Archives for March 5, 2012

Part of what teachers do is plant seeds that don't bear fruit in the short term. Why are we acting like kids=statistics? Read Confessions of a Bad Teacher and question why data-driven assessment is all the craze right now. Follow the money. Confes…

Middle school students who are at risk of dropping out will be identified/encouraged to persist in a new CA pilot program.California Schools Establish 'Early Warning System' To Identify Potential Dropoutswww.huffingtonpost.comThis story comes…

Love to see parent engagement! These dads are finding all kinds of ways to volunteer at their kids' school. Dads making a difference | Recordnet.comwww.recordnet.comSTOCKTON – A group of seven men sat in a circle at Creekside Elementary School las…

The takeaway on VAM from Bruce Baker: journos need help going beneath shallow "error rate" critiques of released data; VAM may only be slightly more predictive in student math standardized test scores as linked to teachers than ELA (which is …

Will "badges" certifying passage of an online college course be enough to help college students get a job, instead of course credits from in person attendance? Online delivery of classes continues to disrupt the traditional on-campus, in-pers…

GFBrandenberg does the math and finds that NY's "value-added measures" of teachers have near-zero predictive ability of effectiveness. It's lying with statistics. He encourages everyone to delve into the same data file and check his…