FELE Data-Driven Decision Making Flashcards

A school leader uses a balanced scorecard. Which four perspectives does this framework typically include?

Answer: Financial, customer, internal processes, and learning/growth

The balanced scorecard framework measures performance across financial, customer, internal process, and learning/growth dimensions.

When presenting data to faculty, a principal should PRIMARILY ensure that:

Answer: Data is presented in ways that protect individual teacher identity while enabling group analysis

Aggregated, anonymized presentations allow honest analysis without placing blame on individuals, supporting a culture of continuous improvement.

Florida's Education Data Warehouse (EDW) is BEST used by school leaders to:

Answer: Access longitudinal student performance data across multiple years and assessments

The EDW aggregates student-level longitudinal data from multiple sources to support data-driven decision making at all levels.

A school's reading proficiency rate dropped 8 points. Before drawing conclusions, the principal should:

Answer: Check whether the assessment instrument or proficiency cut scores changed

Changes in assessment instruments or cut scores can explain score fluctuations and must be ruled out before attributing drops to instructional causes.

Which measure of central tendency is MOST affected by extreme outlier scores in a data set?

Answer: Mean

The mean incorporates every data point, so extreme outliers pull it significantly higher or lower than the median or mode.

A principal wants to evaluate whether a new tutoring program caused improved reading scores. The most rigorous design would include:

Answer: A comparison group of similar students who did not receive tutoring

A comparison group allows the leader to attribute score changes to the intervention rather than to maturation or external factors.