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CHARTER SCHOOLS, DATA USE, AND THE 21ST CENTURY:
HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS USE DATA
TO INFORM INSTRUCTION THAT PREPARES STUDENTS
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
by
Lindsay Faye Butler
__________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Lindsay Faye Butler
Object Description
| Title | Charter schools, data use, and the 21st century: how charter schools use data to inform instruction that prepares students for the 21st century |
| Author | Butler, Lindsay Faye |
| Author email | lfbutler@usc.edu; lbutler@icefla.org |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-02 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-04-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Datnow, Amanda |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert Wohlstetter, Priscilla |
| Abstract | The significant advancement in technology, along with the continuing globalization of business and industry, has raised calls to change the way American students are being educated in order to better prepare them to excel in this constantly evolving 21st century environment. One method of creating change and informing direction is the practice of using data to inform decisions. Using this approach to innovate instruction for the 21st century requires thoughtful and conscientious leadership. In recent years, charter schools have been credited with the potential to innovate practices across schools more successfully that traditional school districts. This study investigated the ways in which data use is driving 21st century instructional innovation in charter schools. To explore these issues, qualitative case studies were conducted in two charter schools. Interviews with administrators as well as teachers and department chairs were conducted, and complementary document analysis was completed.; Findings show that 21st century skills are part of the instructional program at each school, although to differing degrees. At each site, the use of data plays an important role in the planning of instruction and curricular development. Administrators at both schools use data as the basis for making decisions and provide many opportunities for teachers to use (and learn to use) data during professional development time. In regard to student preparation for the 21st century, strategies to cultivate the appropriate skills in students are a part of the curriculum at each campus, although neither school specifically includes those strategies for the purpose of 21st century education. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. |
| Keyword | 21st century; charter schools; data driven decision making; data use; curriculum and instruction; high school |
| Coverage date | after 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2066 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Butler, Lindsay Faye |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Butler-2702 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Butler-2702.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | CHARTER SCHOOLS, DATA USE, AND THE 21ST CENTURY: HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS USE DATA TO INFORM INSTRUCTION THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by Lindsay Faye Butler __________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2009 Copyright 2009 Lindsay Faye Butler |
