{"title":"Christopher Downey","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Downey’s works delve into the practical application of data within educational settings, offering insightful strategies for school improvement. Readers will find an emphasis on evidence-based approaches that support effective decision-making and enhance learning outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for educators and policymakers, his books provide thoughtful analysis and guidance grounded in education theory and research. Downey’s clear, accessible writing makes complex concepts approachable for those seeking to foster meaningful change in schools.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"using-effectiveness-data-for-school-improvement-by-anthony-kelly-9780415562775","title":"Using Effectiveness Data for School Improvement","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eData metrics in schools are becoming increasingly complex, but despite their best efforts, teachers and academics generally find them something of a 'black-box'. This book lifts the lid on that box, exploring the provenance and problematisation of existing techniques and developing new algorithms for measuring the more oblique aspects of in-school performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing contextual value-added measures in England as a foundation — they have become the template of choice for policy-makers around the world and a basis for some excellent school effectiveness research — the book explores the potential of performance and progress data to guide student and teacher self-evaluation, to set targets and allocate resources, to evaluate initiatives and identify good practice, to assess and reward staff responsibility, and to inform policy in relation to emerging issues like school choice, equality of opportunity and post-compulsory progression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapters are sectioned in three parts — \u003cem\u003ePast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePresent\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFuture\u003c\/em\u003e — and cover:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe historical journey from raw-threshold to refined-contextual measures of school effectiveness research and policy on pupil attainment and value-added data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe leading UK government and Fischer Family Trust models.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIssues relating to differential effectiveness and the interpretation of data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow best to blend data from different sources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNew non-cognitive metrics for assessing social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) and staff responsibility.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eManaging data for school improvement and understanding professional attitudes to it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUsing Effectiveness Data for School Improvement\u003c\/em\u003e brings together for the first time in one place the various metrics and models, and their basis in research. A full technical specification is included so that both 'data experts' and 'data novices', academics and practitioners, can use the book to understand and maximise what is potentially a hugely transforming, but under-utilised, resource and an increasingly important aspect to school and curriculum management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608238538988,"sku":"9780415562775","price":306.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415562775-using-effectiveness-data-for-school-improvement.jpg?v=1778192114"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/christopher-downey.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}