Riley Okonkwo · 2025-11-04
Measuring cohort health without turning learners into metrics
ethics · programs
We track lab completion checkpoints, mentor response latency, and optional survey sentiment. We do not rank individuals on speed because that incentivizes shallow wins.
When a cohort drifts, we look for environmental causes first: unclear prerequisites, overlapping deadlines with employers, or a module that needs sharper scaffolding.
We also watch for mentor burnout by capping simultaneous threads per facilitator.
If a metric does not suggest a compassionate next action, we drop it from internal dashboards.