Paul Bambrick-Santoyo - Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction

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This is the most important work our schools need to do, and Paul Bambrick-Santoyo is the master. Without a doubt, Pauls expertise has been the key to our student achievement gains. His insights have provided our school leadership and, more importantly, our teachers with the skills to use the data to improve their instruction and ensure all of our students are successful.

Jennifer Niles, founder and head of school, E.L. Haynes Public Charter
School, Washington, D.C.

Driven by Data is much more than a compilation of chronicles about schools that have made outstanding progress. Paul Bambrick-Santoyos work not only shares the results, but actually tells the story of how the results were achieved. This invaluable book is indeed a desk reference for any instructional leader seeking a concrete, data-driven solution to problems in his or her school or district.

Jarvis T. Sanford, managing director, The Academy for Urban School Leadership

Driven by Data is an inspiring and encouraging manifesto of how schools can make significant student learning gains by using data-driven instruction. Paul provides the proof and the tools that guarantee high expectations and rigor in any schools daily routine. This model should be replicated everywhere across the country.

Turon Ivy, former director of Chicago International
Charter School, Bucktown Campus

Every leader who is accountable to increase student achievement should read Paul Bambrick-Santoyos book, Driven by Data. I have been fortunate enough to have worked with Paul prior to becoming a principal, and learned from him how to best implement his theories on how to assess, analyze, and respond to student data.

Sean Conley, principal,
The Morrell Park Elementary/Middle
School, Baltimore, Maryland

There are many books on the topic of data-driven instruction, but Paul provides a true road map for approaching this important work. The book is all inclusive: research-based strategies, instructions for the practitioner, and evidence of success.

Tiffany Hardrick, co-founder and principal, Miller-McCoy Academy for
Mathematics and Business

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bambrick-Santoyo, Paul, 1972-

Driven by data : a practical guide to improve instruction / Paul Bambrick-Santoyo.

p. cm.

Includes index.

eISBN : 978-0-470-59438-4

1. Education-United States-Data processing-Case studies. 2. Educational tests and measurements- United States-Case studies. 3. Educational assessment-United States-Case studies. 4. School

improvement programs-United States-Case studies. 5. School management and organization-United States-Case studies. I. Title.

LB1028.43.B35 2010

371.271-dc22

2009046005

PB Printing

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo has spent seven years at North Star, and during that time the network has seen dramatic increases in performance in student achievement, reaching 90/90/90 status (90 percent free or reduced lunch, 90 percent students of color, 90 percent proficient on state assessments) in almost every category and grade level, making North Star one of the highest-achieving urban schools in New Jersey. Bambrick-Santoyo is currently a managing director of Uncommon Schools, uniting North Star to a community of some of the highest-achieving urban schools in the country. In that work he is currently managing the expansion of North Star into a network of three elementary schools, three middle schools, and a high school by 2011. He has trained more than 1,800 school leaders nationwide in his work at Uncommon Schools and as the data-driven instruction faculty member for New Leaders for New Schools, the leading national urban school leadership training program. Prior to joining North Star, he worked for six years in a bilingual school in Mexico City, where he founded the International Baccalaureate program at the middle school level, led significant gains in English test score results, and was named Teacher of the Year in 1999. He earned a B.A. in social justice from Duke University (1994) and his M.Ed. in school administration via New Leaders for New Schools from the City University of New YorkBaruch College (2003).