Why the popularity of “Street Data” worries me
I am troubled by signs of growing opposition to testing. [...]
One reason we misunderstand progress of emerging bilingual students
Educators almost everywhere rely on classifying and sorting their students. [...]
The “do-or-die” renewal moment for charter schools requires better evidence
I’m back from the desert of Palm Springs, where I [...]
Data about California schools’ vital signs have been vanishing. Why?
Today we know less about California schools than we knew [...]
The reading debate is an opportunity for education to become a modern profession
The errors of the medical profession became visible only [...]
When K-12 leaders make mistakes, who takes note?
[This first appeared in Andy Rotherham's blog, "EduWonk" on February [...]
See where students struggle (or succeed) with reading
You are looking at a map of the reading gap. [...]
How sound is your evidence of reading? The case for multiple measures.
You think your 1st or 2nd or 3rd graders are [...]
When reporters misrepresent NAEP test results, misunderstandings spread far and wide
The New York Times assigned reporter Sarah Mervosh to make [...]
The hazards of labeling, or what the 2×4 can teach us about our words
How quickly our words get away from us. We sometimes [...]
