tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post7920575275263010767..comments2024-01-06T06:09:29.140-05:00Comments on An Urban Teacher's Education: On Data, Part Six: Data-Driven Disruptionjames boutinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-24368978469848488662011-08-11T15:20:59.409-04:002011-08-11T15:20:59.409-04:00Superb series. As good and lucid an explanation as...Superb series. As good and lucid an explanation as I've ever read on uses and misuses of data.<br /><br />Looking for short-term gains at the expense of genuine investment in desired goals is a uniquely American trait. Call it the Wal-Martization of the culture. <br /><br />Brilliant work, James. Thanks.Nancy Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047575960944913289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-60067058673108193502011-08-10T12:51:18.543-04:002011-08-10T12:51:18.543-04:00Not abandon data, but certainly reconsider the way...Not abandon data, but certainly reconsider the way data is being used, as well as the quality of the data we're creating and the assumptions we hold about what it indicates.james boutinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-27413793156002652752011-08-10T12:22:15.241-04:002011-08-10T12:22:15.241-04:00Thank you for an excellent piece. It mirrors what ...Thank you for an excellent piece. It mirrors what our VIVA teachers said in their national report delivered last year to Arne Duncan. If everything rides on just one test, it's no wonder people try to game the system. But the cheating scandals are not a reason to abandon data. Rather, they are the reason to expand the sources of data to not only make it harder to cheat but also to give a truer picture of achievement. You can read the national and New York state reports at www.vivateachers.org.Cindy Richardshttp://www.vivateachers.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-67470034828376548202011-08-10T11:50:24.589-04:002011-08-10T11:50:24.589-04:00Ack - duh! Whoops. Thanks for catching that mistak...Ack - duh! Whoops. Thanks for catching that mistake.james boutinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625944306253098621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113479300897983388.post-24004075030469218612011-08-10T09:11:22.417-04:002011-08-10T09:11:22.417-04:00Great piece... but AYP is adequate yearly progress...Great piece... but AYP is adequate yearly progress (although I admit that annual yearly progress is certainly redundant enough to come from DOE)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com