Earl, Lorna M. <br/><br/>
Leading schools in a data-rich world :  harnessing data for school improvement / 
Lorna M. Earl, Steven Katz ; foreword by Michael Fullan. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  Corwin Press,  2006. 
 - 133 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Putting data at the center of school improvement -- Awash with data -- Data as a policy lever -- Educators' skepticism about data -- Needing to know -- Thinking differently about data -- Accountability redefined -- Choosing accountability through informed professional judgment -- The role of data in informed professional judgment -- Using data to "take charge of change" -- Using data for informed decision making -- An inquiry habit of mind -- Data literacy -- A culture of inquiry -- Leading in a data-rich world -- Cultivating the qualities of data-driven leadership -- The painting metaphor -- Inquiry habit of mind -- Data literacy -- A culture of inquiry -- A gallery full of paintings -- Developing an inquiry habit of mind -- Setting the canvas -- Planning this picture -- Becoming data literate -- Blocking the canvas -- The first strokes -- Creating a culture of inquiry -- The image grows -- Displaying the picture -- Sustaining the process: the cycle of inquiry -- The next picture, and the next, and the next. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1412906458 1412906466 9781412906456 9781412906463 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>School management and organization.<br/>School improvement programs.<br/>Educational planning--Statistical methods.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2805  / E11 L 2006