Seeing the Iceberg: A Literature Review of Data Dashboard Implementation in Education, Business, and Medicine

• In Event: Data Use Tools in Teacher Preparation and Practice

Abstract

The development of new information systems and data management tools is a major feature of organizational life in the early 21st century, including teacher education. In studying the implementation of one tool — a data dashboard — in an educator preparation program, we found that knowledge developed in other fields had not translated to teacher education. Thus, we reviewed 141 studies across business, medicine, and P-12 education to identify the applicable findings about the implementation of new data technologies and tools in complex organization. We focus on challenges introducing and using data dashboards in business, health sciences, and education and offer suggestions for those currently working to make information technologies useful and used for program improvement in teacher education.

Authors

• Maia Goodman Young, University of Washington - Seattle

• James Lamar Foster, University of Washington - Seattle

• Charles A. Peck, University of Washington