Data-based Decision Making in Education
Challenges and Opportunities
Editors: Schildkamp, Kim, Lai, Mei Kuin, Earl, Lorna (Eds.)
Free Preview- Unique in bringing perspectives on data-driven decision making from different parts of the world together
- Leads to an increased knowledge on what data-based decision making in schools currently looks like, and what it should look like
- Discusses enablers and barriers to effective data use, as well as provides insight into how a country’s policy can enable or promote effective data use
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- About this book
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In a context where schools are held more and more accountable for the education they provide, data-based decision making has become increasingly important. This book brings together scholars from several countries to examine data-based decision making. Data-based decision making in this book refers to making decisions based on a broad range of evidence, such as scores on students’ assessments, classroom observations etc.
This book supports policy-makers, people working with schools, researchers and school leaders and teachers in the use of data, by bringing together the current research conducted on data use across multiple countries into a single volume. Some of these studies are ‘best practice’ studies, where effective data use has led to improvements in student learning. Others provide insight into challenges in both policy and practice environments. Each of them draws on research and literature in the field.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-7
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Data-based Decision Making: An Overview
Pages 9-21
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Analysis and Discussion of Classroom and Achievement Data to Raise Student Achievement
Pages 23-47
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From “Intuition”- to “Data”-based Decision Making in Dutch Secondary Schools?
Pages 49-67
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Professional Attitudes to the Use of Data in England
Pages 69-89
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Data-based Decision Making in Education
- Book Subtitle
- Challenges and Opportunities
- Editors
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- Kim Schildkamp
- Mei Kuin Lai
- Lorna Earl
- Series Title
- Studies in Educational Leadership
- Series Volume
- 17
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-4816-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-4816-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-4815-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-8506-8
- Series ISSN
- 1572-3909
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 216
- Number of Illustrations
- 15 b/w illustrations
- Topics