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Systemic efforts to implement database decision-making at the school-level and classroom-level face several challenges. First, most data available within district information systems are limited to operational needs of schools and the district. Second, educational organizations have little experience integrating complex data into their decision-making processes. Third, while large-scale assessment and accountability data are more generally available for gauging the performance of educational systems, there are major differences between the evidence used for external accountability systems and the data needed for making instructional decisions on a daily basis in the classroom.
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Thorn, C. (2003). Data Use in the Classroom. In: Selwood, I.D., Fung, A.C.W., O’Mahony, C.D. (eds) Management of Education in the Information Age. ITEM 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 120. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35689-1_3
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