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Harrison, Cindy; Bryan, Chris – Journal of Staff Development, 2008
As teachers and leaders are well aware, schools and districts across the country have invested enormous amounts of money and energy in creating data management systems so that teachers can access information about their students' performance. With these systems in place, the focus now needs to move to the structures and allocation of time that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Management Information Systems, Use Studies, Research Utilization
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Love, Nancy; Stiles, Katherine E.; Mundry, Susan; DiRanna, Kathryn – Journal of Staff Development, 2008
School improvement without will and moral purpose--without a genuine commitment to all students--is an empty exercise in compliance that, in the authors' experience, can do more harm than good. The authors have seen educators use data to "more accurately" track students, further widening the opportunity-to-learn gap. In response to achievement…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inferences, Student Improvement, Data Interpretation
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Wu, P. C. – Journal of Staff Development, 1988
While those involved in staff development often seek new or further information or research on effective successful staff development, they often overlook or do not know how to use the voluminous amount of literature that already exists regarding conditions, processes, adaptations, motivation, and strategies for effective educational change. (CB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Wood, Fred H.; Thompson, Steven R. – Journal of Staff Development, 1993
Staff development programs should be established by using a set of assumptions grounded in research and best practice. The article examines faulty assumptions that guide too many programs, then presents 14 new assumptions that should guide effective practice and successful staff development. (SM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
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Conzemius, Anne – Journal of Staff Development, 2000
Describes how one school improved after a new principal put data-based decision making (via a detailed needs assessment) at the heart of school reform and staff development efforts, discussing the school's evolution. The paper examines key factors that support the effective use of data in schools: focus to answer questions, reflection to provide…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Change