The McNamara Fallacy
The McNamara Fallacy involves making a decision based only on quantitative measures, and ignoring other measures which cannot be…
Tag: Data
Data Driven versus Data Informed
Buzzwords in education come and go. One of the more popular buzzwords over the last dozen years that continues…
Talking Data
Rich and I were talking about engagement this week. He did a presentation in his district on engagement in…
Inundated with Data
Data was supposed to revolutionize education. With multiple data points on every student, we are supposed to be able…
5 Ways to Better Analyze Data
We are inundated with data in education. Assessment results, student formative data, benchmark scores, progress monitoring data… The list…
Data Alone
Data alone does not lead to improved learning outcomes for students. While data can be helpful in determining what…
5 Strategies for Improved Data Analysis
Click here for a PDF copy of 5 Strategies for Improved Data Analysis Rich (@RACzyz)
Year in Review: Our 10 Most Popular Visuals
Our 10 Most Popular Visuals of 2015! 1. 5 Ideas for Switching Up Your Staff Meeting 2. 7 Ways to Improve Parent…
How to Effectively Use Data to Guide Instruction
Click here for a PDF version of the infographic. By @RACzyz
Using “Small” Data in the Classroom
Last week was the 9th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference held in Boston. Each year, sports executives, experts, and…