The New Instructional Leadership: Creating Data-Driven Instructional Systems in School(2007). Issue 3 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Halverson, Richard; Grigg, Jeffrey; Prichett, Reid; Thomas, Chris
• Is Part Of: Journal of school leadership. Volume 25:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 447
• Page End: 481
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: School management and organization -- United States -- Periodicals; Administration scolaire -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; School management and organization; United States; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 371.2
• DOI: 10.1177/105268461502500305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9659

Abstract

The recent press for high-stakes accountability has challenged school leaders to use data to guide the practices of teaching and learning. This article considers how local school leaders build data-driven instructional systems to systematically improve student learning. Such systems are presented as a framework involving data acquisition, data reflection, program alignment and integration, program design, formative feedback, and test preparation. The article reviews data collected in a yearlong study of four schools to describe how leaders structure opportunities to engage in data-driven decision making.