The Power of Data Utilization in Bringing about Systemic School Change.

Abstract

...transformation of public education from factory-model schooling into communities of learners where all students experience a rich and challenging curriculum that holds the possibility of preparing them for the demands and opportunities of life and work in the 21 century. The intent is not only to hold all students to high standards of performance, but also to provide teachers ... with the tools, processes, opportunities, and supports that will enable them to help students across the socioeconomic spectrum reach for and achieve high levels of performance according to their “multiple intelligences” (Thompson, 1999, p. 46 cited in Diaz, 2001).