Creating a Culture of Data Use for Continuous Improvement: A Case Study of an Edison Project School

Autor/in	Sutherland, Stephanie
Titel	Creating a Culture of Data Use for Continuous Improvement: A Case Study of an Edison Project School
Quelle	In: American Journal of Evaluation, 25 (2004) 3, S.277-293 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-2140
DOI	10.1177/109821400402500302
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Experimental Schools; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Data Interpretation; Statistical Data; Interviews; Administrators; State Officials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Pilot school; Model school; Modellschule; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Member of the government; Regierungsmitglied
Abstract	In this article, I outline how, with the appropriate mix of external requirements and internal motivation, structure and capacity, a school can promote and maintain a culture of evaluative practices, specifically data use, for continuous improvement. I draw upon qualitative data conducted in a study of an Edison Project school. The findings from this paper are the result of a larger 4-year study examining Comprehensive School Reform in 12 Title 1 schools in three states. Interviews were conducted with principals, teachers, other staff, parents and students, as well as with state officials, the superintendent, assistant superintendent and other high level administrators in the district. Observations were undertaken at the classroom level. Key findings include the importance of obtaining a multidimensional view of educational change. That is, we need to obtain a picture of the school reform environment (i.e., interconnections between the state, district, and school levels), and simultaneously investigate the interplay among critical school levers that are required to promote and maintain a culture of data use for school improvement. From this multidimensional view, we are better positioned to investigate and evaluate school change efforts. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10