Accountability for Results The Realities of Data-Driven Decision Making

Accountability for Results: The Realities of Data-Driven Decision Making addresses the most salient questions that administrators, school board members, and community stakeholders need to ask to ensure academic and fiscal accountability, providing definitions, background information, and current research. Research on professional development indicates little correlation between spending and student achievement. Teachers are often provided training with little or no monitoring for actual implementation. This lack of follow-up and follow-through minimizes the positive impact on student achievement. Examples are provided of different types of data for the analysis and evaluation of progress in district- and school-level improvements. To elicit collaborative discussions and support the development of district planning, reflective questions are also included. Book jacket.

Sandra Watkins is an associate professor of educational leadership at Western Illinois University in Macomb Donna McCaw is an associate professor of educational leadership at Western Illinois University in Macomb