http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/11/30/reports-highlight-need-for-data-mobility/ Just another eSchool Media site Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/11/30/reports-highlight-need-for-data-mobility/comment-page-1/#comment-168801 cnealon Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:55:37 +0000 http://www.eschoolnews.com/?p=117901#comment-168801 Thanks for writing. Creating digital profiles and portfolios for students is a growing trend in Edtech companies and school systems around the world. The reason: amassing data is of little use if you cannot link it together through a student’s school career- especially if a student’s family relocates across state lines. Most schools currently use standardized tests as the profile of the student’s net intellectual growth. Unfortunately, standardized tests are outdated and limited because they only measure a sample of a student’s intelligence rather than holistically measuring a student’s real time performance. The creation of a digital student portfolio would not only enhance a teacher’s ability to specialize the attention given to each student, but it would also enhance each student’s feeling of accomplishment and self-worth. Access to a comprehensive set of real time data allows for robust analysis and allows for the compilation of a student profile over time. Rather than relying on standardized intelligence assessments and trashing physical copies of student work, teachers and schools should advocate progressive and adaptive measurement metrics that focus on what really counts through the creation of digital portfolios and profiles. Thanks for writing. Creating digital profiles and portfolios for students is a growing trend in Edtech companies and school systems around the world. The reason: amassing data is of little use if you cannot link it together through a student’s school career- especially if a student’s family relocates across state lines. Most schools currently use standardized tests as the profile of the student’s net intellectual growth. Unfortunately, standardized tests are outdated and limited because they only measure a sample of a student’s intelligence rather than holistically measuring a student’s real time performance. The creation of a digital student portfolio would not only enhance a teacher’s ability to specialize the attention given to each student, but it would also enhance each student’s feeling of accomplishment and self-worth.
Access to a comprehensive set of real time data allows for robust analysis and allows for the compilation of a student profile over time. Rather than relying on standardized intelligence assessments and trashing physical copies of student work, teachers and schools should advocate progressive and adaptive measurement metrics that focus on what really counts through the creation of digital portfolios and profiles.

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