Translating Data into Information to Improve Teaching and Learning
Victoria L. Bernhardt, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Education for the Future Initiative, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to build the capacity of all schools at all levels to gather, analyze, and use data to continuously improve learning for all students. She is also a Professor, on leave, in the Department of Professional Studies in Education, College of Communication and Education, at California State University, Chico.Dr. Bernhardt is passionate about her mission of helping all educators continuously improve student learning in their classrooms, their schools, their districts, and states by gathering, analyzing, and using actual data--as opposed to using hunches and "gut-level" feelings. She has made numerous presentations at professional meetings and has conducted thousands of workshops on The School Portfolio, data analysis, and continuous improvement at local, state, regional, national, and international levels.Dr. Bernhardt is the author of the following books:* Translating Data into Information to Improve Teaching and Learning (2007)* A four-book collection, with CD-Roms, of using data to improve student learning--Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Elementary Schools (2003); Using Data to Improve Student Learning in Middle Schools (2004); Using Data to Improve Student Learning in High Schools (2005); and Using Data to Improve Student Learning in School Districts (2006).* Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement (First Edition, 1998; Second Edition, 2004)* The School Portfolio Toolkit: A Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation Guide for Continuous School Improvement, and CD-Rom (2002)* The Example School Portfolio (2000)* The School Portfolio: A Comprehensive Framework for School Improvement (First Edition, 1994; Second Edition, 1999)