Handbook Of Data-Based Decision Making In Education, Paperback by Kowalski, Theodore J. (EDT); Lasley, Thomas J., II (EDT), ISBN 0415965047, ISBN-13 9780415965040, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKFifty academics, researchers, and school system administrators from the ., Canada, and the UK contribute 28 chapters examining how educators can use data to make decisions at both the policy and practice levels. The text explores theoretical issues around data usage, including such topics as the ethics of decision making in the professions and the legal dimensions associated with using data to make decisions; examines how researchers at both the national and local levels are beginning to identify ways of better accessing and then using data to shape program and instructional decision making; and outlines the different ways that educational stakeholders use data to make policy and practice decisions. For researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()