Digging into Data
Learn about your students in a very different way, that is how I see data. Data provides so much information if we would only look and examine the information that is presented. The Boudet book had an interesting concept, ask questions and look beyond the most obvious. We tend to look at information as cut and dry. However we can ask more questions and then come up with a completely different answer.
As our group discusses the data we have collected, I see all of us starting to look in different directions than where we looking before. One question or idea from onw person usually generates another question or idea. Delving into questions and answers seem to help us gain a better understanding of the problem.
Boudett, K., City, E., Murnane, R., (2008). Datawise: A step- by- step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. Harvard Education Press. Cambridge Massachusetts.