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Hardy, Ian; Phillips, Louise; Reyes, Vicente; Hamid, M. Obaidul – Comparative Education, 2023
In this article, we contest globalised notions of data as 'universally' beneficial, necessary and 'evidence-based'. We do so by drawing upon narrative accounts of the problematic ways data impact educators researching and working in university and schooling settings over time and in varied national contexts. We reveal how data are transient and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Data Use, Foreign Countries, Story Telling
Emma Shanahan; Kristen L. McMaster; Britta Cook Bresina; Nicole M. McKevett; Seohyeon Choi; Erica S. Lembke – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Teacher-level factors are theoretically linked to student outcomes in data-based instruction (DBI; Lembke et al., 2018). Professional development and ongoing support can increase teachers' knowledge, skills, and beliefs related to DBI, as well as their instructional fidelity (McMaster et al., 2020). However, less is known about how each of these…
Descriptors: Prediction, Student Evaluation, Data Use, Writing Instruction
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Ming, Norma; Kennedy, Alec – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Amidst the complex and fast-paced demands in schools and classrooms, identifying what most deserves educators' attention can pose a challenge. Indicators help focus attention by highlighting key features that signal important outcomes or opportunities to take action or learn. Purpose: Informed by multiple literatures, we offer…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Educational Improvement, Test Construction, Academic Achievement
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Fox, Joanna; Balfanz, Robert – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Over the past decade early warning systems which use predictive indicators to identify students in need of additional supports to stay on track to high school graduation have spread from a few schools to most states. There is now a growing interest in extending the utility of early warning systems from high school graduation to…
Descriptors: Identification, High School Graduates, Postsecondary Education, College Readiness
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Webb, P. Taylor; Sellar, Sam; Gulson, Kalervo N. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2020
The use of data to govern education is increasingly supported by the use of knowledge-based technologies, including algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), and tracking technologies [Fenwick, T., E. Mangez, and J. Ozga. 2014. "Governing Knowledge: Comparison, Knowledge-Based Technologies and Expertise in the Regulation of Education."…
Descriptors: Data Use, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
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Ho, Andrew D. – AERA Open, 2020
The Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA) launched in 2016 to provide nationally comparable, publicly available test score data for U.S. public school districts. I introduce a special collection of six articles that each use SEDA to lend their questions and findings a national scope. Together, these articles demonstrate a range of uses of SEDA…
Descriptors: Archives, Scores, Public Schools, School Districts
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Breslin, James D.; Lawson-Harris, Tara; Hawkins, Beck; Elkins, Becki – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2020
The depths of the impact of COVID-19 on nearly every aspect of our personal and professional lives was becoming painfully clear in May and June of 2020. While institutions of higher education had implemented crisis/emergency plans in the immediate onset of the pandemic, and largely extended those efforts into summer terms, the fall 2020 term…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Wolthuis, Stuart L.; Slade, Christopher – Information Systems Education Journal, 2020
In this research project we describe the legacy software landscape, its current state, and challenges associated with aging information systems and access to its data. We briefly describe the popularity of dynamic languages and how a specific dynamic programming language, Ruby on Rails (RoR or Rails), is used to create a system to extract data…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Use, Programming Languages, Information Systems
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Curran, F. Chris; Little, Michael H.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Domina, Thurston – Educational Policy, 2020
Kindergarten readiness assessments are commonly used in schools nationwide. Prior work shows that the use of such assessments for class placement decisions has increased in recent years. This article uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of 2011 to explore whether the use of readiness assessments for such purpose predicts differential…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Educational Assessment, Student Placement
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Gebre, Engida H.; Morales, Esteban – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the nature and sufficiency of descriptive information included in open datasets and the nature of comments and questions users write in relation to specific datasets. Open datasets are provided to facilitate civic engagement and government transparency. However, making the data available does not guarantee…
Descriptors: Data Use, Access to Information, Users (Information), Information Utilization
Daugherty, Lindsay – Grantee Submission, 2020
"Stackable credential programs" are designed to make it easier for students to earn multiple postsecondary certificates or degrees in a field as they advance in their careers. To examine the stacking of credentials in Ohio and inform ongoing efforts to scale stackable credential programs, the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the…
Descriptors: Data Use, Educational Improvement, Postsecondary Education, Credentials
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Kathleen Lynne Lane; Nathan Allen Lane; Mark Matthew Buckman; Katie Scarlett Lane Pelton; Kandace Fleming; Rebecca E. Swinburne Romine – Behavioral Disorders, 2025
We report the results of a convergent validity study examining the externalizing subscale (SRSS-E5, five items) of the adapted Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing (SRSS-IE 9) with the externalizing subscale of the Teacher Report Form (TRF) with two samples of K-12 students. Results of logistic regression and receiver…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Data Use, Test Validity
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Quin-Anne Hinrichs; Chelsea R. Johnston; Laura Feuerborn; Ashli Tyre – Beyond Behavior, 2025
Implementation of a culturally responsive positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework is associated with positive outcomes for secondary students when implemented schoolwide. Yet, educators often report more implementation challenges in secondary school as compared to elementary school settings. Difficulties obtaining student…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Potter, Ian; Chitpin, Stephanie – Professional Development in Education, 2021
A study of nine headteachers in England, using a research protocol developed and carried out in Ontario, finds implications for the professional development of school leaders with respect to their decision-making to achieve greater equity. The types of professional development that leaders found to be most effective within their particular…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Principals, Foreign Countries, Decision Making
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Mountford-Zimdars, Anna; Moore, Joanne; Higham, Louise – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2021
Higher Education Institutions in England are an integral part of the government's social mobility strategy. Contextualisation of undergraduate admissions decisions has emerged as a key tool towards progressing social mobility objectives. The present paper builds on our previous 2013 research by describing findings from 15 qualitative interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Admission, Context Effect
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