Download or read book Impact of Access, Ability, and Attitude on Teacher and Administrator Use of Data for Comprehensive Planning written by Andrew A. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the analysis and use of assessment and accountability data by teachers and administrators. It also examinies the role that data play in school and district planning. Three general barriers to data access or data use by teachers and school administrators in New York State public schools were investigated. The attempt was to understand why educators, despite the claims that the use of data increases the effectiveness of teachers and administrators, are unable or unwilling to do so. A researcher-desgned survey of members of the New York State Data Analysis Technical Assistance Group (DATAG) was administered in an attempt to uncover those barriers, which were found to be technical, institutional, and personal in nature. This study examinied numerous types of data and the influence that access, ability, and attitude toward that data have on educators' use for comprehensive planning. The impact of technology, professional development, and other areas of access and ability were taken into consideration. Through a stepwise multiple regression the following areas were found significant in predicting use of data for planning: a) access to professional development, b) access to data tools (hardware, software or other), c) ability to understand and use accountability data, d) ability to plan effectively, e) attitude held toward state accountability data, and f) attitude held toward data in general. After reviewing the findings, a comparison to effective business models was made.