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Williams, Elizabeth A.; Stassen, Martha L. A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017
This chapter describes efforts to gather and utilize qualitative data to maximize contextual knowledge at one university. The examples provided focus on how academic departments use qualitative evidence to enhance their students' success as well as how qualitative evidence supports the institution's broader strategic planning goals.
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Information Utilization, Departments, Universities
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Blaich, Charles; Wise, Kathleen – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2018
The Wabash National Study was created by the authors of this article in the early 2000s as a response to increasing pressure for institutions to get serious about assessment. The Wabash National Study was a multimillion dollar, 40-plus-institution, longitudinal research and assessment project that measured liberal learning outcomes and the good…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Assessment, Outcomes of Education
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Sami, Jasmine B.; Stein, Zachary; Sinclair, Krystin; Medsker, Larry – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
Members of the Data Science Program at George Washington University (GWU) designed and implemented a tuition-free two-week summer camp at GWU for high-school students from the Washington Metro Area. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Information Officer and his staff were our main partners in the project. The…
Descriptors: Data, Data Analysis, Information Utilization, High School Students
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Ward, Vicky – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2017
Knowledge mobilisers (people who move knowledge into action) face a number of challenges. These include making sense of diverse definitions, navigating through fragmented literature and identifying helpful models and tools. This paper presents a framework designed to help. Based on a review of 47 knowledge mobilisation models, it consists of four…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Knowledge Management, Models, Literature Reviews
Pak, Katie; Desimone, Laura M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Under both No Child Left Behind and the Every Student Succeeds Act, school leaders have been mandated to employ data-driven decision-making (DDDM) to diagnose student needs, implement targeted supports, and design school improvements. However, district administrators tasked with developing principals' DDDM capacity face a tough road. The authors…
Descriptors: Principals, Decision Making, Capacity Building, Evidence Based Practice
NWEA, 2017
This document presents issues that should be considered before student test results are used in evaluations of teacher performance. As the stakes attached to student test results have increased, so has the need for educators to make informed decisions about the types of tests used to generate data for these purposes and the way student test…
Descriptors: Guidance, Testing, Test Results, Information Utilization
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
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Morfidi, Eleni; Samaras, Anastasia P. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
In this exploratory study, the authors examine Greek special education teachers' individual and collaborative teaching experiences in the context of their literacy instruction. The Five Foci Framework, situated in Vygotskian theory, is utilized in the study's design to examine special education teachers' individual and collaborative experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Teacher Collaboration
Derrick-Mills, Teresa; Winkler, Mary K.; Healy, Olivia; Greenberg, Erica – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
Head Start has long focused on assessing and improving program quality to ensure that the children served receive the best possible preparation for school and life. Most research has been focused inside the classroom--the classroom environment, teacher qualifications, and teacher interactions. Of course, the classroom is important because that is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Best, Jane; Dunlap, Allison – McREL International, 2014
Discussions about improving public education often focus on outcomes without considering how schools and districts can accomplish those outcomes. Research shows that using a continuous improvement process has proven successful in healthcare, manufacturing, and technology, and may hold potential for use in education as well. This brief defines and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, School Districts, Total Quality Management, School Effectiveness
Groves, Garrett – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2014
Governors are increasingly aware that the emerging economy will provide few well-paying jobs for workers who have not earned a postsecondary degree or a relevant workforce certificate. Fifty years ago, nearly 80 percent of all jobs required only a high school diploma or less and most paid a good wage. Fast-forward to data from 2013 and that number…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education
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Hilliard, Ann; Taylor, Winona – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
When conducting a self-study within an educational organization, there should be a collaborative effort by members of the organization regarding the process and writing the report. In order to create a culture of self-study and to make the process clear to all stakeholders (faculty, staff, students leaders, administrators and support partners),…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Educational Assessment, Collaborative Writing, Accreditation (Institutions)
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
On April 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Education (USED) published in the Federal Register new proposed amendments to regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The notice invites public comments on the proposed regulations, which are due no later than May 23, 2011. The proposed regulations are designed to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Revision (Written Composition), Federal Regulation, Data Collection
Cummins, H. J. – Wallace Foundation, 2013
What happens when teams from 57 cities building afterschool systems gather to discuss two key system responsibilities--improving afterschool programs and using data for informed decision-making? Lots of rich discussion. This report covers a national afterschool conference held in February 2013. It details what mayors, program providers, system…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems, After School Programs
Lubienski, Christopher A., Ed.; Weitzel, Peter C., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
When charter schools first arrived on the American educational scene, few observers suspected that within two decades thousands of these schools would be established, serving almost a million and a half children across forty states. The widespread popularity of these schools, and of the charter movement itself, speaks to the unique and chronic…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Objectives, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education
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