Data-Driven Decision Making: Impact on the Teaching and Learning Process

The use of data goes to the heart of the teaching and learning process and is therefore central to topics in educational psychology. Data have become a fundamental part of making educational decisions, whether about instruction, classroom-level issues, administration, or a host of other kinds of decisions that face educators. Data use is not new. Effective educators have been using data for years. Over the past 15 years, however, circumstances in education have changed as have policy emphases.