Using Data in Schools to Inform Leadership and Decision Making - 9781623967864

Using Data in Schools to Inform Leadership and Decision MakingAuthor(s): Alex J. Bowers, Alan R. Shoho, Bruce G. Barnett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781623967864, 978-1623967864\nSynopsis\nOur fifth book in the International Research on School Leadership series focuses on the use of data in schools and districts as useful information for leadership and decision making. Schools are awash in data and information, from test scores, to grades, to discipline reports, and attendance as just a short list of student information sources, while additional streams of data feed into schools and districts from teachers and parents as well as local, regional and national policy levels. To deal with the data, schools have implemented a variety of data practices, from data rooms, to data days, data walks, and data protocols. However, despite the flood of data, successful school leaders are leveraging an analysis?