A Guide to Data-Driven Leadership in Modern Schools

The purpose of this publication is to provide school leaders and other educatorswith insight into practical uses of data and how to create school culturesconducive to effective data use. Practicing school leaders can benefit from thispublication as well as teachers who use data in their classrooms to driveinstruction. Another use of this book is for graduate schools that prepare K-12school leaders.Because of accountability and the importance of data use in schools, data drivendecisions and the effective use of data are critical. In A Guide to Data-DrivenLeadership in Modern Schools, the use of data as aligned to educational reform isdiscussed. Accountability and standardized testing are vital elements of reform.The culture must be created in schools to address multi- facets of data use which is presented in Chapter 2 of thepublication.The use of data should guide/inform decisions linked to both management and instruction in schools. In Chapter3, the use of data to inform management is discussed; and the use of data to inform instruction is presented inChapter 4. Practices of effective management and instructional leadership are obsolete without effectivepersonnel in schools. The use of data in personnel evaluations is explored in Chapter 5.