In fourth grade, I was one of three students selected to participate in a “Gifted & Talented” program. My parents were so proud; I was one of the “smart kids,” a brilliant writer and a natural actress, and life was going to be so easy for me.
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getting the right answers, best grades, and lead roles in school plays wasn’t about learning; it was about proving, to myself and the world, that I deserved that “Gifted & Talented” distinction.
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I was afraid to take risks that might show me off as anything less than innately brilliant.
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I am talking about data-driven instruction–a way of making teaching less subjective, more objective, less experience-based, more scientific.
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Data-driven instruction, advocates say, is scientific and consistent with how successful businesses have used data for decades to increase their productivity.
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Of course, teachers had always assessed learning informally before state- and district-designed tests. Teachers accumulated information (oops! data) from pop quizzes, class discussions, observing students in pairs and small groups, and individual conferences.
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