Sentences with phrase «educational data system»

Such report shall be submitted in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, on or before the basic educational data system (BEDS) reporting deadline or such other date as determined by the commissioner.

Yet, much of that work depends on a simple, often unstated, assumption: that the short list of control variables captured in educational data systems — prior achievement, student demographics, English language learner status, eligibility for federally subsidized meals or programs for gifted and special education students — include the relevant factors by which students are sorted to teachers and schools.

... The governor has affirmatively stated that he doesn't want to spend money on improving educational data systems.»

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Growers and vintners can track and store their metrics data and access associated educational information in the secure online system.

While remaining cagey on the details, Hentges said the food guidance system will include three elements: a graphic to motivate Americans to seek healthier lifestyles, an educational framework to detail how to do so and interactive tools to enable individuals to receive personalized nutritional data.

The technology may thus have a significant impact on the educational system, particularly because gaze data can now be recorded with ordinary mobile phones and tablets.

Its study draws upon data from two states, Florida and North Carolina, that allow researchers to track the progress of students through the system and beyond and possibly correlate it with the contributions from individual teachers and specific educational practices.

In our recent report, «Schools and Software,» small - and medium - size school systems talked openly about their desperate need for a data warehouse solution to act as middleware that simplified their management of the explosion in educational software.

o To keep costs low, the system must rely primarily on existing data (such as student achievement, grade retention, attendance, graduation, college going and student log files from educational software providers).

Using Census and other educational data, Frankenberg found that just a few years later, starting in 1959, residents in predominantly white communities began to leave the county's school system, despite Jefferson County being under a desegregation order.

We also adjusted the data to account for changes in state spending on education and for parents» educational levels, which provides controls for simultaneous changes in state policies or differences in demographics that might confound the analysis of how accountability systems influenced student achievement.

He wants the feds to provide funds for adolescent literacy programs and state data systems; to ensure that every school is staffed by «skilled» teachers and principals; for district efforts to «personalize the educational experience»; and much more; and he calls on Congress to establish «meaningful high school accountability» (though the details are vague).

Higher education policies result to increased effectiveness of educational programs The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS) provides a one - stop higher education informational website for all prospective students and parents.

Our lab actively advocates for honest, data - driven conversations about the failings of the current education delivery system, the impact of poverty on student learning, and the necessity for designing and building new systems that guarantee that our twin educational goals of equity and excellence are achieved for each and every child.

Further country - level data on institutional features of the education system — mainly concerning the distribution of decision - making powers and the size of the private - schooling market — come from the OECD educational indicators.

Often, educational facilities have rooms that are only in use during particular times of the week and the occupancy data provided by access control systems can draw attention to these areas, giving the crucial information needed to determine which utilities need to be maximised and those that need to be minimised, such as Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) or lighting requirements.

This report reviews evidence on K - 12 classroom technology use and is organized according to media platforms: interactive whiteboards, classroom response systems (clickers), video games, simulations, modeling, augmented reality, virtual worlds, mobile devices, data analysis tools, calculators, 1:1 ratio of computers to students, computer - assisted instruction (where a computer presents instruction or remediation), virtual learning, and educational television.

ACER draws on its expertise as a leader in educational research, assessment, and data collection and analysis to provide professional learning for educators and system leaders, policy makers, psychologists and human resources professionals, and others to support improved learning.

Also embarrassed by the America Achieves study is the lefty labor Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., which recently released a sophomoric study (see my January 16, 2013, post on the Education Next blog) that tried to use the PISA data to attribute educational deficiencies to the U.S. social structure, not its school system.

The data currently being gathered by CORE provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study this question and others related to the role of schools in developing student skills and the design of educational accountability systems.

People can debate whether the flood of international, comparative data is helpful, but we can agree that, because educational systems have historically been locally controlled, international test results have had little effect on state and local educational policies and practices... until now.

