Schools And Data: The Educator's Guide for Using Data to Improve Decision Making - Couverture rigide

Creighton, Theodore B.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1412937329 ISBN 13 : 9781412937320

Editeur : Corwin Press Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Improve instructional leadership practice with proven, easy-to-understand strategies for data-based decision making!

This reader-friendly second edition of Schools and Data provides real-world examples and step-by-step procedures for collecting and organizing data, providing every school leader with the means to facilitate more appropriate and effective decision making. With a highly practical method for statistical analysis, this highly accessible resource places special emphasis on:

• Connecting statistics and educators' daily work
• Integrating Excel and SPSS technology
• Strengthening educators' data interpretation skills
• Increasing the focus on correlation and regression
• Building strong skills in problem analysis, program evaluation, data-driven decision making, and report preparation

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Theodore B. Creighton is currently a Professor and Program Leader in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining the faculty at Virginia Tech, he served as Director of the Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership at Sam Houston State University and as a Professor in Educational Leadership at Idaho State University. His background includes teaching at all grade levels in Washington, D.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; and Los Angeles, California. His administrative experience includes serving as principal and superintendent in both Fresno and Kern Counties, California. He holds a BS degree in teacher education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a master′s degree in educational administration from California State University Long Beach, and a doctorate from the University of California Davis.

Though active in many professional organizations, he devotes considerable time to his role as Executive Director of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. He also serves as a member of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA), and as a Stafford Faculty Fellow for the National Institute on Leadership, Disabilities and Students Placed at Risk (NILDSPAR). He recently was appointed as Project Director of the Connexions Knowledge Base Project, an international initiative in collaboration with Rice University charged with assembling the knowledge base in educational administration. His research includes examining the forces of the school principalship, and he is widely published in the area of schools with alternative forms of school leadership.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412937329
• ISBN 13: 9781412937320
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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