Posted by Susan Ochshorn, on December 17th, 2010
After posting “Student Achievement: Is the Devil in the Data?” on Monday, I checked in with education historian and fellow blogger, Diane Ravitch. “These people with their data mania make me sick,” she opined. “Do they know any children?”
Sure they do. But how children develop and learn is infinitely more complex and confounding than building [... click post title to read more ...]
Posted by Susan Ochshorn, on December 13th, 2010
“The Future of Educational Data is Yours!” screamed the subject line of Education Sector’s Biweekly last Tuesday, as if selling the secret for eternal youth. The e-newsletter invited me to listen in on a webcast on data-driven improvement that very afternoon. Within minutes of the video’s start, the audio-visuals disappeared, leaving a transcript, complete with [... click post title to read more ...]
