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HOW DISTRICTS PREPARE SITE ADMINISTRATORS
FOR DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING
by
Miriam Deborah Ezzani
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 Miriam Deborah Ezzani
Object Description
| Title | How districts prepare site administrators for data-driven decision making |
| Author | Ezzani, Miriam Deborah |
| Author email | ezzaniko@usc.edu; ezzanmiri@yahoo.com |
| 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 | 2009-04-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Datnow, Amanda |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Heatley, Edmond T. Stowe, Kathy |
| Abstract | The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act and California's Public School Accountability Act have mandated California to establish a system of accountability for their districts. Thus, California's districts have understood the need for data-driven decision making (DDDM) to facilitate the monitoring and improvement of teaching and learning practices to increase student achievement.; The intent of this qualitative study is to investigate the types of professional development that districts offer school leaders to increase capacity in DDDM. Five research questions were formulated to guide this study: (1) How do districts build the capacity of school leaders to engage in data-driven decision making? (2) How is the need for professional development assessed? (3) What types of training and support are provided to school site leaders? (4) What evidence is there that leaders put new data-driven practices into place? (5) What knowledge gaps still exist?; Two districts were selected based on their focus to provide principal professional development in DDDM. The districts attributed some of their increase in student achievement to the utilization of data. Interviews of superintendents, district administrators, and principals were the primary source of information. Observations and document analysis were also utilized. The research was conducted through the lens of Data-Informed Leadership, a framework by Knapp et al. (2006).; Professional development for principals at Buck and D'Angelo Unified School Districts lent to models that allowed for breadth and depth. According to participants, principal professional development at these districts directly improved classroom instruction and student outcomes. The superintendents in both districts possessed strategies which made a difference in the preparation of principals in DDDM and in practices that gave way to Data-Informed Leadership. It was the mastery of leadership strategies that moved their organizations into a culture and cycle of inquiry based on data.; While this study provides relevant information and a roadmap into the process by which districts provide school leaders with knowledge in DDDM, further research is necessary in the mastery of leadership strategies in Data-Informed Leadership. Mastery of leadership strategies will ensure an established culture and cycle of inquiry in the use of data. |
| Keyword | data-driven decision making; district administrators leadership strategies; district leaders training of principals; district professional development; principal professional development |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| 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-m2129 |
| Rights | Ezzani, Miriam Deborah |
| 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-Ezzani-2756 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Ezzani-2756.pdf |
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| Full text | HOW DISTRICTS PREPARE SITE ADMINISTRATORS FOR DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING by Miriam Deborah Ezzani 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 Miriam Deborah Ezzani |
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