Data-based Decision Making in Education Challenges and Opportunities

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schildkamp, Kim (Editor), Lai, Mei Kuin (Editor), Earl, Lorna (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Studies in Educational Leadership
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 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?
  • Index