When practicing truth-seeking, we look for multiple sources of data that can give us a rich picture of a challenge or situation. At a classroom level, the busy-ness of the profession can tempt us to forgo using the variety of assessment methods that would otherwise help paint a fuller—and truer—portrait of a student or classroom’s academic progress. Use this activity to have participants read an Education Week article and explore ideas from a number of education experts on how to create a richer portrait of student learning using multiple data sources.
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Using data in schools
Article
45 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Educator-prep | K-12 educators
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Group work reflection questions
Tool
5 minutes
By: Gifted Guru
The real bias built in at Facebook
Article
12 minutes
By: New York Times, Zeynep Tufekci
How to build a culture of generosity at work
Article
10 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center, Wayne Baker
Creating a culture of collaborative family engagement
Article
15 minutes
By: Getting Smart, Kristen Thorson
Future headlines
Tool
60 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)