Resource
Handbook
Forum Guide to Building a Culture of Quality Data: A School & District Resource
NCES
Author(s):
The National Forum on Education Statistics
Publication date:
December 2004
Survey areas:
Publication number:
NFES 2005801
Summary
Quality data, like quality students, come from schools. Recently, there has been a growing awareness that effective teaching, efficient schools, and quality data are related. The quality of information used to develop an instructional plan, run a school, plan a budget, or place a student in a class depends upon the school data clerk, teacher, counselor, and/or school secretary who enter data into a computer. This document offers recommendations to staff in schools and school districts about best practices for data entry — getting things right at the source.