Leading schools in a data-rich world
Subtitle: harnessing data for school improvement
By: Lorna M. Earl, Steven Katz.
Contributors: Katz, Steven.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: School management and organization; School improvement programs; Educational planning -- Statistical methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Preface; title: About the authors; title: Putting data at the center of school improvement; title: Awash with data; title: Data as a policy lever; title: Educators? skepticism about data; title: Needing to know; title: Thinking differently about data; title: Accountability redefined; title: Choosing accountability through informed professional judgment; title: The role of data in informed professional judgment; title: Using data to take charge of change; title: Using data for informed decision making; title: An inquiry habit of mind; title: Data literacy; title: A culture of inquiry; title: Leading in a data-rich world; title: Cultivating the qualities of data-driven leadership; title: The painting metaphor; title: Inquiry habit of mind; title: Data literacy; title: A culture of inquiry; title: A gallery full of paintings; title: Developing an inquiry habit of mind; title: Setting the canvas; title: Planning this picture; title: Possible futures; title: Probable futures; title: Preferable future; title: Becoming data literate; title: Blocking the canvas; title: The first strokes; title: Creating a culture of inquiry; title: The image grows; title: Displaying the picture; title: Sustaining the process: the cycle of inquiry; title: The next picture, and the next, and the next; title: Resource: task sheets for assignments; title: References; title: Index.