Complexities of Measuring Effectiveness | Connected Principals.
We all seek an easy to understand table, chart, or graph to show our school district’s performance. The media wants an info-graphic to show on the screen or post in the story. We want it to be simple, easy to understand, and straightforward.
Here is the problem . . . education is complex, challenging to measure, and impossible to show with a single measure. Each child in our care, every single student in our classrooms, is a unique person with different strengths, needs, and passions. Socioeconomic challenges, such as poverty, can greatly impact education – we partner, support, and engage our families to maximize educational opportunities. There is no single test to measure every student; there is no single instructional method to reach all children. There isn’t a legislature or government agency that can fix education through a new law . . . we are dealing with the laws of nature.
This is also true for serious games.
