Data Analysis

Catalog description

Nationwide, school administrators are faced with an ever-increasing amount of student performance data from state, standardized, and school based assessments. This course will prepare administrators to analyze, manage and utilize the vast array of data that have become commonplace in America's schools. While this course will address a number of important data-related topics, a common thread will be use of data from the students' home districts. Staff and administrator accountability have become an expected outgrowth of this infusion of data. Managing this personnel accountability issue will also be a major focus of the course. Developing knowledge and expertise in these areas have become prerequisite skills for a successful administrator.