Thursday, May 17, 2012

This is What Moneyball Looks Like

RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA:

They argue that policy makers tend to look at absenteeism in the wrong way, requiring districts and states to measure average daily attendance rates, but — with the exception of a few states — not focusing on the relatively small number of students who account for most absences. They found that some schools report an average of more than 90 percent daily attendance, masking the fact that 40 percent of their students are chronically missing.

It isn't so much "hey, data!" as looking at the right data and using it correctly.

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