Education Law

How can you effectively use the right data?

We hear a lot about the importance of using data to make smart decisions in education reform. But how do you make sure you?re asking the right questions? And how do you take the information you receive and use it to make effective and efficient changes in your school district? 

There are a number of sessions at the 2011 NSBA Annual Conference that will focus on data-driven reforms — from the intensive overview provided in the New Board Member Workshop, ?Data-Driven Decision Making?,  to more focused topics such as ?Using a Data-Driven Model to Successfully Pass a General Fund Referendum?, and ?A Comprehensive Analytical Data Directed Approach to Raising Student Achievement and Teacher Quality?, to name just a few.  

Take a look at this video of a new board member, sharing her thoughts on what she learned at last year?s conference:

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).