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Hanita, Makoto; Bailey, Jessica; Khanani, Noman; Zhang, Xinxin – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2021
This applied research methods report is a guide for state and local education agency policymakers and their analysts who are interested in studying teacher mobility and retention. This report is the second in a two-part set and builds on the foundational information in report 1. This report presents guidance on how to interpret differences in…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence, Educational Research, Research Methodology
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Kim, Eun Mi; Oláh, Leslie Nabors; Peters, Stephanie – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
K-12 students are expected to acquire competence in data display as part of developing statistical literacy. To support research, assessment design, and instruction, we developed a hypothesized learning progression (LP) using existing empirical literature in the fields of mathematics and statistics education. The data display LP posits a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Data Analysis
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Schultheis, Elizabeth H.; Kjelvik, Melissa K. – American Biology Teacher, 2020
Authentic, "messy data" contain variability that comes from many sources, such as natural variation in nature, chance occurrences during research, and human error. It is this messiness that both deters potential users of authentic data and gives data the power to create unique learning opportunities that reveal the nature of science…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Scientific Research, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
Cuiccio, Cary; Husby-Slater, Marie – State Support Network, 2018
This guidebook is designed to support state and local leaders in the first step in the improvement process, the development and facilitation of a needs assessment. The guidebook does the following: (1) Reviews some of the major school-improvement-related needs assessment requirements found in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Healthy Schools Campaign, 2018
The link between health and learning is clear: healthy, active and well-nourished children are more likely to attend school, arrive ready to learn and stay engaged in class. Yet far too many students spend their days in schools that do not offer them adequate clean air and water, nutritious food, physical activity and the support of a school…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Needs Assessment
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Goff, Jay W.; Williams, Brian G.; Kilgore, Wendy – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2016
Effective strategic enrollment management (SEM) efforts require vast amounts of internal and external data to ensure that meaningful reporting and analysis systems can assist managers in decision making. A wide range of information is integral for leading effective and efficient student recruitment and retention programs. This article is designed…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Decision Making, Student Recruitment, School Holding Power
Lee, Patrick; Reed, Sherrie; Hernandez, Ambar; Kurlaender, Michal – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
This Intersegmental Data Partnerships Resource Guide, and the accompanying PACE policy brief (see ED591080), are products of a year-long qualitative research project exploring promising practices in data sharing and data use among intersegmental partnerships throughout California. This Resource Guide provides institutions engaged in intersegmental…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Guides, Guidelines, Data Analysis
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Meiko Lin; Erin Bumgarner; Madhabi Chatterji – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2014
Purpose: This policy brief, the third in the AERI-NEPC eBrief series "Understanding validity issues around the world", discusses validity issues surrounding International Large Scale Assessment (ILSA) programs. ILSA programs, such as the well-known Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Duncan, Bruce; Fitzallen, Noleine – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2013
The learning sequence described in this article was developed to provide students with a demonstration of the development of box plots from authentic data as an illustration of the advantages gained from using multiple forms of data representation. The sequence follows an authentic process that starts with a problem to which data representations…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Chung, Gregory K. W. K. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background: Historically, significant advances in scientific understanding have followed advances in measurement and observation. As the resolving power of an instrument increased, so have gains in the understanding of the phenomena being observed. Modern interactive systems are potentially the new "microscopes" when they are…
Descriptors: Online Systems, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2012
Education data are growing in quantity, quality, and value. When appropriately used to guide action, data can be a powerful tool for improving school operations, teaching, and learning. Education stakeholders who possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to appropriately access, analyze, and interpret data will be able to use data to take…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Data Interpretation, Information Utilization, Data Analysis
Radwin, David; Hensley, Elisabeth – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2012
The implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) over the coming years will provide an opportunity for K-12 and postsecondary educators to share and use data effectively to support alignment between the sectors and reduce the need for remedial education. This brief describes how these groups can work together to make the most of data…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Alignment (Education), Incidence
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van 't Hooft, Mark; Vahey, Philip; Swan, Karen; Kratcoski, Annette; Cook, Dale; Rafanan, Ken; Stanford, Tina; Yarnell, Louise – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
Data literacy is recognized as a critically important skill in today's society, but thinking with and about data is often ignored in K-12 curricula. The Thinking With Data (TWD) project advocates that data literacy is a skill that should be addressed in an interdisciplinary manner. This article provides an overview of the TWD curriculum for middle…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7, Data Analysis, Information Literacy
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Koedel, Cory – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
Students who take classes in education departments at universities receive significantly higher grades than students who take classes in other academic departments. The higher grades awarded by education departments cannot be explained by differences in student quality or by structural differences across departments (i.e., differences in class…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Grades (Scholastic), Elementary Secondary Education
Hart, Ray; Casserly, Michael; Uzzell, Renata; Palacios, Moses; Corcoran, Amanda; Spurgeon, Liz – Council of the Great City Schools, 2015
There has been little data collected on how much testing actually goes on in America's schools and how the results are used. So in the Spring of 2014, the Council staff developed and launched a survey of assessment practices. This report presents the findings from that survey and subsequent Council analysis and review of the data. It also offers…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs, Testing
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