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
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- E-mail department for permission if course is closed.
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.99 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.13 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 13
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Vincent Cho | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 5 of 8 |
| Summer 2025 | Kenneth Graves | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 7–9 hrs/week | 12 of 18 |
| Spring 2025 | Kenneth Graves | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 7–9 hrs/week | 31 of 34 |
| Fall 2024 | Kenneth Graves | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 17 |
| Summer 2024 | Kenneth Graves | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 12 |
| Spring 2024 | Kris Taylor | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 21 of 22 |
| Fall 2023 | Kenneth Graves | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 of 12 |
| Summer 2023 | Kenneth Graves | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 of 15 |
| Spring 2023 | Kenneth Graves | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 11 of 14 |
| Spring 2023 | Kris Taylor | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 11 of 14 |
| Spring 2023 | Sonia Tellier | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 11 |
| Fall 2022 | Kenneth Graves | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 14 of 16 |
| Fall 2022 | Vincent Cho | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 14 |
| Summer 2022 | Vincent Cho | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 11 of 17 |
| Spring 2022 | Kenneth Graves | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 6 of 12 |
| Spring 2022 | Vincent Cho | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 10+ hrs/week | 5 of 9 |
| Fall 2021 | Julie Kukenberger | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 8 of 10 |
| Fall 2021 | Kenneth Graves | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | — | 13 of 21 |
| Fall 2021 | Peter Steedman | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 10 of 13 |
Data freshness
Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 01
- Section 01