{"id":40370,"date":"2025-07-28T16:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shs2025.sophia.sytes.net\/school-seven-crappy-hours-of-our-lives-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:18:44","slug":"the-metrics-that-matter-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shs2025.sophia.sytes.net\/?p=40370","title":{"rendered":"The Metrics That Matter in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40370\" class=\"elementor elementor-40370\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-035c69b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"035c69b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165dca6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"165dca6\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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McBride<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24bcca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24bcca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shs2025.sophia.sytes.net\">CEO \/ Founder <br>Sophia High School<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc93b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcc93b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98acb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c98acb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hot take: Student numbers are vanity metrics.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba8b4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aba8b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <p>The online education sector loves to celebrate growth:<\/p>\n\n  <p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve reached 5,000 students!\u201d<br>\n  \u201cRecord enrollment this year!\u201d<br>\n  \u201cFastest growing platform!\u201d<\/p>\n\n  <p>I get it, we are trying to carve out an entirely new model of education and have our offering seen as a counterpart to bricks and mortar schools \u2013 not some sort of \u2018alternative\u2019 which cannot compare.<\/p>\n\n  <p>But here&#8217;s what parents, investors, and education partners ACTUALLY care about:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3fd72e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3fd72e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83d\udcca The Only Metric That Actually Matters in Online Education\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fc682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9fc682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What are those students achieving?<\/p><p>\ud83d\udcc8 Our latest GL Assessment results (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/shs2025.sophia.sytes.net\/academic-excellence\/\">full report here<\/a>):<\/p><ul style=\"margin-left: 1.2rem;\"><li>\u2705 106 average SAS (6% above UK national average)<\/li><li>\u2705 84% making expected + progress in English<\/li><li>\u2705 Statistically significant gains across ALL subjects: English Math and Science<\/li><li>\u2705 Including ALL of our students \u2013 b2C, high performance athletes and our vulnerable cohorts: SEMH, CME, AP, refugee students<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b63bc3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b63bc3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u26a1\ufe0f The reality check our industry needs:\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c07b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3c07b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen building new models for online and hybrid schooling, we must <a style=\"color: #42c6ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/amplitude.com\/blog\/vanity-metrics\">stop chasing vanity metrics<\/a> and start measuring what actually matters.\n\nInstead of simply counting how many students log in \u2013 measure how many are thriving.\nInstead of user acquisition \u2013 measure learning impact.\nInstead of gross revenue \u2013 measure outcomes for diverse learners.\n\nStart here:\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 1.2rem;\">\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #42c6ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdasolutions.net\/blog\/how-to-ditch-vanity-metrics-for-actionable-metrics-for-better-elearning\">Ditch the vanity metrics<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #42c6ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nextbigideaclub.com\/magazine\/ericries-vanity-metrics-dangerous\/4781\/\">Read Eric Ries on why they\u2019re dangerous<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><a style=\"color: #42c6ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/readwise.io\/reader\/shared\/01gx3xxjdqd4dn0kftwb323pv3\/\">And this Readwise gem on actionable metrics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBecause the real revolution isn\u2019t in how many students you enrol.\nIt\u2019s in how many you help succeed.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ec4b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74ec4b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec6eee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec6eee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f95f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74f95f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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