I know what you are thinking - what a silly question. But sometimes we need ask the most ridiculous to provoke us to dig deeper and make better answers. Hear me out. I want to have an open discussion about data - what data is, where we get data, and how we think about data.
Category Archives EdTech Data
Data can be a difficult topic - mostly because we have so much of it. We spend a lot of time and energy working with data - but do we really understand what defines quality data?
Figuring out how to get the data out of the source systems and into the downstream systems often times feel like scaling Mount Everest, but it does not have to be. A data warehouse is the perfect solution for storing, combining, and organizing the data in your district. From solving common problems like exporting data to building the basis...
I was recently talking to a teacher about data and never expected the response I received from her. She described, quite forcefully, the quality of the the data reports she receives weekly about her students. She told me that she is regularly “assaulted” by data that is irrelevant or confusing. She is provided a lot […]
