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Using data to support teacher and student growth

Charting a path toward change must be informed by rich data—by data that doesn’t simply depend on numerical data but on stories and experiences of participants. The same lessons hold true in the daily work of educators. This brief Edutopia video shows how one early childhood program uses a variety of data types—numerical “quantitative” and observational “qualitative” data, as well as teacher interviews—to plot their course toward growth.

   Video

   5 minutes

   By: Edutopia

   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.

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