Regular readers of the blog will know that one of my favorite topics is “Gaming the Numbers” (or “Gaming the System“). As Brian Joiner so brilliantly wrote, as shared by the late, great Peter Scholtes , there are three things people can do when faced with having to hit goals, targets, or quotas: (1) improve the system, (2) distort the numbers, or (3) distort the system Two items were in the news recently about #2 and … Continue reading Gaming the System: Graduation Rates & Pneumonia Rates