Synopses & Reviews
Data Driven Decision Making for Effective School Leadership is a brief supplement for K-12 inservice teachers (especially those served by ASCD). It explores the role of data in making effective instructional, financial, and administrative decisions in schools. This is a significant issue in Educational Administration, and, in today's standards-based testing environment in K-12 education. The book covers concepts and foundations of data-driven decision making, basic applications, and basic statistical concepts. For inservice K-12 teachers, especially those served by ASCD.
Table of Contents
SECTION I CONCEPTS AND FOUNDATIONS OF DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING Chapter 1 Introduction to Data-Driven Decision Making
Chapter 2 Planning and Developing Information Resources
Chapter 3 Hardware, Software, and People
Chapter 4 Educational Research Methods as the Foundation for Data-Driven Decision Making
Chapter 5 Teachers and Administrators as Researchers
SECTION II BASIC APPLICATIONS
Chapter 6 Student Data, Demographics, and Enrollments
Chapter 7 School and the Community
Chapter 8 Financial Management and Budgeting
Chapter 9 Supporting Teaching and Learning
Chapter 10 Supporting and Developing People
SECTION III TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Part A Review of Statistical Routines Used in this Book
Part B Introduction to Spreadsheet Software
Part C Introduction to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
Part D Database Management System Terminology and Sample Student Database Outline from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Part E Internet Resources for Data-Driven Decision Making
Glossary
Index