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Data Quality Campaign, 2014
At the federal level, leaders can promote policies that reduce burdens on states, encourage collaboration across agencies, and help build the capacity of stakeholders to use data while ensuring the privacy of student information. The annual "Data for Action" survey measures states' progress toward achieving the 10 State Actions to Ensure…
Descriptors: State Action, Data, Information Utilization, Student Records
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Anderson, Gary; De La Cruz, Pedro; López, Andrea – Peabody Journal of Education, 2017
Educational researchers, along with universities in general, form part of the social field of knowledge production. Schools of education, as with all professional schools, are boundary organizations in the sense that they not only produce knowledge, but also train teachers, counselors, and administrators and have an impact on curriculum and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Universities, Educational Benefits
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Reyman, Jessica – College English, 2013
Social web services catalog users' activities across the Internet, aggregating, analyzing, and selling a vast array of user data to be used largely for consumer profiling and target marketing. This article interrogates the tacit agreements and terms-of-use policies that govern who owns user data, how it circulates, and how it can be used. Relying…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Policy, Policy Analysis, Access to Information
Data Quality Campaign, 2014
The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) is dedicated to helping everyone with a stake in education, including parents, teachers, education leaders, and policymakers, effectively and appropriately understand and use education data. DQC helps parents and educators understand the value of data--why data matter and how they can help students be successful in…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Annual Reports, State Action, Data
Data Quality Campaign, 2016
Every state can create secure, robust linkages between early childhood and K-12 data systems, and effectively use the information from these linkages to implement initiatives to support programs and children, answer key policy questions, and be transparent about how the state's early childhood investments prepare students for success in school and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Data, Program Implementation
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Taber, Michael R.; Ledley, Tamara Shapiro; Lynds, Susan; Domenico, Ben; Dahlman, LuAnn – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
Access to geoscience data has been difficult for many educators. Understanding what educators want in terms of data has been equally difficult for scientists. From 2004 to 2009, we conducted annual workshops that brought together scientists, data providers, data analysis tool specialists, educators, and curriculum developers to better understand…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Statistical Data, Access to Information, Data
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Trust, Torrey – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2012
In the information age, students must learn to navigate and evaluate an expanding network of information. Highly effective teachers model this process of information analysis and knowledge acquisition by continually learning through collaboration, professional development, and studying pedagogical techniques and best practices. Many teachers have…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Web 2.0 Technologies, Computer Software Evaluation, Teacher Collaboration
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Olatokun, Wole Michael; Ajagbe, Enitan – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
This survey-based study examined the information-seeking behaviour of traditional medical practitioners using Taylor's information use model. Respondents comprised all 160 traditional medical practitioners that treat sickle cell anaemia. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered, structured questionnaire. Frequency and percentage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Indigenous Knowledge
Data Quality Campaign, 2012
Policymakers across the nation are leading efforts to ensure that every classroom has an effective teacher. Faced with the need to dramatically improve student outcomes, states have embraced a policy agenda that promotes and supports teacher quality in many ways, including developing evaluation and compensation policies, targeting professional…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies, State Policy, Data Collection
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
Faced with the need to create a competitive workforce and improve the quality of our education system, states are pursuing policy agendas to better prepare students for postsecondary education and careers. To inform these agendas, statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) have become an invaluable asset and serve as a tool to help states answer…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Educational Change, Information Utilization, Information Management
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
As state policymakers strive to ensure that every student is taught by an effective teacher and is ready for college and 21st-century careers, they must also make drastic budget cuts. States cannot do more with less without collecting and using quality data to determine which programs and policies increase student achievement and the state's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Longitudinal Studies, Progress Monitoring
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
State education data systems have often been described as data rich but information poor. Historically, these systems were created for compliance purposes and, therefore, designed and managed as information technology projects, but a culture change is under way. Educators and other stakeholders are beginning to value data as a tool to inform…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Needs, Stakeholders, Data Collection
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Cain, Timothy J.; Branin, Joseph J.; Sherman, W. Michael – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
Universities and colleges generate extraordinary quantities of knowledge and innovation, but in many ways the academy struggles to keep pace with the digital revolution. Growing pressures are reshaping how universities must do business--students expecting enhanced access and support, administrators eager to make data-driven strategic decisions,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Knowledge Management, Educational Technology, Internet
Coombs, Don H. – Educ Telev Int, 1969
Describes the ERIC system, giving special attention to the means by which the Educational Media and Technology Clearinghouse can be of service to educational television specialists. Lists publications available from the Clearinghouse. (LS)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Weisman, Herman M. – 1973
It is necessary to distinguish the functions, services and products of various types of information services. For example, document centers, clearinghouses, referral centers, and special libraries deal mainly with information in a broad sense. The main function of information analysis centers, however, is to optimize the ratio of knowledge to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
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