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Direct linkSteven Snead – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Data-based decision-making has been a frequently used policy and practice intervention used in schools to help inform the decision-making processes of educational practitioners, with the aim of improving student outcomes. Interim benchmark assessments are designed by commercial test developers to support educators in this framework. In fact, the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Data Analysis, Educational Practices, Decision Making
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
Key Student Nodes Mining in the In-Class Social Network Based on Combined Weighted GRA-TOPSIS Method
Peer reviewedShou, Zhaoyu; Tang, Mengxue; Wen, Hui; Liu, Jinghua; Mo, Jianwen; Zhang, Huibing – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2023
In this paper, a key node mining algorithm of entropy-CRITIC combined weighted GRA-TOPSIS method is proposed, which is based on the network structure features. First, the method obtained multi-dimensional data of students' identities, seating relationships, social relationships, and so on to build a database. Then, the seating similarity among…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Algorithms, Network Analysis, Databases
Download full textRebecka 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
Regan, Kelley; Evmenova, Anya S.; Hutchison, Amy; Day, Jamie; Stephens, Madelyn; Verbiest, Courtney; Gafurov, Boris – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
The process of analyzing student data to determine an appropriate instructional decision is crucial for student academic growth. This article details how teachers can make data-driven decisions to carefully design writing instruction. Steps are presented for teachers to follow throughout the data driven decision-making process in order to meet…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Decision Making, Essays, Data Analysis
Shi, Yang; Schmucker, Robin; Chi, Min; Barnes, Tiffany; Price, Thomas – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
Knowledge components (KCs) have many applications. In computing education, knowing the demonstration of specific KCs has been challenging. This paper introduces an entirely data-driven approach for: (1) discovering KCs; and (2) demonstrating KCs, using students' actual code submissions. Our system is based on two expected properties of KCs: (1)…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Data Analysis, Programming, Coding
Dylan C. Teut – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A significant number of U.S. students are unable to read proficiently by fourth grade, and over two billion dollars are spent each year on students who repeat a grade due to reading problems. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine novice elementary teachers' perspectives of their self-efficacy in using adaptive instructional…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Literacy Education, Student Evaluation
Zane, Len – Honors in Practice, 2020
Many of the numbers used to assess students are statistical in nature. The theoretical context underlying the production of a typical number or statistic used in student assessment is presented. The author urges readers to recognize objective data as subjective information and to carefully consider the numbers that often determine admission,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Honors Curriculum, Admission Criteria
Alammary, Ali – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2021
Developing effective assessments is a critical component of quality instruction. Assessments are effective when they are well-aligned with the learning outcomes, can confirm that all intended learning outcomes are attained, and their obtained grades are accurately reflecting the level of student achievement. Developing effective assessments is not…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Alignment (Education), Student Evaluation, Data Analysis
Guenter, Cris – National Art Education Association, 2019
The teaching performance expectations and assignments that preservice art teachers currently address in field experiences and in their coursework are designed to help them meet the expectations of being a quality art educator in the 21st century. These assignments may be very different from the assignments that art educators had in their…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Data Collection, Art Education
Fischer, Christian; Pardos, Zachary A.; Baker, Ryan Shaun; Williams, Joseph Jay; Smyth, Padhraic; Yu, Renzhe; Slater, Stefan; Baker, Rachel; Warschauer, Mark – Review of Research in Education, 2020
The emergence of big data in educational contexts has led to new data-driven approaches to support informed decision making and efforts to improve educational effectiveness. Digital traces of student behavior promise more scalable and finer-grained understanding and support of learning processes, which were previously too costly to obtain with…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Instructional Effectiveness
Stevenson, Bradley – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2016
Data-based decision making refers to collecting, analyzing, and reporting data to drive school improvement. This can apply to any level of the school from individual students to the entire system. When applied to the field of secondary transition, it refers to using data to drive decisions to improve the in-school and post-school success of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Use, Decision Making, Educational Improvement
Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2018
The recommendations in this brief create a framework for using data effectively to make instructional decisions. The availability of student-level data for educators has pushed forward the movement to strengthen the role of data to guide instruction and improve student learning. While improvements in technology and assessments, as well as recent…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Information Utilization, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Reeves, Todd D. – Action in Teacher Education, 2017
Current preservice teacher education practice related to data use has been deemed inadequate, in that it is unevenly distributed and often superficial. In response, this article describes a course-based classroom assessment data-literacy experience for preservice elementary teachers. Grounded in extant theory and research concerning data literacy…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Scoring, Teaching Methods
Brookhart, Susan M. – ASCD, 2015
In this book, best-selling author Susan M. Brookhart helps teachers and administrators understand the critical elements and nuances of assessment data and how that information can best be used to inform improvement efforts in the school or district. Readers will learn: (1) What different kinds of data can--and cannot--tell us about student…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Student Evaluation, Data Analysis
