. Amrein and David C. Berliner
Having a high-stakes test does not mean that a state can expect its students to do well on other measures of achievement. In addition, such tests can stifle student motivation to learn.
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The Power of Testing
Matthew Gandal and Laura McGiffert
Why educators should embrace tests that are tools for transforming teaching and learning.
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The Dangers of Testing
Monty Neill
Why educators should repudiate tests that narrow the curriculum and dumb down instruction.
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The Seductive Allure of Data
W. James Popham
In the quest for assessment sanity, which kinds of data should we spurn? Which should we respect?
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Backward Design for Forward Action
Jay McTighe and Ronald S. Thomas
Here is a framework for using standards and essential questions to plan both curriculum and school improvement.
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Using Data: Two Wrongs and a Right
Robert J. Marzano
How schools can avoid common mistakes in building their school improvement plans.
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Data Warehousing: Beyond Disaggregation
Lawrence M. Rudner and Carol Boston
A well-organized data archive allows a wide range of analyses using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data.
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A Tale of Two Schools' Data
Beverly A. Parsons
Connecting instruction, professional development, and student learning makes all the difference between successful and unsuccessful data use.
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Using Data to Differentiate Instruction
Kay Brimijoin, Ede Marquissee and Carol Ann Tomlinson
Collecting data from students is key to shaping effective instruction.
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Departments
Research Link / A Global Perspective on Student Accountability
John H. Holloway
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The Shrink in the Classroom / Mental Health Specialists in Schools
Steven C. Schlozman
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Reviews
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Letters
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EL Themes for 2003–2004
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ASCD Community in Action
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Online Only
Developing an Inquiry-Minded District
Jay Feldman, Gail Lucey, Sarah Goodrich and Dana Frazee
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Study Guide / EL Extra
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Web Wonders / Using Data to Improve Student Achievement
Deborah Perkins-Gough
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Copyright © 2003 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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