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Using data to make better educational decisions / Philip A. Streifer.
Van Pelt Library LB2806.17 .S87 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Streifer, Philip Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School management and organization--United States--Data processing.
- School management and organization.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Most of the business world has been using what is known as 'data-driven' decision making for quite some time now. From retail to medicine to travel, the ability to access data from any point and crosscheck it is commonplace--except in the educational sector. Striefer builds a case arguing that the correct use of data--and the relationship between different types of data - can be used to help answer the most complex questions in education today. This process of analyzing evidence can help school administrators go to the public with the best and most accurate information they can quickly bring together.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 What Is Data-Driven Decision-Making and Why Do It? 1
- Chapter 2 Longitudinal Analyses for Program Evaluation, Benchmarking, and Setting Improvement Targets 13
- Chapter 3 Equity Issues and Analyses 37
- Chapter 4 Exploring the Local Landscape 51
- Chapter 5 Budgetary Control and Reallocation: Finding the Resources to Meet New Needs 65
- Chapter 6 Achieving School Improvement through Data-Driven Decision-Making and Systems Thinking 75
- Chapter 7 Data Extraction, Transformation, Analysis, and Graphing 123
- Chapter 8 The Emerging Role of Information Technologies: Making Better Decisions through Knowledge Density 141.
- Notes:
- "A Scarecrow Education book published with the American Association of School Administrators."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0810842149
- OCLC:
- 48056933
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