Category: Metrics

• Cost Effectiveness Diane Ravitch Metrics Statistics Values

  Another Meaningless Statistical Analysis of School Performance

  One great benefit of my having sat on a school board for the past 15 months is that it has forced me to dig into the details behind some of the bold statements made almost daily by well-meaning, but mathematically-challenged individuals who regularly tell us on what’s wrong with education…

  January 8, 2011
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  Going Beyond the Core

  Almost from the start of my term on the Board, I have struggled with how to understand value and affordability metrics in education.  As an engineer, I’ve been taught to analyze any system for its structure of performance, feedback, and control.  This is the essence of any accountability system. Of…

  December 19, 2010