Striving for Continuous Program Improvement: Teacher Education Programs Explore Their Data Practices

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this interactive symposium is to present cross-case findings of three jointly developed and implemented institutional case studies of teacher education programs data use for intertwined goals of accountability, accreditation, and continuous program improvement. The discussion of findings will focus not only on data systems, their reliability and validity in three different educator preparation programs (EPPs), but also on complex webs of meaning, value conflicts, and socio-cultural practices underlying educators engagement in data practices.The findings will be discussed in terms of their implications for policy at the program, institutional, and state level.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Data-Driven Decision Making in Education

Chair

• Sarah S. Saltmarsh, US PREP

Papers

• Data Use, Analysis, and Collaboration Across a University Educator Preparation Program: A Self-Study - Kristen Lindahl, The University of Texas - San Antonio; Jennifer Swoyer, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Building the Culture of Inquiry-Based Data Use: Program Quality Continuous Improvement Project - Elina Lampert-Shepel, Touro University; Ruth A. Best, Touro College

• Diversity, Equity, and Data Use in Teacher Education Programs - Estella Chizhik, San Diego State University; Saúl Isaac Maldonado, San Diego State University

Discussant

• Charles A. Peck, University of Washington