{"id":3974,"date":"2014-07-04T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T20:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:49:04","slug":"complexities-of-measuring-effectiveness-connected-principals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/04\/complexities-of-measuring-effectiveness-connected-principals\/","title":{"rendered":"Complexities of Measuring Effectiveness | Connected Principals"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/connectedprincipals.com\/archives\/10586\">Complexities of Measuring Effectiveness | Connected Principals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/connectedprincipals.com\/archives\/10586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/images-150x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>We all seek an easy to understand table, chart, or graph to show our school district\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2013 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\u2019t a legislature or government agency that can fix education through a new law . . . we are dealing with the laws of nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is also true for serious games.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3974'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3974);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3974);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3974);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Complexities of Measuring Effectiveness | Connected Principals. We all seek an easy to understand table, chart, or graph to show our school district\u2019s performance. The media wants an info-graphic to show on the screen or post in the story. We &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/04\/complexities-of-measuring-effectiveness-connected-principals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,12,14,24],"tags":[144,41,76],"class_list":["post-3974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-assessment","tag-education","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-126","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5291,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/11\/is-fun-really-necessary-for-serious-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":3974,"position":0},"title":"Is Fun Really Necessary for Serious Games?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many people in Education seem to believe that fun and education are at odds with each other. 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