District administrators’ governing styles in the enactment of data-use practices
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Date
2019-01-28Metadata
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Prøitz TS, Mausethagen S, Skedsmo G. District administrators’ governing styles in the enactment of data-use practices. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2018.1562097Abstract
This study focus on how administrators in districts approach data
and data use in education differently. Based on data material from
local policy documents, interviews with district administrators and
observations from meetings with district administrators, school
leaders and teachers, we reveal how different views on learning
outcomes manifest in language use and choice of influence
attempts, calling for greater consideration and awareness of the
role of local authority in education. Our analysis shows how policy
goals, as defined in key policy documents, are transformed and
adapted into varied local governing styles – sometimes shifting
the focus of primary goals in another direction, and at other times
enhancing and extending the goals.