The data desert California high school leaders endure
High school principals and leaders of unified and high school [...]
Missing evidence about schools in the nation and California
[Just days after this blog went "live," the Calif. Dept. [...]
The Fruit Loops Dashboard
I have a hefty appetite for visual expressions of school [...]
The logical flaws with identifying students “at-risk”
Every time I hear the term “at-risk,” I wince. It’s [...]
Are CAASPP results sound enough when deciding whether a charter school lives another five years?
Today, California’s Dept. of Education fields a test (CAASPP) that [...]
California’s Charter Authorizers Are Taking Measurement Seriously: CCAP Conference Observations
I returned recently from the annual conference of the California [...]
Standards for Evidence Missing in Action: Charters and Authorizers Left in the Lurch
Educators have standards for nearly everything. Why not data? Why [...]
The Charade of Planning: SPSAs, LCAPs and Soviet Five-Year Plans
Could we get “real” on the topic of planning? Planning [...]
The CDE’s Dashboard Leads to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
I returned a few weeks ago from the California Charter [...]
As school board trustees make sense of test results, supes have an opportunity to build a common view
California’s CAASPP test results were released statewide on October 18. [...]
