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3 ways our district avoids data overload

If teachers are overwhelmed with data, they won’t use it to inform their instruction. Here’s how we solved this challenge

District Management

Feds launch new education data tool

May 31, 2012January 25, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The federal Education Department has launched a new website that aims to provide easy access to key state and national education data for all school stakeholders.

District Management

Should student test scores be used to evaluate teachers?

May 31, 2012January 12, 2011 by By Cara Erenben, Contributing Editor

The so-called value-added model is an “imperfect, but still informative” measure of teacher effectiveness, especially when it is combined with other measures, according to the preliminary results of…

District Management

Commentary: Data undermining

May 31, 2012February 17, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor

Unions are taking heat for their stance on using data to measure teacher quality, but school districts bear some responsibility, too.

District Management

Duncan: Use tech to leverage change

April 22, 2011June 13, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

To avoid being caught short when stimulus money runs out, school officials should use the short-term federal funding to upgrade technology and improve the tracking of student data,…

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Forum calls for better data use in education

April 22, 2011March 12, 2009 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Speakers at a forum about the use of longitudinal data in education stressed the importance of comprehensive data systems that follow students throughout their educational careers--from kindergarten to…