Data-Driven Leadership -- More Praise for Data-Driven Leadership -- The Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education -- Titles in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education Series -- Copyright -- Contents -- The Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Promise and Pitfalls of Data-Driven Decision Making -- Perils and Perverse Incentives -- Cheating on State Tests -- Implementing Quick Fixes -- Targeting Students Just below Accountability Thresholds -- Narrowing of the Curriculum -- Data Overload -- The Promise of Data Use for Equity and Excellence -- What Counts as Data? -- What Is Data-Informed Decision Making? -- The Critical Role of Data-Informed Leadership -- The Knowledge Base for This Book -- Organization of the Book -- Chapter 2: The Four Ps of Educational Reform People, Policies, Practices, and Patterns -- A Framework for Understanding Data Use: The Power of the Four Ps -- The Four Ps Approach to Understanding Data-Informed Leadership -- The Data Use Studies -- Site Selection -- Data Collection -- Important Features of the Sites We Studied -- The People: A History of Stable Leadership -- The Policy Context: High-Stakes Accountability -- Practices and Patterns: Common Reform Features -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 3: Reculturing for Data Use -- Creating a Culture of Data Use for Continuous Improvement -- The Role of Culture in Enabling Data Use: Partnerships between Schools and Districts -- Understanding How Change Happens and Using Data Thoughtfully -- Establishing Expectations -- Sharing Data for Decision Making -- Building Trust through Flexibility and Teacher Expertise -- Creating a Culture of High Expectations for Student Learning -- Shifts in Beliefs and Ongoing Tensions -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 4: Goals, Routines, and Tools for Data Use -- The Importance of Goal Setting to Measure Progress -- Tools: District Curricular Guidelines.

Common Curriculum -- Pacing Plans -- Routines: Benchmark Assessments -- Development of Benchmark Assessments -- Usefulness of Benchmark Assessments -- Tools: Data Management Systems -- Routines: Structured Time for Collaboration -- Making Collaboration Happen -- The Value of Collaboration -- Tools: Protocols to Guide Data-Informed Decision Making -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 5: Using Data for Instructional Improvement -- Using Multiple Types of Data Tied to Learning and Teaching Goals -- How Data Use Changes Classroom Practices: Pausing, Reflecting, and Reteaching -- Moving toward Student Engagement as the Center of Instructional Improvement -- Data Don't Tell Us Everything -- Building Instructional and Data Use Knowledge and Skills: Challenges and Supports -- Teacher Development -- Systemic Support -- To Sum Up -- Chapter 6: Facing the Future with Data-Informed Leadership -- Call #1: Use Data to Support a Culture of Inquiry and Continuous Improvement -- Call #2: Use Knowledge of the Four Ps in Planning Reform Efforts -- Call #3: Build Trust in the Process of Data Use -- Call #4: Build Skills and Knowledge for Data Use -- Call #5: Establish Goals, Routines, and Tools to Support Data Use -- Call #6: Keep Equity Concerns at the Forefront -- Call #7: Center Data Use around Improving Instructional Practice -- Facing the Future with Bold Leadership -- Appendix: Characteristics of Case Study Schools and Districts -- Notes -- Index.