Data use for educational improvement is studied under many guises (e.g., data use, data-based decision-making, data-driven decision-making, evidence use), all with the same intention: providing districts, schools, and educators with better information that can help educate children.  If offered in a useful form, such data can help teachers, principals and other educational personnel learn more about their students, improve their teaching craft, and ultimately impact a variety of educational outcomes.

This website provides resources to support the effective use of educational data at the K-12 level. In its current form, this site provides access to the published work of Jeffrey C. Wayman at the University of Texas at Austin. Check back often for newly-released work.

In November 2007, Dr. Wayman released a report, "The Data-Informed District: A District-Wide Evaluation of Data Use in the Natrona County School District," representing one of the most detailed and broad examinations of data use throughout a large district. The findings and recommendations from this report should be useful to any district looking to improve their data practices.

Please email any questions or comments you have about this site or its content to Dr. Wayman at jwayman@austin.utexas.edu