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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438354103321

Titolo

Data-based decision making in education : challenges and opportunities / / Kim Schildkamp, Mei Kuin Lai, Lorna Earl, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-63414-7

9786613946591

94-007-4816-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages.) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in educational leadership ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

SchildkampKim

LaiMei Kuin

EarlLorna

Soggetti

School management and organization - Decision making

School management and organization - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 2. data-based decision making: an overview -- 3. analysis and discussion of classroom and achievement data to raise student achievement -- 4. from “intuition”- to “data”-driven decision making in Dutch secondary schools? -- 5. Professional attitudes to the use of data in England -- 6. Approaches to effective data use: does one size fit all? -- 7. Improving data literacy in schools: lessons from the school feedback project -- 8. Implementation of a data initiative in the NCLB era -- 9. Towards data-informed decisions: from ministry policy to school practice -- 10. Conclusions and a data use framework -- 11. Data use: where to from here?

Sommario/riassunto

In a context where schools are held more and more accountable for the education they provide, data-based decision making has become increasingly important. This book brings together scholars from several countries to examine data-based decision making. Data-based decision making in this book refers to making decisions based on a broad range of evidence, such as scores on students’ assessments, classroom observations etc. This book supports policy-makers, people working with schools, researchers and school leaders and teachers in



the use of data, by bringing together the current research conducted on data use across multiple countries into a single volume. Some of these studies are ‘best practice’ studies, where effective data use has led to improvements in student learning. Others provide insight into challenges in both policy and practice environments. Each of them draws on research and literature in the field.--