What is it about?
The purpose of this paper is to enhance our understanding of districts that are implementing sustainable professional learning in data-driven decision-making (DDDM) to improve student achievement. The data-informed leadership framework, comprised of leadership practices that acknowledge the complexities that play into data use, guided the inquiry. Data collection included semi-structured interviews, observations, and documents. I argue that whole district reform is possible in ways that increased student achievement results on standardized tests across these two districts.
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Why is it important?
Findings indicate that the confluence of: a focus on DDDM, systemic and comprehensive professional learning, and distributed leadership led to consistent student achievement gains over a 3-5 year period. This study suggests that sustainable professional learning in DDDM through structures and processes is critical to how district reform takes place to achieve equitable student results.
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What makes a great school district? Extraordinary leaders who sustain an environment where students and educators are learning. Like other professions, such as medicine and law, people collaborate and use their collective genius for the good of the whole. This case study of two California school districts demonstrates how they effectively improved instruction and student achievement, particularly for under-served students.
Dr. Miriam D. Ezzani
Texas Christian University
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This page is a summary of: Coherent district reform: A case study of two California school districts, Cogent Education, March 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2015.1018698.
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