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Adolfsson, Carl-Henrik; Håkansson, Jan – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2023
From a new institutional theoretical perspective, this article explores school actors' sense-making linked to data-based decision making (DBDM) policy in general and processes of data analysis in particular. The study revealed how actors' interpretation of and response to DBDM pointed to strong and weak couplings between and within the local…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Improvement, Decision Making, Data Interpretation
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Yun Du – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
This paper deeply discusses the transformation potential of integrating Internet big data into the pre-school education model in colleges and universities. Through in-depth analysis, we studied the challenges and opportunities faced by preschool education in colleges and universities, and discussed the innovative influence of big data technology…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Preschool Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
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Ioana-Elena Oana; Carsten Q. Schneider – Sociological Methods & Research, 2024
The robustness of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) results features high on the agenda of methodologists and practitioners. This article aims at advancing this debate on several fronts. First, in line with the extant literature, we take a comprehensive view on robustness arguing that decisions on calibration, consistency, and frequency…
Descriptors: Robustness (Statistics), Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
Desiree Walton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Decision-making, a key factor of organizational performance, is based on information retrieved from processing raw data. As businesses and consumers are shifting toward digital channels, more and more data is being generated through digital services and electronic devices. Big Data is argued to have significant benefits to businesses, and yet data…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Construction Industry, Construction Management
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Kathleen Lynne Lane; Katie Scarlett Lane Pelton; Nathan Allen Lane; Mark Matthew Buckman; Wendy Peia Oakes; Kandace Fleming; Rebecca E. Swinburne Romine; Emily D. Cantwell – Behavioral Disorders, 2025
We report findings of this replication study, examining the internalizing subscale (SRSS-I4) of the revised version of the Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing behavior (SRSS-IE 9) and the internalizing subscale of the Teacher Report Form (TRF). Using the sample from 13 elementary schools across three U.S. states with…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Data Use, Measures (Individuals)
Steven Snead – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Data-based decision-making has been a frequently used policy and practice intervention used in schools to help inform the decision-making processes of educational practitioners, with the aim of improving student outcomes. Interim benchmark assessments are designed by commercial test developers to support educators in this framework. In fact, the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Data Analysis, Educational Practices, Decision Making
Thompson, Greg; Rutkowski, Leslie; Rutkowski, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
Those asked to make valid decisions with data don't have the technical knowledge to understand nuance around data quality, assessment aims, and statistical limitations that influence how they should interpret the data. This reality is what Greg Thompson, Leslie Rutkowski, and David Rutkowski call the validity paradox. Educators can surmount this…
Descriptors: Validity, Decision Making, Data Use, Educational Assessment
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Nicole Barnes; Helenrose Fives; Coby V. Meyers; Tonya R. Moon – Journal of Educational Administration, 2025
Purpose: School principals are increasingly responsible for acting as instructional leaders, but research on data teams typically considers principals as secondary players responsible for ensuring that meetings occur but not necessarily for their quality. We investigated how elementary school principals in one district committed to data use…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Rural Areas, School Districts, Principals
Data Quality Campaign, 2021
Data reflects a series of decisions made by people--and those decisions affect the story that data tells, what it captures, and how it can and should be used to inform decision-making. Because of this, mistrust in data is often the result of incomplete information and a lack of context. This resource breaks down what it means to build trust in…
Descriptors: Data Use, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Bias
Data Quality Campaign, 2023
Each year, state legislators introduce hundreds of bills that generate new data collections, analyses, and resources, playing a crucial role in how people access and use data. Notably, in 2023 legislators introduced and enacted bills governing cross-agency data systems--the most important step that states must take to make robust access to data…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Access to Information
James LaMar Bolden – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explored the core competencies, technological skills, functional proficiencies, and professional experiences of data scientists at higher education institutions. The specific population of interest was higher education administrators and staff professionals identified as data scientists. This study was informed by the following guiding…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Data Science, Administrators, Professional Personnel
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Robert C. Lorenz; Mirjam Jenny; Anja Jacobs; Katja Matthias – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Conducting high-quality overviews of reviews (OoR) is time-consuming. Because the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) varies, it is necessary to critically appraise SRs when conducting an OoR. A well-established appraisal tool is A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) 2, which takes about 15-32 min per application. To save time,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Time Management, Evaluation Methods, Quality Assurance
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Robin Clausen – Discover Education, 2025
Early Warning Systems (EWS) are research-based analytics that use statistical models to assess dropout risk. School leaders use this analytic to consolidate data about a student and provide actionable data to craft an intervention. Little is currently known about the processes involved in school implementation or data use. By analyzing Montana EWS…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Data Analysis, Principals, School Counselors
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Jonas Videbaek Jørgensen – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2024
Background: Understanding knowledge utilisation in policymaking is a core task for the social and political sciences. However, limitations and biases abound in commonplace approaches to measuring such use. Consequently, we have little systematic evidence of the extent to which knowledge sources are used in policy decisions. Aims and objectives:…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Policy Formation, Measurement, Content Analysis
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Dart, Evan H.; Radley, Keith C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Single-case design is a research methodology that entails repeated measurement to assess the influence of an independent variable on a dependent variable over time. Data collected in this manner are regularly analyzed using visual analysis of data displayed in a linear graph. Although there is agreement regarding critical elements of visual…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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