A Gift to VDOE From a Critic
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13 responses to “A Gift to VDOE From a Critic”
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Every superintendent and school board member needs to have this data for the schools in their districts and now it intimately.
But this is just a one-year snapshot. Ideally, they would have the data over time so they can see what direction things are heading.
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I developed the tool to solve a problem I experienced. I hope folks in government will use it exactly as you suggest. It is the trend that matters most. This one was designed for a level of detail appropriate for school boards and parents. This sample is just a start. Any capable data analytics shop can build on it.
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Well, if Northam hadn’t demoted the Secretary of Technology we might have somebody at the cabinet level arguing to spend some of our surplus money on a data warehouse for education.
Wouldn’t that be interesting and informative?
Beyond that, shouldn’t somebody from VDOE go to the schools which are succeeding and try to figure out why they are succeeding? Oh wait! They have no time for that. Their calendars are full of CRT meetings and training sessions.
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The state does have something called the Virginia Longitudinal Data System, which pools K-12 data, higher-ed data, and employment data in order to get a better handle on how to do workforce development better. http://vlds.virginia.gov/ I haven’t seen much come out of it. Last blog post was Dec. 22, 2108.
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“In six schools, Black students outperformed their white schoolmates in math head-to-head. Similarly, in two elementary schools, Black students outperformed their white classmates in 4th grade reading.”
CRT and the philosophy of “systemic racism” tells us this is impossible. Beyond that, the fact that more money, more money, more money has not been poured into Chesapeake City schools also proves the facts are wrong. How can there possibly be success BEFORE more money, more money, more money?
What are you going to believe – CRT or your lyin’ eyes?
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There you go again — using facts to make decisions… how white of you!
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Perhaps other school systems should pay attention to whatever Chesapeake is doing, because it appears to be working.
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Perhaps other school systems should pay attention to whatever Chesapeake is doing, because it appears to be working.
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I made a technical correction to one of the columns this morning at 9:55 AM. It did not change any outcomes, but if you want Rev. 1 it is available at the revised link in the post.
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A useful tool. One hopes that the education poohbahs already were looking at the data in that way or something similar. Pretty basic slice and dice, really. But maybe not. Plenty of incentive not to make it that easy for the taxpayers and parents to see those comparisons….
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A useful tool. One hopes that the education poohbahs already were looking at the data in that way or something similar. Pretty basic slice and dice, really. But maybe not. Plenty of incentive not to make it that easy for the taxpayers and parents to see those comparisons….
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You are correct. You could add real estate agents to your list of users. It is a relatively straightforward heat map, but not an easy one to craft.
I am assured by two schools boards that they have seen nothing like it.
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Jim, an excellent tool, but one that requires LOTS of time playing and exploring with it, so I expect the comments will trickle in slowly; keep us updated with improvements and data.
We have some education-savvy readers I’m waiting to hear from about their take on this.
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