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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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Differences in Principals' Data Use for Decision Making: An Administrative Problem-Solving Perspective
Mingchu Luo; Jerry Will; Climetine Clayburn
Advocate, v21 n1 Article 4 p13-26 2013
As school leaders, principals must seek, use, and make sense of data and information. This study presents the findings of a survey study of 182 high school principals' data use and examines the differences in the extent of principals' data use for decision making in solving various dimensions of administrative problems. Results show principals used data frequently for decision-making in instructional leadership, organization operational leadership and school vision leadership, among which data use in instructional leadership was most frequent. Principals' use of data was significantly less frequent in the leadership dimension of collaborative partnerships and larger-context politics. This article ends with implications with regard to improving school leadership programs in meeting the emergent need of preparing data driven decision makers and suggestions for research relevant to the central topic of data-driven decision making.
Descriptors: Principals, Data Use, Decision Making, Problem Solving, High Schools, Administrator Responsibility, Instructional Leadership, Cooperation, Political Issues, Long Range Planning, Governance, Partnerships in Education
The Advocate. Available from: New Prairie Press, Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship, Kansas State University Libraries. 2123 College of Business Administration, Manhattan, KS 66506. Web site: https://atekan.weebly.com/journal.html; Web site: https://newprairiepress.org/advocate/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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