Overview
Written by two leading experts in education research and policy, Common-Sense Evidence is a concise, accessible guide that helps education leaders find and interpret data and research, and then put that knowledge into action. In the book, Nora Gordon and Carrie Conaway empower educators to address the federal Every Student Succeeds Act mandate that schools use evidence-based improvement strategies. Recommendations include utilizing existing research; generating evidence on the success of their own improvement efforts; and building an organizational culture of evidence use. The authors walk readers through the processes for determining whether research is relevant and convincing; explain useful statistical concepts; and show how to quickly search for and scan research studies for the necessary information. The book directs readers through case studies of typical scenarios including a superintendent trying to reduce chronic absenteeism; a middle school math department chair trying to improve student performance on exams; and a chief state school officer attempting to recruit teachers for rural schools. Common-Sense Evidence helps education leaders build capacity for evidence-based practice in their schools and districts.
Full Product Details
Author: Nora Gordon ,
Carrie Conaway
Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Imprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Dimensions:
Width: 18.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.485kg
ISBN: 9781682535066
ISBN 10: 1682535061
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 August 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
"""The text clearly belongs on the desk of district leaders as well as in the classrooms of educational leadership programs. Common-Sense Evidence: The Education Leader's Guide to Using Data and Research is arguably one of the most meaningful texts related to the development of successful educational leaders in current times."" --Journal of School Choice ""Given the need to interest more administrators in research to improve curriculum and instruction, I recommend this work as a companion to a traditional education statistics text. Gordon and Conaway teach useful methods for securing data for suggestive consideration."" --School Administrator"
Given the need to interest more administrators in research to improve curriculum and instruction, I recommend this work as a companion to a traditional education statistics text. Gordon and Conaway teach useful methods for securing data for suggestive consideration. --School Administrator
Author Information
Nora Gordon is an associate professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Carrie Conaway is a senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
