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[This first appeared in Andy Rotherham's blog, "EduWonk" on February 15, 2023.] I’ll confess, mistakes, errors and miscalculations fascinate me. I find they hold rich opportunities to learn. The errors [...]
Supt. Barbara Nemko has taken steps to help Napa County districts plan smarter. Barbara Nemko, Napa CoE’s superintendent, wants districts’ plans to get smarter, and she’s ready to [...]
Although the California Dept. of Education’s Dashboard continues to mismeasure gaps, a team of social scientists at Stanford are interpreting gaps wisely. Meet Sean Reardon and his talented colleagues at [...]
What do the CDE and CDC have in common? They share a problem counting people correctly. The Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC’s) counting problem was that they were pressed by [...]
As you are putting finishing touches on your district’s LCAP or your site’s SPSA, I hope you're valuing your interim assessments more highly. With this April's CAASPP/SBAC testing cycle scrubbed, [...]
Now that I’m stuck indoors, I’m reading more, especially news stories that attempt to squeeze meaning from numbers about infection rates, projected deaths, hospital beds, respirators … Yes, it’s gruesome, [...]
Supt. Fred Navarro at Newport-Mesa USD has taken a stand on the question of the quality of evidence. He has told his planning teams to use no bad evidence. That [...]
I’ve recently returned to the side of principals, helping them build site plans that mean something. This is the third year our K12 Measures team has provided support to planners, [...]
Each November, I go to the annual conference of the California Education Research Association hoping that it will take a stronger leadership role, more independent of the CDE, and more [...]
Planning doesn't excite many K-12 leaders. But in the south end of Santa Clara County sits Glen Webb, who is CIA director (curriculum, instruction and assessment) for Morgan Hill USD. [...]
