“One in Five” Really?
Data driven decision making is a buzz word in education of late. My crap detector goes into high alert when this discussion roles around, since data in this case usually means test scores and tests usually means low level, knowledge based memorization. Without this discussion, it's too easy to move to solutions that potentially address something that in the end, real educators care about… improving test scores.
Data can be extremely useful and yet our obsession with it is leading to some really weird and potentially
