National
Staff Development Council
When visiting this site, click first on Library.
You can find links to a broad collection of online resources
related to data-driven decision making on the library page
of this site. Links include overviews and definitions, sources
of data, tools and strategies for using data, research reports
and articles, and models of data use for improvement.
NCREL's
The Toolbelt: A Collection of Data-Driven Decision-Making
Tools for Educators
Visit North Central Regional Education Laboratory's
Web site to access this link. Here you'll find many resources,
including a tutorial designed to help educators incorporate
data into their continuous school improvement process; links
to such online tools as Wisconsin's Information Network
for Successful Schools and the Illinois State School Improvement
Web Site; and information on two-day Data Retreats that
NCREL sponsors for school districts across the nation.
National Center
for Education Statistics
You can gain access to many databases and
government reports at this site, the primary federal entity
for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
For example, the Education Statistics at a Glance link brings
together data from The Condition of Education, The Digest
of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics,
and other NCES reports. Search these documents through their
tables of contents, by subject area, or through title word
searches.
National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
For information about student achievement,
visit this site, "the only nationally representative
and continuing assessment of what America's students know
and can do in various subject areas." You'll find tables
of detailed results from NAEP's national and state assessments
in reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history,
civics, geography, and the arts.
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ERIC Clearinghouse
on Assessment and Evaluation
This site, in its Full Text Internet Library, has assembled
high-quality books, reports, journal articles, newsletter
articles, and papers dealing with educational measurement
and evaluation. Among the 550 items available in full text
are Using Customized Standardized Tests, by Paul L. Williams,
and Integrating Assessment and Instruction in Ways that Support
Learning, by Andrew Porter.
Using
Data to Improve Schools: What's Working
To read about the importance of data, how educators can use
data to make smart decisions, and how to communicate results
to the public, download a copy of the American Association
of School Administrators' 70-page guide.
Improving
Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions: Asking the
Right Questions and Acting on the Answers
To learn about effective data-collection efforts, read this
article by Nancy Protheroe. This article from the Summer 2001
ERS Spectrum discusses how to select measurement instruments
to collect data for many different purposes, from evaluating
programs to making policy decisions, guiding classroom instruction,
and diagnosing individual student needs.
What Teachers
Need to Know About Assessment
Teachers who want a primer on measurement concepts and issues
can download the full text of What Teachers Need to Know About
Assessment, edited by Lawrence M. Rudner (see p. TK) and William
D. Schafer. This 111-page report published by the National
Education Association offers practical information about different
types of assessment instruments, how to prepare assessments,
and how to construct and evaluate scoring rubrics.
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