Handbook of Data-Based Decision Making in Education

by Kowalski; Theodore J.

• ISBN13: 9780415965033
• ISBN10: 0415965039
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Education has fought long and hard to gain acceptance as a profession and, since professionals by definition use data to shape the decisions they make, education has little choice but to continue moving in this direction. This 3-part handbook represents a major contribution to the literature of education. It is a unique compendium of the most original work currently available on how, when and why evidence should be used to ground practice. It is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary, research-based, and practice-based resource that all educators can turn to as a guide to data-based decision making. The Handbook of Data-Based Decision Making in Educationis a must read for researchers who are just beginning to explore the scientifically based nature of educational practice. It is also appropriate for policy makers and practitioners who are confronted with young people who need to be in classrooms where "best practices" are the norm and not the exception.

Table of Contents

Perface	p. viii
Introduction:Contextualizing Evidence-Based Decision Making	p. xi
Theroetical and Practical Perspectives	p. 1
Evidence and Decision Making in Professions	p. 3
Ethics Based Decision Making by Educational Leaders	p. 20
Legal Dimensions of Using Employee and Student Data to Make Decisions	p. 38
The Role of Private Firms in Data-Based Decision Making	p. 54
The No Child Left Behind Act: Making Decisions Without Data or Other Reality Checks	p. 72
Building Support for Data-Based Decisions
Preparing Educators to Effectively Use Student Data Systems	p. 89
Accessing and Analyzing National Databases Terrell Lamont Strayhorn	p. 105
Developing and Nurturing Resources for Effective Data-Driven Decision Making	p. 123
Preparing Educators to Use Curriculum-Based Measurement	p. 136
Principal Leadership, Data and School Improvement	p. 153
Building Data-Driven District Systems: Examples from Three Award-Winning Urban Systems	p. 173
School System Strategies for Supporting Data Use	p. 191
Research on Teachers Using Data to make Decisions	p. 207
Research and Evaluation on Data-Based Decisions in Education	p. 222
Data-Based Applications	p. 241
Using Data to Make Crtitical Choices	p. 243
Formative versus Summartive Assessments as Measures of Student Learning	p. 259
Using Evidence to Support Administrative Decisions	p. 272
Swimming in the Depths; Educators' Ongoing Effective Use of Data to Guide Decision Making	p. 286
Creative Decision-Making Strategies Through Techonology-Based Curriculum Tools	p. 304
Aggregating and Analyzing Classroom Achievement Data Supplemental to External Tests	p. 317
Collaborative Inquiry and Data-Based Decision Making	p. 344
Evidential Reasoning and Decisions Support in Assessment of Teacher Practice	p. 363
Data: The DNA of Poltically Based Decision Making in Education	p. 382
Using Data to Assesss School Culture	p. 397
Data-Based Teacher Selection: Viewed from a Planning Recruitment, and Selection Prective	p. 443
Issues of Recruitment and Selection from a Data-Based Perspective: Implications for Educational Leadership Programs	p. 429
When Data are Insufficient to Make Group Decisions; A case Study in Community College Administration	p. 441
How NCLB has Affected the Practice of School District Superintendents	p. 455
About the Athors	p. 471
Subject Index	p. 479
Index of Names	p. 485
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