OK, “banned” may be a little strong. But I think it’s fair to say that the traditional ways of “training” educators how to use data systems don’t work. Not in the sense of helping a critical mass of users consistently…
What’s Next: Studying Longitudinal Effects of Teacher Use of a Computer Data System on Student Achievement.
In my previous post, I told you about our recent study. In it, we looked at teacher use of a data system over two years and correlated that use with student achievement. Much to our chagrin, we didn’t find consistent…
Longitudinal Effects of Teacher Use of a Computer Data System on Student Achievement…Oooo!
We just had a research article posted in AERA Open (a fairly new online journal that you should be reading). I worked with Shana Shaw and Vincent Cho on this study, and you can access the article here. Read on,…
Data-Informed Practice: It’s Not Just About Test Scores (Part 3: Computer Data Systems)
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this blog series, data use is often disjoint and removed from practice. I believe that’s often because of a focus on test scores. In this series, I’m examining supports that can help recast…