Using Curriculum Mapping and Assessment Data to Improve Learning

Educators today are presented with data from multiple sources, including national, state, and local assessments as well as curriculum mapping processes. Effective methods for utlizing this data to inform decision making and ultimately improve student learning is the focus of this book by data experts Bena Kallick and Jeff Colosimo.

Kallick and Colosimo show readers the essential questions to ask about the curriculum, the data, and instructional and assessment techniques and how technology can drive the process. They include real-life examples of districts using these techniques successfully. In addition, the book shows how technology can be used to help schools access and process data, and make effective decisions based on the data.

Data experts provide detailed guidelines on analyzing information from curriculum maps and assessments, making decisions based on data, and changing school culture to enhance learning outcomes.

Jeff Colosimo is a cofounder and the current CEO of Performance Pathways Inc., a technology company specializing in data-driven curriculum and assessment solutions. Colosimo has become a nationally recognized business leader and successful entrepreneur as a result of his commitment and innovative work over the past fifteen years in the K-12 education technologies industry. In his past experience as the founder and president of two other technology companies, AlterNet Performance and Alternate Solutions, his innovative work in the field led to several awards, including Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997, Arthur Anderson's Best Practices Award in 1998, and a "Top 100 Hot Emerging Company" national ranking by ComputerWorld magazine in 1998.