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Thomas R. Guskey is an international expert in evaluation design, analysis, and educational reform. His essay explains why the Data standard for professional learning is an essential foundation for all of the other standards. “Because of its indispensable and fundamental nature,” Guskey writes, “no other standard is more important or more vital to the purpose of the Standards for Professional Learning.”
The full essay explores the meaning of data in the context of professional learning. In this excerpt, Guskey examines the use of data in the systemic evaluation of professional learning.
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students uses a variety of sources and types of student, educator, and system data to plan, assess, and evaluate professional learning.
About the book
Guskey, T.R., Roy, P., & von Frank, V. (2014). Reach the highest standard in professional learning: Data. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. Excerpted with permission.
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