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

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

(A practical guide to data-driven decisions)

Education

Author: Michael Roberts

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Language: English

Published by: Solution Tree Press

Published on: 17th March 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781962188906


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 skillAnalyze data actively and more effectively, finding patterns to inform actionable plansEmbrace data as a guide for improvement, not a means to threaten and blameCultivate teamwork, trust, and vision among educators sharing data across their schoolChampion efficacy as the guiding principle toward data-driven decisions and changes

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Data Collection and Compliance Versus Data Use

Chapter 2: The Facts Versus Your Gut

Chapter 3: Data Observation Versus Data Analysis

Chapter 4: Data as a Tool Versus Data as a Punishment

Chapter 5: My Data Versus Our Data

Chapter 6: The Way We ve Always Done It Versus Finding a Way That Works

Chapter 7: Data Compliance Versus Data Ownership

Chapter 8: Work-Arounds Versus Plow-Throughs

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index

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