Developing collaborative data use through professional learning communities: Early lessons from Delaware

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-53

  Farley Ripple, Elizabeth N ^a   Buttram, Joan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Data; Decision making; Educational policy; Faculty development; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903750999     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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