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Putting FACES on the Data
What Great Leaders Do!

First Edition

Lyn Sharratt - University of Toronto, Canada
Michael Fullan - Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.

Foreword by Sir Michael Barber

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Leadership | School Culture & Climate | Teacher Leadership

February 2012 | 280 pages | Corwin

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Build the bridge from data collection to improved instruction

Students are people—not data. Assessment data can bury you or give you focused information on how to reach every student. Putting Faces on the Data shows how to develop a common language for sharing all students' progress with all teachers and leaders and how to use ongoing assessment to inform instruction. Based on worldwide research from more than 500 educators, this book presents solutions organized by:

Assessment
Instruction
Leadership
Ownership

The many benefits of personalizing data include increased student engagement and a positive impact on school culture. This reader-friendly guide helps you set goals, adjust lessons, identify students' strengths and weaknesses, and implement interventions. Included is a self-assessment framework for implementing improvement at the district and state levels. By focusing on connecting all the dots between students and data, you can accomplish the ultimate goal of helping them learn.

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List of Figures and Tables

Foreword by Sir Michael Barber

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. From Information Glut to Well-Known FACES

2. The Power of Putting FACES on the Data

3. Making It Work in Practice -- Assessment

4. Making It Work in Practice -- Instruction

5. Leadership -- Individualizing for Improvement

6. Ownership -- Of All the FACES

Epilogue

Glossary of Terms

Appendix A. Matrix of Scaffolded Learning Using the Gradual-Release-of-Responsibility Model

Appendix B. Data Collection Placemat for Research

Appendix C. Case Management Template

Appendix D.The Teaching-Learning Cycle

Appendix E. Weekly Literacy Block Planner

Appendix F. Task-Oriented Question Construction Wheel Based on Bloom's Taxonomy

Appendix G. Cross-Curricular Literacy Indicators of Success

Appendix H. Guiding Questions for Collaborative Team Book Study

References

Index

"Too often the debate about education sets up a false dichotomy between rigorous use of data on the one hand and teachers' professionalism on the other. This book demonstrates triumphantly that when the two go together, students benefit."

Sir Michael Barber

Chief Education Advisor at Pearson and Author of Deliverology 101: A Field Guide for Educational Leaders

"This is a very good book and the Canadian educationalists should be congratulated on producing a high quality piece of work. In general terms it is well laid out and well-presented, making it easy for the reader to access."

Brent Davies, Professor

University of Hull and the University of Melbourne

"This book is recommened as a professional development tool for anyone interested in using data to improve school achievement. It would be particularly useful as a study guide for teachers and schools focused on learning how to use data effectively to support their work with children in their own classrooms."

Melanie Tait

Education Today

"The book sets out to integrate two aspects of school improvement that most think are mutually exclusive: data to improve schools and systems and data to improve the individual child's learning experience. It is a remarkable book as it achieves this challenging task. A great read."

Brent Davies, Professor Emeritus the University of Hull

Professorial Fellow University of Melbourne

Key features

Includes examples from the authors' current work as well as new situations that are being developed
Includes numerous cases from the U.S and Canada
The book will set the context for how this data work fits into a larger district/state picture
Book is based on 3 research questions given to a pool of over 500 educators- why put FACES on data; how do we do so; and what leadership qualities would be necessary to lead a system that did this well?