ELHE 7711 Using Data and Evidence for School Improvement

This course prepares policy-, district-, and school-level leaders to manage initiatives involving continuous improvement and data-informed inquiry. These activities include: engaging with policy or program evaluations, leading faculty in data-informed cycles of inquiry, and evaluating commonplace data practices for issues of equity and social justice. By the end of this course, students should be able to develop a plan for data-informed improvement in a school or other organization. Access to a school or other organization is encouraged, but not required.

Course overview

Department
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
School
LSOE
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites
E-mail department for permission if course is closed.

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

3.99 / 5

Based on 217 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Kris Taylor
    Summer 2026, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 · Official rating 3.97/5
  • Lindsay J Mosca
    Fall 2026
  • Sarah E Jay
    Fall 2026
  • Julie Kukenberger
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 2.75/5
  • Kenneth Graves
    Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.18/5
  • Peter Steedman
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.60/5
  • Sonia Tellier
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.10/5
  • Vincent Cho
    Fall 2025, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.32/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Summer 2026 · Kris Taylor · W 06:00PM-07:15PM · Offered
  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Sarah E Jay, Lindsay J Mosca · W 06:00PM-07:15PM · Offered