What’s wrong with data-driven decision-making?
Let me know if this surprises you. I don’t believe [...]
How much does funding vary among neighboring districts?
If you go to lunch with a dozen of your [...]
Why “continuous improvement” is never a straight line
“The key question is whether teaching can shift from an [...]
Steve Ayon’s popular visualizations of CAASPP/SBAC and accountability data
Steve Ayon is a one-man wiz whose smart work visualizing [...]
Does the Dashboard’s combining status and change help or hurt?
The Dashboard has changed a little each year in the [...]
Two more Dashboard mismeasurements: English learners and grad rates
Two more areas of mismeasurement are baked into California's accountability [...]
Five Measurement Flaws That Compromise the Dashboard
The CDE’s Dashboard has become the new interpreter of schools’ [...]
The End of the Era of Statistical Significance (and Why You Should Care)
The editors of the official journal of the American Statistical [...]
Nine Ways to Put Student Level Data to Work That FERPA Allows
There's a hypersensitivity in California school district offices to the [...]
Missing John Mockler: His Wit and Wisdom
It’s been four years since John Mockler died, and I [...]
