This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. You should know by now that I’m a bit of a data nerd. I love spreadsheets. I love organizing data and using it to illuminate patterns. I love the “ah-ha” moments when clients realize how much their own data can tell them about […]
Five years!
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. Five years ago this week, I took the leap. I was a Community School Coordinator (CSC) in Baltimore and a doctoral student, and it was time for a change. You see, my data tracking spreadsheets were starting to catch on among other CSCs. […]
We can’t let them fall through the cracks.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. I started writing a completely different blog post for this week, but when I read the news this morning, I knew I had to shift gears. CNN featured a story yesterday called “Teachers and social workers search for students who are ‘missing’ in […]
Survey Fails … and How to Recover from Them
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. Sometimes you launch a survey, and you’re blown away by the number of responses you get. And sometimes, you’re not. I had one of these moments last week. I was SUPER excited to try something new with my blog and launch a survey […]
Tips and Tricks for Great Survey Design … and a Survey for You
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. We have all taken TONS of surveys in our lifetime. We get surveys when we make an online purchase, when we speak with a customer service agent, when we want to get a free gift card, and even when we go to the […]
Start the School Year By Hearing from Stakeholders
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. Growing up in New Jersey, the day after Labor Day always marked the start of a new school year … and the day I finally got to wear the new outfit I had carefully planned and crack open my new, pristine notebooks. If […]
The “How” of Data Tracking: Conditional Formatting
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. I’ve written a lot lately (here and here) about WHY tracking your school or organization’s data is so critical right now. As schools begin to reopen, I’ve heard from educators of so many different configurations for what school is going to look like: […]
Don’t Be Like Myers-Briggs: Measure Your Impact
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. When I started my doctoral program at Vanderbilt, I certainly didn’t expect to get into a … heated discussion, shall we say? … with the professor of my first course. We were discussing characteristics of effective leaders, and our professor mentioned that the […]
Now is the time.
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. Fear. Uncertainty. Frustration. Isolation. In recent conversations with districts across the country and in analyses of surveys for clients, these words have come up a lot. Families, educators, and community members are feeling a whole lot of unpleasant things as we grapple with […]
Making the Most of Microsoft Excel
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at engagewithdata.com. I love a good spreadsheet. I mean, I really get excited about it. You may have read on the About page how my business evolved from the development of a really fancy spreadsheet. True story. Now I get to help others learn to […]