Tag Archives: Data Wise

Statistical Significance

By David McKay Wilson 01/17/2012 04:20 pm | 3 Comments

Data has been playing a bigger role in the U.S. education system. Some schools have figured out how to use the numbers to make important changes. Others are left paralyzed by the overwhelming amount of information available. (From “Ed”. magazine.) Read More…

ED. Magazine

The Data Wise Project

By newseditor 01/17/2012 03:50 pm | Add a Comment

A sidebar of “Statistical Significance”: At Data Wise workshops educators learn an eight-step process that includes collaboration, data analysis, and an action plan. Read More…

ED. Magazine

The Data Wise Process

By newseditor 01/17/2012 03:40 pm | Add a Comment

A sidebar to “Statistical Significance”: A description of the Data Wise process. Read More…

ED. Magazine

Commencement Marshal Sarah Fiarman: The Principal of the Matter

By Jill Anderson 06/08/2009 10:43 am | 1 Comment

For Sarah Fiarman, Ed.M.’05, Ed.D.’09, it’s hard to believe that commencement day is even here since her work has already begun. Read More…

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Using Assessment to Improve Instruction

By Michelle Forman, Ed.D.'12 05/06/2009 02:13 pm | Add a Comment

The Data Wise project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is designed to help schools turn student assessment data into a tool to improve instruction and turn the act of data analysis into a process that improves the organization, function and climate of schools. Read More…

Usable Knowledge

Harvard Alums Support Local Educators through WIDE World

By Jill Anderson 10/07/2008 02:43 pm | Add a Comment

WIDE World, an online professional development program developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, recently received a $35,000 grant from Harvard Club New York Foundation (HCNY) to continue funding New York educators to attend their programs Read More…

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The Heart of Data Wise

By Michelle Forman, Ed.D.'12 05/29/2008 01:53 pm | Add a Comment

The Data Wise process is the subject of a popular book from Harvard Education Press (see the companion Usable Knowledge article, “Using assessment to improve instruction”). The logic of Data Wise evolved in an HGSE course taught by Richard Murnane and Kathryn Boudett. Read More…

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