Why Your Most Engaged Students Might Be Misleading Your Impact Data
You roll up product usage for the semester, and it looks great. Daily streaks. Badges. Charts that climb. Your most engaged students are excelling, and the gains appear substantial. Teachers are sharing wins. Your dashboard is glowing. Procurement is hopeful. Here’s the snag: those same students were already the ones who color-code their planners, ask […]
What Does Evidence Based Actually Mean for Schools?
You’ve seen it. On websites. In slide decks. Written across the top of grant proposals in bold. These days, just about everything in education is marketed as evidence based. Evidence based practice in education empowers teachers to use proven strategies, delivering better outcomes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The phrase is everywhere. It […]
Beyond Anecdotes: The Power of Quantitative Data in Education
We’ve all heard the glowing success story. A teacher tries a new program in her classroom. She swears by it. The kids are thriving, test scores are up, and the classroom culture is vibrant. Maybe there’s a local news story or a social media post that makes the rounds. It feels good, sounds good—so it […]
Efficacy vs. Effectiveness: Why Understanding the Difference Matters in K–12 Education
When a district leader says, Show me the data, what they often receive is a polished report, full of impressive outcomes from a handful of students in just the right setting. The graphs are clean. The language is confident. The results? Glowing. But there’s a catch. Most of that data comes from what’s called an […]