Data Use in Norwegian Schools: School Leaders and Teachers' Interaction Around Use of National Test Results

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of how school leaders and teachers in Norway interact around use of national test results and to investigate whether, to what extent and how data from national tests is seen as managerial or professional accountability. While they mainly agree upon problems and solutions informed by data, teachers use didactic knowledge when discussing how they should use results to improve their teaching. This is where the motivation to act is found, building on professional accountability. The ways in which teachers use professional knowledge should be further analyzed, as this can provide more insight into data use that does not necessarily take place in the same language as that of managerial accountability.

Authors

• Sølvi Mausethagen, Oslo and Akershus University College

• Tine Sophie Proitz, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education

• Guri Skedsmo, University of Oslo