Data for school improvement: Factors for designing effective information systems to support decision-making in schools

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-217

  Breiter, Andreas ^a   Light, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment Information Systems; Data Driven Decision Making; Decision Support System; Management Information Systems; Standard Based Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746916772     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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