Gameable Metrics: College Board 2 : Students and Universities 0
By Gary Angel
|November 11, 2019
The Measurement Minute by Gary Angel
Not every metric that can be measured should be measured. Some metrics used as KPIs turn out to be easily gameable – resulting in an arms race to optimize them with nearly always unfortunate consequences. The Measurement Minute looks at the college admissions rate as a good example of a famously gameable metric.
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