Assessing the Educational Data Movement (Technology, Education--Connections (TEC)) (Technology, Education--Connections (The TEC Series)) - Softcover

Piety, Philip J.

9780807754269: Assessing the Educational Data Movement (Technology, Education--Connections (TEC)) (Technology, Education--Connections (The TEC Series))

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ISBN 10: 0807754269 ISBN 13: 9780807754269

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2013

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For better or worse, many educational decisions that were once a private matter of teachers or administrators are now based on information technology. To be successful in this era, educators need to know how to use data successfully for their purposes and to understand the social forces at work. In this book, the author draws on his unique background in education policy and information systems to provide valuable insights into the education data movement. Using narratives of practice, the text discusses many current topics including value added modeling for teacher evaluation, big data and analytics, longitudinal data systems, open educational resources, and new designs for teaching.

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"Phil Piety's book employs insights from the learning sciences to illuminate policies and practices for using information to improve American education."
—
Roy Pea
, Stanford University

“This critically important book highlights what constitutes the educational data movement, describing the vernacular of what every education researcher, practitioner, and policymaker needs to be aware of.”
—
Barbara Schneider,
president, American Educational Research Association, 2013–2014.

“Everyone who wants to gain a better understanding of how data is transforming education should read this book. Piety’s analysis is comprehensive and covers every dimension of the American education system. He impressively connects the dots among the numerous institutions and actors that comprise the data movement. This book is a triumph.”
—
Darrell West
, vice president and director of the Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution

“Piety brings a fresh perspective to ‘the educational data movement,’ situating its emergence historically, linking it to developments in various institutional fields, and framing it as a ‘sociotechnical revolution.’ Essential reading! Both proponents and opponents of the ‘data movement’ will learn from this book.” —
James P. Spillane
, Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning & Organizational Change, Northwestern University

From the Author

Philip J. Piety works at the intersection of education and information systems. His doctoral degree is in Learning Sciences from the University of Michigan and he is currently teaching in the Decisions, Operations, and Information Technology at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and a founding member of the Education Innovation with Information Initiative (EI2) at the University of Maryland.

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