http://edtags.org/ http://edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/data driven decisions Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.setda.org/web/guest/datadrivendecisionmaking While many educators may think that Data-Driven Decision-Making is a new conversation instigated by the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), in fact, it reflects a larger societal trend. In nearly every national and international industrial sector, the world is witnessing the ability of large networks to collect data and, therefore, transform the understanding of how enterprises successfully function. aseldow Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:57:29 +0000 data data driven decisions nclb cio http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-lausd11jul11,1,1106192.story?coll=la-news-learning The city's new school board majority Tuesday pushed through its first wave of reform measures — and fast. As a result, the Los Angeles Unified School District has new initiatives aimed at measuring student performance, paying employees on time, decreasing the dropout rate, helping English learners, building smaller schools, recruiting new employees, training principals and increasing parent involvement. uma Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:18:00 +0000 la unified los angeles la ca california education reform small schools data driven decisions