Leading schools in a data-rich world : harnessing data for school improvement /: harnessing data for school improvement. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lorna M. Earl, Steven Katz ; foreword by Michael Fullan.
• Other Names: Earl, Lorna M (Lorna Maxine), 1948-; (College teacher), Katz, Steven
• Contents: Putting data at the center of school improvement -- Awash with data -- Data as a policy lever -- Educators' skepticism about data -- Needing to know -- Thinking differently about data -- Accountability redefined -- Choosing accountability through informed professional judgment -- The role of data in informed professional judgment -- Using data to "take charge of change" -- Using data for informed decision making -- An inquiry habit of mind -- Data literacy -- A culture of inquiry -- Leading in a data-rich world -- Cultivating the qualities of data-driven leadership -- The painting metaphor -- Inquiry habit of mind -- Data literacy -- A culture of inquiry -- A gallery full of paintings -- Developing an inquiry habit of mind -- Setting the canvas -- Planning this picture -- Becoming data literate -- Blocking the canvas -- The first strokes -- Creating a culture of inquiry -- The image grows -- Displaying the picture -- Sustaining the process: the cycle of inquiry -- The next picture, and the next, and the next.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (152 pages)
• Subjects: 371.2; School management and organization; School improvement programs; Educational planning -- Statistical methods; Administration scolaire; Enseignement -- Réforme; Éducation -- Planification -- Méthodes statistiques; Educational planning -- Statistical methods; School improvement programs; School management and organization; Datenanalyse; Schulentwicklungsplanung; Schulleitung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483304090; 1483304094
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