Advancing Equity in Accountability and Organizational Cultures of Data Use

Autor/inn/en	Gannon-Slater, Nora; La Londe, Priya G.; Crenshaw, Hope L.; Evans, Margaret E.; Greene, Jennifer C.; Schwandt, Thomas A.
Titel	Advancing Equity in Accountability and Organizational Cultures of Data Use
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 55 (2017) 4, S.361-375 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/JEA-09-2016-0108
Schlagwörter	Accountability; Organizational Culture; Information Utilization; Observation; Meetings; Elementary Education; Communities of Practice; Discourse Analysis; Student Records; Data Interpretation; Conflict; Educational Practices; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Unternehmenskultur; Informationsnutzung; Beobachtung; Meeting; Tagung; Elementarunterricht; Community; Diskursanalyse; Schülerakte; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Konflikt; Bildungspraxis; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Purpose: Data use cultures in schools determine data use practices. Such cultures can be muted by powerful macro accountability and organizational learning cultures. Further, strong equity-oriented data use cultures are challenging to establish. The purpose of this paper is to engage these cultural tensions. Design/methodology/approach: The data discourse and decisions of four grade-level teams in two elementary schools in one district were studied through observation of 62 grade-level meetings over the course of a year. The observations focused on "data talk," defined as the structure and content of team conversations about interim student performance data. Findings: Distinct macro cultures of accountability and organizational learning existed in the two schools. The teams' own data use cultures partly explained the absence of a focus on equity, and none of the teams used student performance data to make instructional decisions in support of the district's equity aims. Leadership missed opportunities to cultivate an equity-focused data use culture. Practical implications: School leaders who advocate that equity importantly guides data use routines, and can anticipate how cultures of accountability or organizational learning "show up" in data use conversations, will be better prepared to redirect teachers' interpretations of data and clarify expectations of equity reform initiatives. Originality/value: This study is novel in its concept of "data talk," which provided a holistic but nuanced account of data use practices in grade-level meetings. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01