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Decentralizing Data Through Decision- Support Systems: The Impact of Increased Access to Data on Decision Making
This study examines the impact of a new Decision-Support System (DSS) on decision making in a community college in California. It looks at how attitudes and behaviors about data and their use were impacted by the implementation of a new DSS. The study found that the...
Open educational resources: inquiring into author use and reuse
For teachers and learners, the proliferation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in combination with advances in information technologies has meant centralised access to materials and the possibility of creating, using, and reusing OER globally, collaboratively, and...
ISKME Special Series Part 4: Indicators and Outcomes
Indicators & Outcomes Connecting the dots: how to use data to get fromdistrictwide goal-setting to school-level performance. SPURRED BY FEDERAL and state mandates for improved performance, school districts across the country have become adept at establishing...
ISKME Special Series Part 1: Data Driven
Savvy school administrators are using data to improve instruction districtwide. Christmas came early for the School District of Philadelphia (PA). In early December, the district announced that, for the fourth consecutive year, students showed measurable improvement...
Using External Accountability Mandates to Create Internal Change
In light of a new state-mandated performance-based funding mechanism for community colleges in California, this article discusses how one district sought to implement new internal evaluation procedures to improve student outcomes in line with systemwide goals outlined...