Harvard Graduate School of Education

Reviews of Data Wise:

from Harvard Educational Review:

"Data Wise reads as a strong tool to support examining large-scale test results as well as classroom data. It guides school- and district-based staff in having important conversations about student strengths and weaknesses and how to teach to them. Using this book as a guide will help schools identify challenges, foster collaboration among staff members, and improve schools’ overall culture." - excerpt from Spring 2007 book review in Harvard Educational Review

from Teachers College Record:

"With Data Wise, the authors have created an easy to read and understand book on how to transform data on student achievement into a plan of action to improve teaching and learning. While there are many different authors and probably just as many writing styles, the editors did a fantastic job of making sure the writing in each of the chapters blended and flowed so the book reads as if there was one writer.

Data Wise is practical and based on experiences in real schools; therefore, it achieves one of its goals of helping school leaders understand how to use student assessments to improve teaching and learning. School leaders should be very pleased to see what it would look like if they followed the whole process, which the authors show through the two case-study schools. Data Wise: A Step-by Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning is a nice contribution to how to get assessment data used by those who are leading and teaching in our schools." -excerpt from book review in Teachers College Record, May 10, 2006

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