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. [...]
One reason we misunderstand progress of emerging bilingual students
Educators almost everywhere rely on classifying and sorting their students. [...]
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 [...]
Another CERA conference without debate, dialogue or disagreement
Each November, I go to the annual conference of the [...]
The point of visualizing data is discovering human stories
I just returned from the annual conference of the California [...]
Do you really know the work your assessment director is doing?
Over the past 20 years, I’ve met at least 60 [...]
Supes are asking for help with LCAPs: candid criticism and appeals for technical support
What has happened to the high hopes policy heavies had [...]
What’s wrong with data-driven decision-making?
Let me know if this surprises you. I don’t believe [...]
