This book describes the various strategies and procedures for collecting, analyzing, and organizing information to improve education.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
v
(1)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
vi
(1)
FOREWORD
vii
(2)
PREFACE
ix
1. BUILDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
1
(18)
Living in the Information and Technological Age
3
(2)
Decision Making in Organizations
5
(3)
Information Collection Model
8
(4)
Mini-Cases
12
(5)
Grade Data Collected
17
(1)
Application Activities
17
(1)
References
18
(1)
2. THE "WHAT" AND "WHERE" OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
19
(20)
Prioritizing and Categorizing Information
21
(2)
Case Study One
23
(5)
The Needs Assessment
28
(5)
Case Study Two
33
(4)
Application Activities
37
(1)
References
38
(1)
3. THE "HOW" OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
39
(16)
Identifying Strategies
42
(2)
Information Collection Procedures
44
(4)
Techniques That Can Be Used to Obtain Data About Student Achievement
48
(4)
Summary
52
(1)
Application Activities
52
(1)
References
53
(2)
4. THE COLLECTION PROCESS
55
(20)
Administering Tests and Measurements
58
(2)
Surveys
60
(8)
Interviews
68
(2)
Making Observations and Recording Notes and Behaviors
70
(1)
Library Sources
71
(2)
Application Activities
73
(1)
References
73
(2)
5. INFORMATION ANALYSIS
75
(20)
Developing Categories for Classifying Information
77
(2)
Creating a Manual or Computerized Management Information System to Facilitate Information Retrieval
79
(3)
A Case Study
82
(10)
Summary
92
(1)
Application Activities
93
(1)
References
93
(2)
6. UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION
95
(22)
Analyzing Quantitative Information
97
(3)
Interpreting Quantitative Information
100
(6)
A Case Study
106
(4)
Interpreting Qualitative Information
110
(5)
Summary
115
(1)
Application Activities
116
(1)
References
116
(1)
7. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ON INFORMATION COLLECTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS
117
(6)
APPENDIX
123
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