Education Data Systems

Today in class we talked about data systems and the role of the state in data systems. How do we determine if our students are successful? How do we decide what gets shared and with who? Students are more than numbers so why have numbers become so important? As educators, we need to know what students don't know so that we can teach them what they need to know - it sounds very involved and I think data gets us there, we just can't lose the story in the process.