Handbook of Data-based Decision Making in Education

by Kowalski, Theodore J.; Lasley, Thomas J.

• ISBN13: 9780203888803
• ISBN10: 0203888804
• Copyright: 2008-10-21
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This forty-two chapter Handbook will be a major contribution to the literature of education. It will be a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary, research-based, and practice-based resource that all educators can turn to as a guide to data-based decision making.

Table of Contents

Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

Evidence and Decision Making in Professions

Ethics and Decision Making by Educational Leaders

Legal Dimensions of Using Employee and Student Data to Make Decisions

The Role of Private Firms in Data-Based Decision Making

The No Child Left Behind Act: Making Decisions Without Data or Other Reality Checks

Building Support for Data-Based Decisions

Preparing Educators to Effectively Use Student Data Systems

Accessing and Using National Databases

Developing and Nurturing Resources for Effective Data-Driven Decision Making

Preparing Educators to Use Curriculum-Based Measurement

Principal Leadership, Data, and School Improvement

Building Data-Driven District Systems: Examples from Three Award-Winning Urban Systems

School System Strategies for Supporting Data Use

Research on Teachers' Using Data to Make Decisions

Research and Evaluation on Data-Based Decisions in Education

Data-Based Applications

Using Data to Make Critical Choices

Formative versus Summative Assessments as Measures of Student Learning

Using Evidence to Support Administrative Decisions

Swimming in the Depths: Educators' Ongoing Effective Use of Data to Guide Decision Making

Creative Decision-Making Strategies through Technology-Based Curriculum Tools

Aggregating and Analyzing Classroom Achievement Data Supplemental to External Tests

Collaborative Inquiry and Data-based Decision Making

Evidential Reasoning and Decision Support in Assessment of Teacher Practice

Data: The DNA of Politically-based Decision Making in Education

Using Data to Assess School Culture

Data-Based Teacher Selection: Viewed from a Planning, Recruitment, and Selection Perspective

Issues of Recruitment and Selection from a Data-based Perspective: Implications for Educational Leadership Programs

When Data are Insufficient to Make Group Decisions: A Case Study in Community College Administration

How NCLB has Affected the Practice of School District Superintendents

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