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Interpreting i3 Scores: Good Luck - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Interpreting i3 Scores: Good Luck - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Interpreting i3 Scores: Good Luck

After announcing the 49 winning applicants for the $650 Investing in Innovation competition, the U.S. Department of Education has now put online the scores, judges' comments, and more details about each project.
Trying to make sense of the numerical scores for the validation and development award winners is, at least for this blogger, an exercise in futility. And it's all because of a statistical process called "standardization."
For me, the quest to understand the i3 scoring system began with this question: Did Saint Vrain School District