Using data in schools to inform leadership and decision making

• Other Authors: Bowers, Alex J. (Editor), Shoho, Alan R. (Editor), Barnett, Bruce G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2014]
• Series: International research on school leadership.
• Subjects: Education > United States > Data processing.; Educational tests and measurements > United States.; School management and organization > United States > Decision making.; Education > Administration > General.; Educational administration and organization.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611850
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-788-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 272 pages)

Our fifth book in the International Research on School Leadership series focuses on the use of data in schools and districts as useful information for leadership and decision making. Schools are awash in data and information, from test scores, to grades, to discipline reports, and attendance as just...

Table of Contents:

• Considering the use of data by school leaders for decision making: An Introduction / Alex J. Bowers, Alan R. Shoho and Bruce G. Barnett
• Part I: Leadership data practices in schools
• Chapter 1. Charter principal autonomy: A missed connection between data-driven decision-making and instructional leadership / Dana L. Bickmore
• Chapter 2. Schools' use of interim data: Practices in classrooms, teams, and schools / Elizabeth Nash Farley-Ripple and Joan L. Buttram
• Chapter 3. Strengthening collaborative data practices in schools: The need to cultivate development perspectives and diagnostic approaches / Shelby Cosner
• Part II: Sources of evidence use in schools for teachers, principals and superintents
• Chapter 4. Longitudinal data use: Ideas for district, building, and classroom leaders / Kay Brocato, Chris Willis, and Kristen Dechert
• Chapter 5. Which data do principals and teachers use to inform their practice? Evidence from Germany with a focus on the influence of school culture / Denise Demski
• Chapter 6. Measuring school capacity for continuous improvement / Elizabeth Leisy Stosich
• Part III: The impact of evidence use policies in schools and districts
• Chapter 7. Principals' and teachers' perceptions of teacher evaluation and their implications in arab schools in Israel / Khalid Arar
• Chapter 8. Making progress with growth models in education: Utility for school improvement / Jennifer Koran and Cameron Carlson
• Chapter 9. Depth of use: How district decision-makers did and did not engage with evidence / Elizabeth Nash Farley-Ripple and Vincent Cho
• Part IV: Conclusions and future trends
• Chapter 10. Data-driven leadership for learning in the age of accountability: Using data in schools to inform leadership and decision making / Rich Halverson
• About the contributors.