Teacher capacity for and beliefs about data-driven decision making: A literature review of international research

Journal of Educational Change

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-28

  Datnow, Amanda ^a   Hubbard, Lea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data driven decision making; Teacher beliefs; Teacher capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957433578     PISSN: 13892843     EISSN: 15731812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10833-015-9264-2     Document Type: Article

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