This book describes the Data Team Procedure: a method for data-based decision making that can
help schools to improve their quality. It involves the use of teams consisting of 4-6 teachers
1-2 school leaders and a data expert. The members of the team collaboratively learn how to use
data to solve an educational problem within the school adopting a systematic approach. The
data team procedure is an iterative and cyclic procedure consisting of eight steps. The data
team members are trained in the data team procedure by a coach. The coach visits the data
team's school regularly for a meeting and facilitates working according to the systematic
procedure. Teams participate in data analysis workshops for more specific support. Divided into
three parts the book first describes the importance of data use and the data team procedure.
Next it describes two cases. The first case concerns a data team working on a school level
problem: Reducing grade repetition. The second case concerns a data team working on a classroom
level problem: low student achievement in English language. The last part of the book explains
what it means to implement the data team procedure in the school the conditions needed for
implementing the data team procedure and the factors that may hinder or support the use of
data in data teams.
