Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence → Core Values/Best Practices → Management by Fact
Management by Fact
Management by Fact occurs when data is used to drive decisions, inform instruction, or to evaluate key processes and results.
Management by Fact in the School
Management by Fact in the Classroom
Management by Fact for Students
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Management by Fact in the School
We demonstrate Management by Fact in the school when we:
analyze multiple sources of data in evaluating student achievement; staff, student and stakeholder satisfaction/dissatisfaction; staff education and training; the leadership system; and key processes in the school.
analyze data routinely to make decisions and to determine needs, areas for improvement, trends, cause and effect, etc., disaggregating data, as required, to examine specific student groups
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Management by Fact in the Classroom
We demonstrate Management by Fact in the classroom when we:
analyze multiple sources of data (see above) routinely with students to make decisions, determine needs and areas for improvement
teach students to monitor and chart their own performance data to develop appropriate goals and strategies for improvement
develop processes with students to monitor classroom progress (data centers)
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provide students with data notebooks or folders to monitor personal progress
teach students to use quality tools (plus/delta, force field analysis) and the PDSA model to analyze their progress
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Management by Fact for Students
Kid-friendly questions about Management by Fact
How do we know we are doing well?
How do I/we know that I am/we are good students?
How do we know that we have a good class/school?
What do the facts tell us?
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If there is a problem, what am I/are we going to do about it?
What tools do I/we have for monitoring and assessing our progress?
What is the best tool to use to get the kind of information we need?
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