Vision to Know and Do:
The Power of Data as a Tool in Educational Decision Making

A Publication of the
Consortium for School Networking
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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
  
  
• Putting Data in an Education Context
  • External Demands for Data, Internal Opportunity
  • Improving Outcomes for All Children
  • Transforming the Organization
  
  
• Data Rich Districts: Models for Continuous Improvement
  • Chugach School District: Rural Response to Local Expectations
  • Pearl River School District: Students Choose Public Schools
  • Community Consolidated School District 15: Integrated Planning
  • Montgomery County School District: Daily Activities Tied to Vision
  • Poway Unified School District: Data to the Desktop
  • Panhandle Area Education Consortium: Teacher Learning Plans
  • Profiles of Progress
  
  
• Making it Happen: Integrating Data into the Decision Making Equation
  • Implementation Scale and Scope
  • What to Gather
  • Cleaning Up the Data
  • Reporting Out and User Queries
  • Cost of Adoption: TCO Factors
  • Professional Development
  • Don't Go It Alone
  
  
• New Challenges and High Expectations
  • New Accountability
  • Education in a New Century
  
  
• Sources
  • Web Links and Articles

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