Expecting Different Results
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Expecting Different Results

  “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”   As I write this, there are 34 days left in the school year. Students…
The Conduit
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The Conduit

  #ThrowbackThursday in honor of Opening Day! Let's get #OpeningDayShouldBeANationalHoliday trending. I was recently reading The MVP Machine, a book about the use of data analytics in baseball player development.…
Talking Data
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Talking Data

  #4OCF is taking a Summer Vacation for two weeks! But don’t worry, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite posts during this time. Trevor is up  this week with…
The McNamara Fallacy
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The McNamara Fallacy

  The McNamara Fallacy involves making a decision based only on quantitative measures, and ignoring other measures which cannot be easily measured. It is named for Robert McNamara, the US…
Data Driven versus Data Informed
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Data Driven versus Data Informed

  Buzzwords in education come and go. One of the more popular buzzwords over the last dozen years that continues to be used is “data driven.” While participating in interviews…
Talking Data
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Talking Data

  Rich and I were talking about engagement this week. He did a presentation in his district on engagement in math and I asked him about it. Basically, Rich said…
Inundated with Data
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Inundated with Data

  Data was supposed to revolutionize education.  With multiple data points on every student, we are supposed to be able to personalize learning for every student. Unfortunately, we have been…
5 Ways to Better Analyze Data
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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 goes on and on. However, if we don't know how…
Data Alone
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Data Alone

  Data alone does not lead to improved learning outcomes for students. While data can be helpful in determining what direction to take with a certain student, the data must…