Friday, September 25, 2009

“Data-Driven” Versus “Data-Informed” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

“Data-Driven” Versus “Data-Informed” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

I love this part from the article:

If schools are data-driven, they might make decisions like keeping students who are “borderline” between algebra and a higher-level of math in algebra so that they do well in the algebra state test. Or, in English, teachers might focus a lot of energy on teaching a “strand” that is heavy on the tests — even though it might not help the student become a life-long reader. In other words, the school can tend to focus on its institutional self-interest instead of what’s best for the students.

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