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Schaffhauser, Dian – T.H.E. Journal, 2011
It's not exactly a well-kept secret: Despite the drumbeat for data that has echoed through the jungles of education for over a decade, its nuanced use to make decisions for students is rare. And even though state and national longitudinal data initiatives from the US Department of Education (ED) have increased the pressure, relatively few schools…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Improvement, Decision Making, Data Analysis
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Demski, Jennifer – T.H.E. Journal, 2009
Response to Intervention, or RTI, is a framework for using data to establish the nature and degree of the help a student needs, and then applying strategies targeting those areas. It is a carefully drawn, systematic form of data-driven decision-making that establishes multiple stages of interventions for varying degrees of problems. Though some…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Decision Making, Data
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Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
Data is a daily reality for school systems. Between standardized tests and tools from companies that offer data warehousing services, educators and district superintendents alike are up to their eyeballs in facts and figures about student performance that they can use as the basis for curricular decisions. Still, there is more to assessment than…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts, Decision Making
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Petrides, Lisa A. – T.H.E. Journal, 2006
This is the second part of a four-part report on data-driven decision-making. Widespread attention to school accountability, driven by state and federal mandates, has increased the stakes for all schools. These mandates have made more data available to educators at all levels, but they have not been as effective in encouraging teachers to use…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Accountability, Educational Change, Decision Making
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Mercurius, Neil – T.H.E. Journal, 2005
Data-driven decision-making (D3M) appears to be the new buzz phrase for this century, the information age. On the education front, teachers and administrators are engaging in data-centered dialog in grade-level meetings, lounges, hallways, and classrooms as they brainstorm toward closing the gap in student achievement. Clearly, such discussion…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Data Collection