Data Quality, Data Capacity, Data Culture and use of Students ' data in Improving Teacher Performance: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Uganda

Abstract

This study investigated data quality, data capacity, data culture and the waythey are related to students' data use by teachers in improving teacherperformance. It was conducted in Kampala Metropolitan City among secondaryschool teachers of Uganda. Research design was descriptive, quantitative andused cross-sectional data collected from respondents using a self-administeredquestionnaire. Study variables were selected through factor analysis andCronbach testing before diagnostic tests and data analysis. Findings were thatstudents ' data use by teachers in improving teacher performance neededimprovement; Culture of Leaders encouraging learning through data use andculture of leaders supporting development of data use; capacity of teachers touse ICT and capacity of functionality of ICT systems were inadequate. Use ofstudents' data in improving teachers ' performance was significant and positively 14correlated to culture of leaders encouraging learning through data use; cultureof leaders supporting development of data use; capacity of teachers to use ICT;and capacity of functionality of ICT systems. The relationship between dataquality and students ' data use by teachers in improving teacher performancewas mediated by culture of leaders encouraging teachers learning through datause. The relationship between culture of leaders supporting development ofstudent data use and students' data use by teachers to improve teacherperformance was mediated by culture of leaders encouraging teachers' learningthrough data use.   A regression of students' data use by teachers to improveteacher performance was predicted by capacity of teachers in using ICT, cultureof leaders supporting development of student data use and culture of leadersencouraging teachers learning through data use with a contribution of about 52percent. These findings suggest recommendations for students' data use byteachers to improve teacher performance