How and why teachers engage students with data

Educational Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 667-691

  Jimerson, Jo Beth ^a   Cho, Vincent ^b   Scroggins, Kimberly A ^c   Balial, Ritu ^d   Robinson, Reginald R ^e  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Gililland Elementary School   (United States)

^d M L Kirkpatrick Elementary School   (United States)

^e David L Walker Intermediate School   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous improvement; data driven decision making; leadership; School improvement; student involved data use

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053057870     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2018.1509781     Document Type: Article

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