Buried Treasure: Developing a Management Guide from Mountains of School Data
Author: Celio, M.B., Harvey, J.
Publisher: Center on Reinventing Public Education
Publication Date: 2005, January
Publication City: Seattle
Publication State: WA
Full text available online at: http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/pub_crpe_buriedt_jan05.pdf
Abstract (written by WestEd)
This report drew from an extensive study of school district leaders and how they use data in making decisions. It is also informed by analyses of how leaders in other areas of community life try to understand how their public institutions measure up. It is designed to assist leaders — of individual schools, school districts, and state education systems — improve school management. Along with implications from findings, the authors identify seven main indicators to be included in a district "management guide" to assist in focusing on particularly meaningful data:
- Achievement (reading and mathematics)
- Elimination of the achievement gap
- Student attraction (school ability to attract students)
- Student engagement with the school
- Student retention/completion
- Teacher attraction and retention
- Funding equity
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