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Reframing teachers' conceptions of assessment and data use

Gannon-Slater, Nora

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Title
Reframing teachers' conceptions of assessment and data use
Author(s)
Gannon-Slater, Nora
Issue Date
2014-05-30T17:06:52Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Schwandt, Thomas A.
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Schwandt, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s)
  • Greene, Jennifer C.
  • Ryan, Katherine E.
  • Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad
Department of Study
Educational Psychology
Discipline
Educational Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2014-05-30T17:06:52Z
Keyword(s)
  • Assessment
  • Data-driven decision-making
  • Teacher education
Abstract
Teachers’ use of assessment data for instructional decision making is one of several essential components of data-driven decision making (DDDM) as a reform strategy to improve teaching and learning. This thesis explores three different issues related to the use of assessment data for instructional decision making. The first paper examines the way instructional decision making is currently conceived in the DDDM discourse. The second paper uses qualitative data to highlight the broad spectrum of assessment strategies a group of high school science teachers employ to collect data for instruction, and it illustrates the complexity of using that data for instructional decision making. The third paper is a study of an instrument that measures preservice teachers’ conceptions of assessment. Qualitative pre-tests of the instrument and quantitative data analyses post-administration suggest that pre-service teachers’ beliefs about assessment are conditional on the tensions present in the cultural and political assessment climate. Collectively, these papers support reframing conceptions of assessment and data in DDDM research to provider clearer explanations of what “use” of data for instructional decision making actually means.
Graduation Semester
2014-05
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Copyright 2014 Nora Gannon-Slater

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