EDLD 745 - Measurement and Decision Making

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring

Culturally responsive school leaders guide teachers to interpret and use data in ways that recognize the importance of the including students’ cultural identities in all aspects of school life. Culturally responsive principals focus on the assets of students when they collect data, ask probing questions to help analyze root causes that may explain the data, and respond by establishing practices that recognize the inherent role and impact of culture and history upon learning and development. When educators intentionally review and respond to data through a culturally responsive lens, they make decisions that acknowledge and reduce privileges, confront individual and institutional bias; and take action for improvement that provide equitable opportunities and equitable outcomes for each student.