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Data-driven decision making is a major role of principals and school-based administrators. Thesedecision makers use data to improve not only student performance, but also to identify teachercompetency, needs for professional development, allocation of resources, and communication of dataresults (3D, 2010). The format used to collect and report data is varied, but technology seems to be themost widely used means of collection by school districts. There are web-based systems, as well asdistrict developed formats for monitoring student achievement. An effective system of data collection isa simple, easy to use format that provides results in a timely manner. Standards-aligned observationscan provide evidence of student and teacher outcomes across the content areas. Technologystandards for students can be observed and evaluated, as well.

AbstractA brief account is given by E. M. Nicholls, M.D., of the formation and demise of the School of Human Genetics of the University of New South Wales.

Taking the lenses of cultural perspectives, this study has investigated the role of teacher educators in transforming the teaching and learning beliefs of prospective teachers in a formal teacher education program in a remote mountainous region of Pakistan. We used a qualitative exploratory approach to conduct the study and collected data from eight teacher educators through semi-structured interviews, non-participatory observations of the classroom practices, as well as researchers' field, notes Findings, showed that the changing culture of teacher education in Pakistan seem to redefine and reinterpret teacher educators' roles in transforming prospective teachers' beliefs. As a result, teacher educators saw themselves as role models, counselors, mentors, storytellers, and listeners. These findings have pertinent implications for the teacher educators' roles in similar settings.