On the Uses and Meaning of Data
Get ready – we know the data is coming! Common Core Assessments are going to change everything, right? But for teachers and schools on the receiving end of greater volumes of information, what does all that data really mean? Not surprisingly, it depends on whom you ask.
CalTURN’s Kate McKenna addresses conference attendees (photo by the author).Last week, I attended a labor-management collaboration conference in Santa Monica, California, organized byWestEd and the California Teachers Union Reform Network (CalTURN). I was invited to offer a short presentation on the second day of the conference, and then participate on a panel for a short discussion of three presentations including mine. The first two presentations focused on what good work can be accomplished when labor, i.e., unions, and district management, are able to collaborate in a productive, ongoing, trustful
CalTURN’s Kate McKenna addresses conference attendees (photo by the author).