How To Use Data – & How Not To Use It – In Schools is the headline of my latest column in Education Week Teacher.

What data is, how can it be used effectively, and how can it be misused are questions considered in the post with commentaries from Nancy Fichtman Dana, Dr. Jenni Donohoo, Myron Dueck, Pete Hall, Andrew Miller, Jessica A. Hockett, Kristina J. Doubet and Kimberly Long.

I’m adding it to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven.”

Here are some excerpts:

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