Data Driven Decision Making

Summary of Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making , article published by E-Lead Organization in its website , provided basic facts about Data-Driven Decision Making or D3M . According to the article , the unsatisfactory performance of students in their education prompted pressure on the part of school administrators and teachers . This was further strengthened by President Bush 's No Child Left Behind policy , which is why when D3M came , schools utilized the tool to answer the pressures from the government and from parents

D3M has emerged in the last 10-15 years and has gained

popularity because of the favorable results in the country , even in the most struggling school districts . D3M was the answer whenever parents and political leaders demanded for information and statistics about their school 's and students ' performance

Proponents of D3M held that it is the principal 's and the teacher 's duty to find the best way for students to learn , that is why when students fail , it is their responsibility to solve this problem . The ultimate goal of D3M , according to the article , is to have ample information at hand to know the problem areas and the best solution for these . D3M 's process involves monitoring of students by the teacher collaboration between teacher and student , informing parents , and monitoring of teacher by principal

D3M is a school-wide team effort . As such , some surprises can pop up like uncovering startling facts that have previously been unknown unwillingness of everyone to collect , analyze , and use all data , and the multitude of data that might be unorganized and incorrectly analyzed and interpreted

Summary of Data-Driven School Improvement

James H . Johnson , in his article , Data-Driven School Improvement published in the Journal of School Improvement in 2000 , answered some of the problems faced by D3M , by explaining how data can be used to effectively improve education

Traditionally , data gathered from schools have been used to assess students ' performance . But now that power is decentralized in school districts , data can help educators make better choices for the students and for the community 's benefits

Evaluation measures mainly focus on reading , writing , and math ' but rarely focus on management skills , learning styles , or other factors that may affect students . A lot of testing has been done but no concerted effort to interpret the data . School districts have already gathered much data , such as statistics on attendance , grades referrals , retentions , and standardized test results ' and so the challenge now is to analyze these and use them effectively to improve education . Still , other data can also be useful if collected , such as survey results , interviews , numbers of books read , and other information on student achievement

The whole idea of data-driven school improvement is to enable educators to gather accurate information on students ' performance and then make necessary adjustments on their teaching styles or curriculum to improve education . One way to reach this goal is by allowing teachers to be involved in the researching process . Teachers ' researches will be small-scale studies , as they discover only those that...