Using Data to Make Better Educational Decisions

by Streifer, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780810842144
• ISBN10: 0810842149
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-11
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Most of the business world has been using what is known as data-driven decision making for quite some time now. From retail to medicine to travel, the ability to access data from any point and crosscheck it is commonplace--except in the educational sector. Striefer builds a case arguing that the correct use of data--and the relationship between different types of data - can be used to help answer the most complex questions in education today. This process of analyzing evidence can help school administrators go to the public with the best and most accurate information they can quickly bring together.

Author Biography

Philip A. Streifer is currently an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Connecticut, as well as the president and CEO of EDsmart, Inc., an educational technology company.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
What Is Data-Driven Decision-Making and Why Do It?	1	(12)
Longitudinal Analyses for Program Evaluation, Benchmarking, and Setting Improvement Targets	13	(24)
Equity Issues and Analyses	37	(14)
Exploring the Local Landscape	51	(14)
Budgetary Control and Reallocation: Finding the Resources to Meet New Needs	65	(10)
Achieving School Improvement through Data-Driven Decision-Making and Systems Thinking	75	(48)
Data Extraction, Transformation, Analysis, and Graphing	123	(18)
The Emerging Role of Information Technologies: Making Better Decisions through Knowledge Density	141	(14)
Index	155	(4)
About the Author	159