Exploring Frames of Data for Engagement: How Educators Frame Data for Instruction

• In Event: Roundtable Session 95
  In Roundtable Session: The Use of Data to Inform Teaching and School Partnerships

Abstract

Schools and districts using data for improvement is certainly an issue in the policy landscape. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls data “the driving force [behind education] reform” (Prabhu, 2009). However, for a variety of reasons, research suggests that there are significant challenges to using data to inform instruction. In this study, we explore how teachers employ a variety of frames to interpret student data. These frames suggest, among other things, additional categories of data may more richly inform teachers' practice.

Authors

• Peter Samuelson Wardrip, University of Pittsburgh

• Phillip Herman, University of Pittsburgh

• Aaron Kessler, University of Pittsburgh

• Benny Cooper, University of California - Los Angeles