Getting Excited About Data: Combining People, Passion and Proof to Maximize Student Achievement

The aim of this book is best captured by its subtitle, Combining People, Passion and Proof to Increase Student Achievement . The book explains how the goal in collecting more data should be to increase student success, not to be a more research-based, data-driven school. The book focuses on the human elements, such as hopes and fears, prior knowledge, and current needs. Getting Excited About Data, Second Edition , strives to create active engagement with interaction with peers and data with the purpose of building a more collaborative culture and a shared sense of collective responsibility for all students’ learning.