3D2Know ::: Data-Driven Decision Making - The Diigo Meta page

• 08 May 09
  

  Anne Bubnic

  The successful integration of data into a district's decision-making process requires both a culture of change and a data management system to support change. Nice chart of progress quadrants included in the discussion.

  ctap4data data driven decision making

  • As school districts embark on the change process, they face many barriers to the adoption of data-driven decision making.
    

    
    
    • School district leaders have not embraced continuous improvement.
    • Priorities are not clear and goals are not tied to measurable objectives.
    • Data is not collected uniformly between organizations and over time.
    • Outdated technology cannot be used effectively.
    • Educators lack training to define data requirements and apply data.
    • Stakeholders do not trust the data collected or how it will be used.

  • Reports need to be timely, tied to objectives, and available to people with the responsibility and ability to act on them. Data
    reports that show data in different ways such as tables, charts, graphs, and trends enable more people to access and understand
    the information. Some of the decisions that might be made with data reports include:
    

    
    
    • Tracking student achievement for diagnosis and placement
    • Changing beliefs and attitudes that all students can learn
    • Guiding teacher professional development
    • Linking interventions to results
    • Using data to create school improvement plans and assess progress
    • Allocating district resources
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  • • The IT infrastructure underpinning most data-driven decision making systems requires a significant investment in hardware, software,
      implementation, and maintenance.

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