Establish precursor conditions — school vision, collaboration, equity focus, and supportive culture — to nurture a data-use culture¶

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Description¶

The analyzed texts frequently discussed contextual aspects of schools that must be in place to establish and nurture a culture around data, which the authors label precursor conditions. The paper states "These conditions include the need for a common school vision that describes the school's mission and operating principles, frequently invoking a perspective of enhancing education for all students." Other conditions include connection to other initiatives, authority of groups examining data, understanding of the change process, collaboration, focus on equity, cultural proficiency, school culture, and deep, sustained professional development connected to educators' work contexts.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Professional development needs to be deep, sustained, and connected directly to the work educators do in their contexts

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• school and district educators
• school leadership teams

Target Learning Goals¶

• establishing and enculturating data-driven decision making in schools

Related Strategies¶

• Run regular teacher-team data meetings around student-level indicator reports to identify struggling students, assign interventions, and coordinate support

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Mandinach, E. B., & Gummer, E. S. (2012). Navigating the Landscape of Data Literacy: It IS Complex. White paper. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED582807