BuzzFeeds on the rise like Big Data " Who earn more money?"

The infrastructure of most schools will need to change to adapt to the “Big Data” programs. The buzz for better analysis, programming and upkeep of the program will be required as well as an increase financial burden to most schools. It will inevitably take away from other valuable resources ( books, subscriptions, computers or supplies) or it may streamline the resources available to closely align with current needs based on the “Big Data” reports. Will the data drive instruction as a reactive approach, or will it cause a proactive shift to occur?  The possibilities of streamlining information and provide a snapshot of students’ abilities in one location may serve several benefits, or the challenges to the privacy and lack of human judgement may be too big of a cost. Each trimester we have data reviews meetings with all team teachers and hypothesis based on MAP data what tier 2 instruction is needed. Well it’s one data point; one administrator collected all this information and presented it on a Google Slide with pretty icons; and other variables are at play when students move through NPR brackets. This process is necessary, but it only impacts a small group of students. In fact it was 4 students we problem solved in a 5 period session on one day as a team. My head was buzzing. I do not mean to be tongue and cheek as this process is needed, but if a “Big Data” program can streamline PARCC, MAP, Inview, AR Star Test, and AIMSweb into on location, cross reference, and possibly create a plot diagram to project future gains it might be helpful. Throwing caution in the wind, WHO collects, analyses all this data, and presents to the school on how to accurately read it?  If we can not find a near “perfect” test how can we have near “perfect” results. This big data article instantly reminded me of BUZZFEEDs. Buzzfeeds are short surveys which collect your answers and stimulates a possible conclusion about your personality type or assumptions about you based on the answers. I spent an embarrassing time bonding with my teenage cousin on “What song capture my life?” “What city should I move to?” “What is my aura’s color?” “What Full House Character am I?” and so forth.. Yes, it was fun but how many kids take these results as a sense of their identity? How many kids take test scores as seriously as they take their personality suggestions from BUZZFEED? How serious do teachers take their test and with the recent adaptation to our Appraisals how much weight will be on these BIG DATA engineers to eliminate bias, create better test to drive home better results be for our future?