A Culture of Evidence

Autor/in	Joch, Alan
Titel	A Culture of Evidence
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 80 (2009) 1, S.16-19 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Evidence; School Statistics; Outcomes of Education; Educational Change; Educational Finance; Data Analysis; Institutional Research; Florida; Kansas; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Evidenz; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungsreform; Bildungsfonds; Auswertung; Institutionelle Forschung
Abstract	Community colleges are pulling back the covers of student performance in favor of a new "culture of evidence." One hundred two community colleges in 22 states have joined Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. Backed by a partnership of foundations and research organizations, the effort provides funding, coaching, and data-driven best practices aimed at improving student outcomes. It targets schools with high enrollments of minority and low-income students and those taking developmental education and "gatekeeper" courses, such as college algebra, chemistry, and composition. The program is joined by a number of other initiatives that encourage community colleges to apply this notion of evidence-based reforms to the evaluation of their successes and failures. In this article, the author talks about the push for data-driven reforms and contends that data-driven approaches to improve student outcomes are promising but do not offer "overnight success." An evidence-based checklist is presented. (Contains 11 resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10