Kim Schildkamp Email Address

Director and Founder of Datateam Partners BV

Latin American Student Association

I am an associate professor in the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences of the University of Twente. In 2007, I obtained my PhD on school self-evaluation. During my PhD I received a Fulbright scholarship to work at the Louisiana State University. Together with the Louisana Department of Education (LDE) I conducted research into 'The utilization and impact of a school performance feedback system used in Louisiana' (2005/2006). My research, in the Netherlands but also in other countries, focuses on “data-based decision making for school improvement”. How can we support schools in the effective use of data is one of my central questions. One of my projects, for example, is focussed on the functioning and effects of data teams. Data teams are teams of teachers and school leaders who collaboratively try to solve a problem in their school using data. I have been invited as a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at several conferences and universities, including AERA, the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. I am a board member of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) and chair of the ICSEI data use network. I have published widely on the use of data and data teams. Furthermore, I am one of the founders and directors of Datateam Partners BV, which aims at supporting the use of data in schools.