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Creating Smarter Classrooms: Data-Based Decision Making for Effective Classroom Management
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Gage, Nicholas A.; McDaniel, Sara – Beyond Behavior, 2012
The term "data-based decision making" (DBDM) has become pervasive in education and typically refers to the use of data to make decisions in schools, from assessment of an individual student's academic progress to whole-school reform efforts. Research suggests that special education teachers who use progress monitoring data (a DBDM…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Classroom Techniques
Putting Faces on the Data: What Great Leaders Do!
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Sharratt, Lyn; Fullan, Michael – Corwin, 2012
Students are people--not data. Assessment data can bury you or give you focused information on how to reach every student. "Putting Faces on the Data" shows how to develop a common language for sharing all students' progress with all teachers and leaders and how to use ongoing assessment to inform instruction. Based on worldwide research from more…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, School Culture, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis
Managing the Intersection of Internal and External Accountability: Challenge for Urban School Leadership in the United States
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Knapp, Michael S.; Feldman, Susan B. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to direct attention to the intersection of external and internal accountability systems within urban schools, and the role of school leadership, especially that of the principal, in managing this intersection. In particular, the paper explores how school leaders are able to strengthen and sustain the school's…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Instructional Improvement, Accountability, Instructional Leadership
Using Data to Inform Instructional Practice
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Barnett, Angela L. – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to inform instruction by using data as a progress-monitoring tool to drive instruction and ultimately student achievement. During the course of this study, data was gathered from a pre-test in a mathematics measurement unit to determine differentiated instruction and grouping. Formative short frequent assessments were…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Grade 4
Teachers, Schools and Using Evidence: Considerations of Preparedness
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Parr, Judy M.; Timperley, Helen S. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2008
Despite assessment being viewed as integral to practice, there are questions about schools' preparedness to engage in this process. Data from three studies conducted in New Zealand primary schools explore whether use of student achievement data is part of the professional canon or skill set. (1) When implementing new literacy materials, evidence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Methods
Using Data To Differentiate Instruction.
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Brimijoin, Kay; Marquissee, Ede; Tomlinson, Carol Ann – Educational Leadership, 2003
Asserts that collecting assessment data from students is key to shaping effective instruction. Both informal and formal data about student learning not only shape instruction but also determine its effectiveness. Contends that continuous assessment that drives curriculum is a means of enhancing student and teacher performance. (Contains seven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment