DID Resource Kit for States, Districts and Schools

State Tools

Policy Inventories

Education Commission of the States
ECS Database on State Actions relating to leadership standards

Education Commission of the States
Policy scan on different types of leadership standards

Education Leadership Policy Standards. As adopted by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration. Available from The Wallace Foundation website. Supporting research can be found at the Council of Chief State School Officers site.


Michigan Coalition of Educational Leadership (2007)
Data Informed Decision-making: A Guidebook for Data Points and Analyses in the Context of Michigan School Improvement Framework. (Shen, J., Berry, J., Cooley, V., Kirby, B., Marx, G., & Whale, D.)

Michigan Coalition of Educational Leadership (2007)
Data-Informed Decision-making on High Impact Strategies: A Measurement Tool for School Principals. (Shen, J., Cooley,V., Ma, X., Reeves, P., Burt,W., Rainey, M., & Yuan, W.)

Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Data Driven Decisionmaking for Academic Achievement (D3A2)

Baldrige in Education Criteria
The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence provide a systems perspective for understanding performance management. They reflect validated, leading-edge management practices against which an organization can measure itself. With their acceptance nationally and internationally as the model for performance excellence, the Criteria represent a common language for communication among organizations for sharing best practices. The Criteria are also the basis for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award process.

Kentucky Department of Education
Kentucky Standards and Indicators for School Improvement Toolkit
The SISI toolkit provides resources and tools intentionally linked to the Standards and Indicators for School Improvement and focuses on high expectations for teaching and learning. The toolkit provides easy access to information including documents, books, videos, and websites.

Johnstone, C.J., Altman, J., & Thurlow, M. (2006). A state guide to the development of universally designed assessments. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, National Center on Educational Outcomes. Summary: This guide provides strategies to support states in designing and examining educational assessments to ensure accessibility for all users. The goal of the universal design approach to educational assessment is to create tests that accurately measure the skills and knowledge of a wide range of students, including those with disabilities and English language learners. Elements of universal design include precise constructs; clear and readable text, format, instructions, and visuals; respect for and inclusion of diverse test populations; and a test format that can be updated and/or changed without major consequences to measures. The authors contend that universal design considerations should be made from the beginning of test design through the entire assessment process.


Tools for Creating Information Systems/Data Warehouses

Jackl, A., & King, S. (2006). Optimal reference guide: What's really "in store" for your data warehouse? Part I. Austin, TX: ESP Solutions Group. Summary: The paper introduces data warehousing by defining what it is and what it is not, and may help administrators answer whether or not a data warehouse is a necessary component of their overall education information system.

Jackl, A., & King, S. (2006). Optimal reference guide: What's behind your data warehouse? Part II. Austin, TX: ESP Solutions Group.  Summary: The second brief in this series on data warehousing details the design, structure, and configuration parameters of a data warehouse.
http://www.espsolutionsgroup.com/resources.php

Jain, H., Nazareth, D., & Nelson, R. (2000). Data warehouses in public schools: Lessons learned in an on-going implementation. Americas Conference on Information Systems. Summary: This paper describes the process of creating and implementing a data warehouse in the Milwaukee Public Schools.

Learning Point Associates & Educational Service Agency Alliance of the Midwest. (2006). Effective use of electronic data systems: A readiness guide for district and school leaders. Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates and Educational Service Agency Alliance of the Midwest. Summary: This guide is aimed at school and district leaders considering acquiring an electronic data system to improve the use of data for change in their organizations.

Learning Points Associates. (2006). Information systems for school improvement: Resources. Summary: A website focused on school-level data analysis systems and resources to support data-driven decisionmaking.

Levine, E. (2002). Building a data warehouse: How you collect, manage, and report data may be the difference between success and failure. American School Board Journal. Summary:  This article explains the basics of data warehousing and steps educators and administrators can take to enhance data collection and reporting, as a means to greatly improve their chances of making data-driven decision-making a reality.