%0 Journal Article
%T Developing Data Leadership: Contextual Influences on Administrators¡¯ Data Use
%A Kathleen A. Greenan
%A Rachel Roegman
%A Ruqayyah Perkins-Williams
%A Yukiko Maeda
%J Journal of Research on Leadership Education
%@ 1942-7751
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1942775117719452
%X This study aimed to understand administrators¡¯ data leadership influenced by multiple contexts by analyzing interviews with 24 administrators from three Midwestern districts. Findings highlight ways that the accountability movement narrowed administrators¡¯ data leadership. At the same time, the accountability movement was not totalizing, as principals¡¯ teaching backgrounds offered possibilities for alternative narratives to thinking about how data can inform instruction. We conclude with implications for practice around ways to combat the accountability movement¡¯s conceptions of data and provide administrators with knowledge and skills to engage in more holistic data leadership
%K data-based decision making
%K instructional leadership
%K high-stakes testing/accountability
%K professional development
%K principal preparation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1942775117719452