Using Data to Make Instructional Decisions
Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry. By Wellman, B., & Lipton, L. (2004). Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC. This guide provides educators with a toolkit for structuring and facilitating collaborative inquiry about data.
http://www.miravia.com/product9.html
Using Data to Improve Student Learning in High Schools. By Bernhardt, V. L. (2005). Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, Inc.
This book helps educators make sense of the data that school districts collect, including state student achievement results and other qualitative and quantitative data.
http://www.eyeoneducation.com/bookstore/productdetails.cfm?sku=7004-5&title=using-data-to-improve-student-learning-in-high-schools
School-Wide Information System (SWIS), Educational and Community Supports
This Web-based information system is designed to help school personnel use office referral data to design schoolwide and individual student interventions.
http://www.swis.org/
