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Data as a Lever for Improving Instruction and Student Achievement
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Simmons, Warren – Teachers College Record, 2012
This commentary draws on the articles in this issue to underscore the importance of community engagement and districtwide capacity building as central to efforts to use data to inform accountability and choice, along with school and instructional improvement. The author cautions against treating data as an all-purpose tool absent adequate…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Community Involvement, Instructional Improvement, Data
Commentary on "Building Local Capacity for Training and Coaching Data-Based Problem Solving with Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Teams"
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Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Reinke, Wendy – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2011
This invited commentary includes observations about the article "Building Local Capacity for Training and Coaching Data-Based Problem Solving with Positive Behavior Interventions and Support Teams," published in the July 2011 issue of the "Journal of Applied School Psychology." In this article Newton and colleagues present an interesting field…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, School Psychology, Decision Making, Teamwork
Data Sources: Tools of the Trade.
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Atwood, Virginia A. – Social Education, 1985
Social studies instruction using a variety of data sources engages elementary school children in relatively autonomous collecting, organizing, and evaluating of data--processes necessary for exercising sound judgment and taking appropriate action. (RM)
Descriptors: Data, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Decision Making