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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Journal Staff

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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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