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Direct linkThompson, Greg; Rutkowski, Leslie; Rutkowski, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Those asked to make valid decisions with data don't have the technical knowledge to understand nuance around data quality, assessment aims, and statistical limitations that influence how they should interpret the data. This reality is what Greg Thompson, Leslie Rutkowski, and David Rutkowski call the validity paradox. Educators can surmount this…
Descriptors: Validity, Decision Making, Data Use, Educational Assessment
Thomas R. Guskey, Editor; Cassandra Erkens, Contributor; Katie White, Contributor; Mandy Stalets, Contributor; Garnet Hillman, Contributor; Tim Brown, Contributor; Tom Hierck, Contributor; Tom Schimmer, Contributor; Sharon V. Kramer, Contributor; Sarah Schuhl, Contributor; Anthony R. Reibel, Contributor; Joellen Killion, Contributor – Solution Tree, 2025
In "The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition," editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples, and strategies for utilizing formative assessments. These…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Formative Evaluation, Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice
Download full textMeng Li – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
The profound advancements in technology have rendered novel forms of data and data visualisation increasingly accessible to individuals within society, thereby influencing daily decision-making processes. To address this change, this study sets out to review recent research on data-driven inquiries at the K-12 level from two perspectives:…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Data Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics Education
Data Quality Campaign, 2023
Each year, state legislators introduce hundreds of bills that generate new data collections, analyses, and resources, playing a crucial role in how people access and use data. Notably, in 2023 legislators introduced and enacted bills governing cross-agency data systems--the most important step that states must take to make robust access to data…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Access to Information
Morris, Kelsey; Lewis, Timothy; Mitchell, Barb – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2022
This brief provides district PBIS [positive behavioral interventions and supports] leadership teams a framework to examine school-level fidelity and self-assessment data to guide resource, professional development, and technical assistance decision making.
Descriptors: School Districts, Data Use, Data Analysis, Fidelity
Peer reviewedRebecka Rundquist; Kristina Holmberg; John Rack; Zeynab Mohseni; Italo Masiello – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2024
The generation, use, and analysis of educational data comes with many promises and opportunities, especially where digital materials allow usage of learning analytics (LA) as a tool in data-based decision-making (DBDM). However, there are questions about the interplay between teachers, students, context, and technology. Therefore, this paper…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Data Analysis
Sheryl S. Lazarus; Martha L. Thurlow; Mari K. A. Quanbeck – Journal of Special Education, 2025
The 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act placed a 1.0% cap on the participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). U.S. Department of Education regulations clarified that states must develop participation guidelines and a definition of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Alternative Assessment, Guidelines, State Standards
Alex J. Bowers – Grantee Submission, 2021
Educators globally are continually encouraged to use data to inform instructional improvement in schools, yet while there have been many recent innovations in data visualization and data science, educators are rarely included in dashboard co-design. On December 5 and 6, 2019, the Education Data Analytics Collaborative Workshop was held at Teachers…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Evidence Based Practice, Data Use, Decision Making
Barnes, Nicole; Brighton, Catherine M.; Fives, Helenrose; Meyers, Coby; Moon, Tonya R. – Theory Into Practice, 2022
Data use has gained policy traction at the federal, state, and local levels in the United States and internationally, and is now embedded in teacher, principal, and district leader standards in the U.S. However, many decisions implemented in policy and practice are being made on insufficient evidence and assume a relatively straightforward,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Data Use, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Bruce Wellman; Laura Lipton – Solution Tree, 2024
In the second edition of "Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry," authors Bruce Wellman and Laura Lipton provide strategies that transform school culture through data-driven inquiry. By applying a three-phase model and a host of process tools to facilitate collaborative data analysis, K-12 school and…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Guides, Facilitators (Individuals), Visual Aids
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2023
This guide is designed for use by school, district, and state education agency staff to improve the effectiveness of efforts to collect and use discipline data, including reporting accurate and timely data to the federal government. It explains the importance of collecting discipline data, identifies key considerations for agencies implementing…
Descriptors: Discipline, Data Collection, Data Analysis, School Districts
Bruhn, Allison L.; Wehby, Joseph H.; Hasselbring, Ted S. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2020
With the advent of Precision Teaching more than 50 years ago, researchers and practitioners began to examine how to use K-12 students' academic data to guide instructional decisions. Although the field has advanced with the use of curriculum-based measurement and data-driven decision rules for reading and math, the same is not true in the area of…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Decision Making, Teaching Methods, Measurement
Wicks, Anne; Taylor-Raymond, Justine – George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2021
Determining whether a state's young people are on track for a life with opportunity is a critical -- but diffcult -- task for governors and state leaders. States can be both awash in data and unable to easily access and use that data to inform policy. State longitudinal data systems that meaningfully connect workforce, higher education, K-12, and…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Analysis, Learning Analytics, Longitudinal Studies
State Longitudinal Data Systems: Worth the Legislative Investment to Connect Workforce and Education
Anne Wicks; Amanda Wirtz – George W. Bush Institute, 2024
Determining whether a state's young people are on track for a life of opportunity is a difficult task for governors and state leaders. States can be both awash in data and unable to easily access and use that data to inform policy. State longitudinal data systems that meaningfully connect workforce, higher education, K-12, and early childhood…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Analysis, Learning Analytics, Information Systems
Flores, Osly J.; Gunzenhauser, Michael G. – Urban Education, 2021
This article addresses what we are calling "the gaps," the divergent and contextual understandings of "opportunity gap" and "achievement gap" evident in interviews with principals and school district leaders. Drawing from a sample of 22 interviews in urban, inner-ring suburban, and outer-ring suburban schools in a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
