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Relationships between the Use of Test Results and US Students' Academic Performance
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Li, Hongli; Fortner, C. Kevin; Lei, Xiaoxuan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
In this study, we examined relationships between the use of test results and US students' math, reading, and science performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Based on a literature review, we hypothesized that the 16 items in the PISA school questionnaire, which are related to the use of test results, can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tests, Evaluation Utilization, Mathematics Achievement
Documentation to the NCES Common Core of Data Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey: School Year 2009-10. Version Provisional 2a. NCES 2011-348rev
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Chen, Chen-Su; Sable, Jennifer; Mitchell, Lindsey; Liu, Fei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The Common Core of Data (CCD) nonfiscal surveys consist of data submitted annually to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) by state education agencies (SEAs) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the four U.S. Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Documentation, State Surveys, Annual Reports
School Counselor Dispositions as Predictors of Data Usage
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Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl; Gonzalez, Ileana; Johnston, Georgina – Professional School Counseling, 2009
This article examined school counselor dispositions (e.g., general self-efficacy, counselor self-efficacy, openness to change, commitment to counseling improvement/professional development) that predict data usage among K-12 professional school counselors. For the study, 130 professional school counselors from Maryland and Virginia completed the…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Elementary Secondary Education, Data, Decision Making
Administrative Style as a Predictor of Evaluation Utilization.
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Davis, Donna G.; Stecher, Brian – 1980
Data from interviews with elementary school principals are examined for insights into the impact of administrative style on evaluation utilization. Characteristics of 23 principals' administrative styles are classified as being either "compliance" (CO) or "non-compliance" (NCO) oriented. CO principals are characterized by the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Performance Improvement as Problem Solving: Principals' Use of Information Concerning Their Own Performance.
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Cousins, J. Bradley – 1988
The ways in which principals use performance appraisal data for personal professional development, the characteristics of those who use such information, and the features of performance appraisal systems and decision contexts that are predictors of appraisal use were studied through a series of interviews at four sites (two with high appraisal…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries
The Role of Caregiver Strain and Other Family Variables in Determining Children's Use of Mental Health Services.
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Brannan, Ana Maria; Heflinger, Craig Anne; Foster, E. Michael – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003
A study involving 574 children (ages 5-17) who received mental health services examined whether caregiver variables predicted child mental health service utilization patterns, particularly caregiver strain. Results found caregiver strain to be associated with the combination of services used, sequencing of services, gaps in care, and cost of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Caregivers, Children