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Download full textArmstrong, John – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2016
Analysis of student-level data to inform policy and promote student success is a core function of executive higher education agencies. Postsecondary data systems have expanded their collection of data elements for use by policymakers, institutional staff, and the general public. The State Higher Education Executive Officers association (SHEEO), as…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Higher Education, Information Utilization
Schoenfeld, Gregg – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2012
This 2012 mba.com Prospective Students Survey Report explores the motivations, behaviors, program choices, and intended career outcomes of individuals who expressed a desire to further their education in a graduate business program. More than 16,000 prospective business school students who registered on mba.com shared their opinions, preferences,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Admission (School), Graduate Study, Motivation
Means, Barbara; Chen, Eva; DeBarger, Angela; Padilla, Christine – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2011
The national Study of Education Data Systems and Decision Making documented the availability and features of education data systems and the prevalence and nature of data-informed decision making in districts and schools. That study, like past research, found that teachers' likelihood of using data in decision making is affected by how confident…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Middle Schools, Middle School Teachers
Means, Barbara; Padilla, Christine; Gallagher, Larry – US Department of Education, 2010
Since 2006 the national Study of Education Data Systems and Decision Making, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Policy and Program Studies Service, has been examining both the implementation of student data systems per se and the broader set of practices involving the use of data to improve instruction, regardless of whether or not…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Information Systems, Program Implementation
Faria, Ann-Marie; Heppen, Jessica; Li, Yibing; Stachel, Suzanne; Jones, Wehmah; Sawyer, Katherine; Thomsen, Kerri; Kutner, Melissa; Miser, David; Lewis, Sharon; Casserly, Michael; Simon, Candace; Uzzell, Renata; Corcoran, Amanda; Palacios, Moses – Council of the Great City Schools, 2012
In recent years, interest has spiked in data-driven decision making in education--that is, using various types of student data to inform decisions in schools and classrooms. In October 2008, the Council of the Great City Schools and American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched a project funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that focused…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evidence, Decision Making, Principals
Mitchell, Douglas E.; And Others – 1979
This research report describes an analysis of the ways state legislative policy makers in Arizona, California, and Oregon engage in the process of turning political interests and pressures into public policies. The purpose is to provide insights into the overall processes of social science utilization within state legislatures, using a behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Information Utilization
Ratajczak, Rosalinda – 1978
The six sections of this report describe the collection of occupational information on an interstate basis to plan effective education programs for manpower development. Focus is on eight southern states--Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Section 1 discusses two views of vocational…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Economics
Direct linkWoody, Elisabeth L.; Bae, Soung; Park, Sandra; Russell, Jennifer – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ3), 2006
Achievement gaps have real consequences for students, particularly those facing the challenge of passing the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), now a requirement in order to receive a high school diploma in California. The combined 2005 CAHSEE passing rates reveal significant discrepancies between White and Asian students and their African…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
