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This was the theme of one of the speakers (Lois Adams-Rogers) at Monday\u2019s ABEC<\/a> conference (Arizona Business and Education Coalition).\u00a0 Education is a community collaboration.\u00a0 As usual, what caught my ear was the talk of data and its purpose in the world of education policy decision-making.\u00a0 One speaker (Tim Waters) likened education to baseball \u2013 awash in statistics, but maybe not all decisions made are driven by data.\u00a0 Should education decisions be driven by data?\u00a0 More so than they are now?\u00a0 Should the \u201cdata\u201d in \u201cdata-driven decision-making\u201d be more than just descriptive?\u00a0 Should it be research resulting in causal connections?\u00a0 Questions to chew on\u2026<\/p>\n

Another speaker (David Garcia) reminded us that our general perception in Arizona is that policy is developed with little or no data, whereas reality is that politics are rarely influenced by research.\u00a0 We need research to get from data to usable information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was the theme of one of the speakers (Lois Adams-Rogers) at Monday\u2019s ABEC conference (Arizona Business and Education Coalition).\u00a0 Education is a community collaboration.\u00a0 As usual, what caught my ear was the talk of data and its purpose in the world of education policy decision-making.\u00a0 One speaker (Tim Waters) likened education to baseball \u2013 …<\/p>\n

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