Driven by data – Analysis
Before I spend my time writing this post, and possibly a handful of colleagues invest their time reading this post, I need to point that my colleagues and I have not yet finished Step 1 of a Data Driven Leadership …
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Driven by data – Assessment
ASSESSMENTS – (Aligned, Interim, Reassess, Transparent) Standards (and objectives) are meaningless until you define how to assess them. Because of this, assessments are the starting point for instruction, not the end. And The difference between a formative and they submitted …
Driven by data – first impressions
Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction – Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Paul Bambrick-Santoyo is the Managing Director of Uncommon Schools Newark, which is composed of seven North Star Academy schools. During Bambrick-Santoyo’s eight years at North Star, the schools …
Exams analysis – revising the curriculum
It has been a very busy two days. Presentations, meetings, department time, emergencies, emails, data preparation and a serious sprinkle of reality, reviewing our students reading abilities. To be “functionally” literate you need to have a reading age of 11. …
Making Sense of the Data
You’ve been pushed in at the deep end and asked to lead data. It is time to sharpen your data axe. You are preparing for leadership interviews and expect another data task – what does this data show you? You …
Data vs opinion
If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. – Jim Barksdale (former Netscape CEO) [qr_code_display]
Data data everywhere
‘Making BIG data, manageable and visually appealing is the current hot topic. In the past week, whilst preparing my ‘Making data meaningful’ guide, I have had the time to get stuck into three BIG data, education data, visualisations or guides. …
Transient students
At The Wellington Academy we have a high proportion of students with a forces background and such, we are well aware of the impact of students moving between schools, in most cases due to parents military postings. The Academy are …