TY - BOOK AU - Earl,Lorna M. AU - Katz,Steven TI - Leading schools in a data-rich world: harnessing data for school improvement SN - 1412906458 AV - LB2805 E11 L 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin Press KW - School management and organization KW - School improvement programs KW - Educational planning KW - Statistical methods N1 - 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; YT2025 M09 ER -