Handbook of Data Based Decision Making in Education 1st Edition by Theodore Kowalski, Thomas Lasley ISBN 1135890838 9781135890834

Part I: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

• Chapter 1: Evidence and Decision Making in Professions

  • Theodore J. Kowalski

• Chapter 2: Ethics Based Decision Making by Educational Leaders

  • Paul T. Begley

• Chapter 3: Legal Dimensions of Using Employee and Student Data to Make Decisions

  • R. Lance Potter, Jacqueline A. Stefkovich

• Chapter 4: The Role of Private Firms in Data-Based Decision Making

  • Patricia Burch, Tracy Hayes

• Chapter 5: The No Child Left Behind Act

  • Timothy R. Konold, James M. Kauffman

Part II: Building Support for Data-Based Decisions

• Chapter 6: Preparing Educators to Effectively Use Student Data Systems

  • Jeffrey C. Wayman, Vincent Cho

• Chapter 7: Accessing and Analyzing National Databases

  • Terrell Lamont Strayhorn

• Chapter 8: Developing and Nurturing Resources for Effective Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Anthony G. Picciano

• Chapter 9: Preparing Educators to Use Curriculum-Based Measurement

  • Robin S. Codding

• Chapter 10: Principal Leadership, Data, and School Improvement

  • Michael A. Copland, Michael S. Knapp, Juli A. Swinnerton

• Chapter 11: Building Data-Driven District Systems

  • Heather Zavadsky

• Chapter 12: School System Strategies for Supporting Data Use

  • Amanda Datnow, Vicki Park

• Chapter 13: Research on Teachers Using Data to Make Decisions

  • James Raths, Stephanie A. Kotch, Christine Carrino Gorowara

• Chapter 14: Research and Evaluation on Data-Based Decisions in Education

  • Gregory J. Marchant, Sharon E. Paulson

Part III: Data-Based Applications

• Chapter 15: Using Data to Make Critical Choices

  • Thomas J. Lasley II

• Chapter 16: Formative versus Summative Assessments as Measures of Student Learning

  • Robert J. Marzano

• Chapter 17: Using Evidence to Support Administrative Decisions

  • Jane Hemsley-Brown

• Chapter 18: Swimming in the Depths

  • Leanne R. Bettesworth, Julie Alonzo, Luke Duesbery

• Chapter 19: Creative Decision-Making Strategies through Technology-Based Curriculum Tools

  • John Castellani, Deborah Carran

• Chapter 20: Aggregating and Analyzing Classroom Achievement Data Supplemental to External Tests

  • John M. Burger, Brian Perry, Meghann Eagle

• Chapter 21: Collaborative Inquiry and Data-Based Decision Making

  • Douglas Huffman, Kelli Thomas

• Chapter 22: Evidential Reasoning and Decision Support in Assessment of Teacher Practice

  • Arthur M. Recesso, Sally J. Zepeda

• Chapter 23: Data: The DNA of Politically Based Decision Making in Education

  • Bruce S. Cooper, John Sureau, Stephen Coffin

• Chapter 24: Using Data to Assess School Culture

  • Theodore J. Kowalski, Tricia Browne-Ferrigno

• Chapter 25: Data-Based Teacher Selection

  • I. Phillip Young

• Chapter 26: Issues of Recruitment and Selection from a Data-Based Perspective

  • I. Phillip Young, Carol A. Mullen

• Chapter 27: When Data are Insufficient to Make Group Decisions

  • Diane M. Dunlap, Renae E. Weber

• Chapter 28: How NCLB has Affected the Practice of School District Superintendents

  • George J. Petersen, Larry L. Dlugosh