The logical flaws with identifying students “at-risk”
Every time I hear the term “at-risk,” I wince. It’s [...]
Standards for Evidence Missing in Action: Charters and Authorizers Left in the Lurch
Educators have standards for nearly everything. Why not data? Why [...]
The CDE’s Dashboard Leads to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
I returned a few weeks ago from the California Charter [...]
The “do-or-die” renewal moment for charter schools requires better evidence
I’m back from the desert of Palm Springs, where I [...]
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 [...]
Let’s stop trying to turn teachers into analysts
In ten years, will historians look back at the 30-year [...]
Gap measures in the Dashboard are wrong
As education leaders declare their support for equal justice, and [...]
When Teachers Are Left Alone to Make Sense of Test Results, Half Get It Wrong
For more than 20 years, higher-ups have been urging educators [...]
