Common-Sense Evidence is a concise, accessible guide that helps education leaders find and interpret data and research and put that knowledge into action. The book empowers educators to address the Every Student Succeeds Act mandate that schools use evidence-based improvement strategies. Recommendations include making sure existing research is relevant and convincing; generating evidence on the success of their own improvement efforts; and building an organizational culture of evidence use.
Nora Gordon and Carrie Conaway direct readers through case studies of typical scenarios and help education leaders build capacity for evidence-based practice in their schools and districts.
"Common-Sense Evidence is a breath of fresh air in a policy context that narrowly and, largely unsuccessfully, has privileged particular kinds of evidence and particular kinds of use. Gordon and Conaway empower education leaders with expert guidance on finding, creating, and using evidence
