Schools and Data: The Educator's Guide for Using Data to Improve Decision Making [Paperback]

Theodore B. Creighton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 6, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1412937337 | ISBN-13: 978-1412937337 | Edition: 2nd

This reader-friendly second edition provides step-by-step procedures for using data to facilitate effective decision making and focuses on strengthening educators’ problem analysis and data interpretation skills.

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"Real-world examples accompany step-by-step procedures for collecting, organizing, and using data to provide leaders with more effective decision-making tools. A 'must' for educators and administrators in school settings." (California Bookwatch, October 2006 )

About the Author

Theodore B. Creighton is currently a Professor and Program Leader in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining the faculty at Virginia Tech, he served as Director of the Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University and as a Professor in Educational Leadership at Idaho State University. His background includes teaching at all grade levels in Washington, D.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; and Los Angeles, California. His administrative experience includes serving as principal and superintendent in both Fresno and Kern Counties, California. He holds a BS degree in teacher education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in educational administration from California State University Long Beach, and a doctorate from the University of California Davis.

Though active in many professional organizations, he devotes considerable time to his role as Executive Director of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. He also serves as a member of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA), and as a Stafford Faculty Fellow for the National Institute on Leadership, Disabilities and Students Placed at Risk (NILDSPAR). He recently was appointed as Project Director of the Connexions Knowledge Base Project, an international initiative in collaboration with Rice University charged with assembling the knowledge base in educational administration. His research includes examining the forces of the school principalship, and he is widely published in the area of schools with alternative forms of school leadership.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press; 2nd edition (July 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412937337
• ISBN-13: 978-1412937337
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #384,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Statistics 001: For Educators., September 18, 2006

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Bernard Chapin "Ora Et Labora!" (CHICAGO! USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schools and Data: The Educator's Guide for Using Data to Improve Decision Making (Hardcover)

I taught a section on statistics to educators back in 2001 and the textbook we used was a "statistics without the statistics" coursepack which failed to satisfy anyone. I am certain, however, that if I had Dr. Creighton's Schools and Data, my students would have felt more comfortable and learned a great deal more. With its specific examples for the schools and lack of jargon this volume definitely fills a need in regards to ubiquitous Ed School quantitative research syllabi. It not only explains statistics like t tests, z scores, and correlation coefficients, but it also provides excellent rationale for where and how they should be used in our schools. Such illumination is most welcome as many teachers-to-be think statistical measurement is a waste of time. Dr. Creighton shows readers exactly how to use the SPSS and GB-STAT programs--down to the exact functions to enable and click--which will make performing calculations and determinations far easier than most people expect. We live in a time wherein the public is gradually starting to discover the importance of the phrase "research based" so a book like this is invaluable as a means to bettering the education of children as it helps to separate the good from the trendy when it comes to instructional method (not to mention all the other ways in which statistical analysis could improve the functioning of the schools as well). It was an excellent buy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 'must' for educators and administrators in school settings., October 14, 2006

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schools and Data: The Educator's Guide for Using Data to Improve Decision Making (Paperback)

The second updated edition of SCHOOLS AND DATA: THE EDUCATOR'S GUIDE FOR USING DATA TO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING covers an area which is no longer optional for educators, providing analysis of statistics relating to data use in the schools of teachers and principals. Real-world examples accompany step-by-step procedures for collecting, organizing and using data to provide leaders with more effective decision-making tools. A 'must' for educators and administrators in school settings.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch