Keeping teachers in the center: a framework for data-driven decision-making
Type: Roundtable Topic: Assessment and E-folios
Room: 15
Sat, Mar. 5 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Authors:
Daniel Light, EDC/Center for Children and Technology, USA
Dara Wexler, EDC/Center for Children and Technology, USA
Cricket Heinz, EDC?Center Children and Technology, USA
Abstract:
The Education Development Center’s Center for Children and Technology (CCT) conducted a three year study of a large-scale data reporting system, developed by the Grow Network for New York City’s Department of Education. This paper presents a conceptual framework based on three years of research exploring the intersection of decision-support technologies, educators, and the process of transforming data into knowledge. The model looks at three dimensions: the process by which raw data becomes useable information; the effect of the data-reporting tool in shaping that process; and the role of prior knowledge of the decision-maker. The model keeps the teacher at the center of the process and supports the hypothesis that, in order, for data-driven decision-making to change teaching and learning practices, the focus of professional development should be on teaching and learning, rather than on data analysis.