Using data for monitoring and evaluation

Evidence for Learning (E4L) and The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) have developed this resource to support leaders in schools to use data effectively. This is a summary resource to provide you with key concepts, examples and prompts around using data. You might find that the seven step process outlined in this resource is cyclical in nature, as you apply lessons from your analysis and adapt your approaches. 

There is also an included case-study to illustrate the implementation of this resource in real school settings.

Target Outcomes
Academic
Foundational Learning
Non-academic
TACL-specific
Language: 
English
Target Population
Pre-primary
Lower primary
Upper primary
Secondary
Staff/Adults
Year created/revised: 
2023
Evidence-based and/or insights-driven: 
True
Relevance
5
User Friendliness
5
Keywords: 
Data-Driven Decision making, Data Analysis in Education, Data Collection, School Leadership and Data, MEL, Data Collection Methods, How to use data, How to collect data, the purpose of data, Data Management, Data Collection Basics, monitoring student outcomes, Data using at schools, step by step outline on how to work with data at schools, key concepts for using data