why not measure everything?

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WHY SGA?

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Your students mean the world to you.

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It's possible you spend more time with your students...

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It's possible you spend more time with your students...

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It's possible you spend more time with your students...

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It's possible you spend more time with your students...

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It's possible you spend more time with your students...than with anybody else in the world.

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There is a world of important outcomes that you want for your students.

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There is a world of important outcomes that you want for your students.

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There is a world of important outcomes that you want for your students.

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So, how in the world…

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So, how in the world…do you measure success?

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Why not measure everything?

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In 2015, The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation published a case study highlighting Relay GSE as a pioneer teacher prep program that is defining what it means for teachers to be data-literate.

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When they asked us,

“How do you measure success?”

here’s what we said…

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We said:

“At the end of the day, a data-literate teacher uses the data that they have, the numbers, as part of the conversation, and uses the softer information they have to really tie the story together…”

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“Data-literate people understand that, in the end, a lot of the data we collect is a proxy for success. What we want for the whole child is far deeper than numbers alone can reflect.”

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What does that mean, “a proxy for success”?

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It means…

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We can’t measure everything in the Universe

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So what should we measure?

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We should measure what we treasure

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We should measure what we can observe

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We should measure what we know matters most to kids

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We should measure…

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Student Growth and Achievement

(SGA)!

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What about everything else in the Universe?

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Do we care about all these important outcomes?

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Of course!

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That’s how we define true success!

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Our Mission and Vision

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