As states and districts across the country aim to create a robust set of educational options including alternative settings, they must be able to effectively collect and use the most relevant and reliable data to develop accountability systems.

Accordingly, even though their data for this part of this study come from one district, their findings are similar to others evidenced in the «Widget Effect» report; hence, there are still likely educational measurement (and validity) issues on both ends (i.e., with using such observational rubrics as part of America's reformed teacher evaluation systems and using survey methods to put into check these systems, overall).

An early warning system (EWS) uses readily available data to identify students who are at risk of failing to meet key educational milestones, allowing educators to intervene early.

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In addition, the state's Education Department is required to include chronic absenteeism data in the state's educational accountability system.

Data from this system show that using these programs: • increases educational achievement • encourages students to take more college - preparatory courses in high school • increases students» college readiness • promotes educational and career planning • promotes college readiness of underrepresented minority students • promotes educational achievement in college, college enrollment, and persistence in college

Sam has studied school systems in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom to explore how educational data shape policy and practice in schools.

The Museum worked with the school system to transparently communicate empirical data through educational exhibits.

He is particularly interested in data - driven educational evaluation, policy - making & analysis, and decision - making systems in K - 12 education that apply both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, mostly using assessment test scores.

These assessments are intended to play a critical role in educational systems; provide administrators, educators, parents, and students with the data and information needed to continuously improve teaching and learning; and help meet the President's goal of restoring, by 2020, the nation's position as the world leader in college graduates.

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»

As Michael J. Schmoker notes in his 2006 analysis of the American educational system, Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning, providing teachers with time to meet regularly to carefully examine assessment data, set goals, share and create lessons, develop common formative assessments, and review student work will ultimately lead to a better end result.

Using Data Senior Facilitator Jennifer Unger shares reflections and suggestions in her article Flex Your School's Data Muscles to help education leaders gain the know - how to establish a firm foundation for effective data use by all stakeholders in their educational systems (Learning Forward's Journal of Staff DevelopmeData Senior Facilitator Jennifer Unger shares reflections and suggestions in her article Flex Your School's Data Muscles to help education leaders gain the know - how to establish a firm foundation for effective data use by all stakeholders in their educational systems (Learning Forward's Journal of Staff DevelopmeData Muscles to help education leaders gain the know - how to establish a firm foundation for effective data use by all stakeholders in their educational systems (Learning Forward's Journal of Staff Developmedata use by all stakeholders in their educational systems (Learning Forward's Journal of Staff Development).

These systems will easily allow analysts to look at teachers» educational background (e.g. where they got their degree or certification) and use that data to assess it's impact on students, net of whatever other factors are measured in the database.

Both moves have guaranteed that the two unions have gotten their way on nearly every educational issue — including the passage of a law last year that bans districts from laying off teachers at the expense of fewer days in school for children in need of more time in classrooms, and Brown's decision to cancel funding for the CalTIDES teacher data system (effectively ending efforts to overhaul teacher evaluations).

Hoping to help districts prevent such alarming developments and apply best practices in educational technology, the Washington, D.C. based Consortium for School Networking has released two new resources to help school systems avoid violations of student privacy and vulnerabilities to their data systems.

Guided by an objective data map and a clear community vision, the E3 Alliance proposes to better align the practices of our regional education system and allocate investments and services more efficiently to dramatically and sustainably increase educational outcomes.

But with its vast data system and years of value - added assessment data, Tennessee is able to track the actual effectiveness of teachers and principals as well as their distribution in every corner of the state — not simply their educational credentials and certification.

In particular, this history demonstrates that while these data provided only mixed progress towards the stated goal of greater educational equity, they proved «useful» in other ways: providing researchers and policymakers with an array of possible research and policy targets and sustaining the belief that the education system, if properly tweaked and optimized, could ultimately secure educational equity.

● Oversee the implementation of the educational vision across all campuses, and ensure schools are producing amazing outcomes for students ● Ensure all schools meet their academic and cultural goals ● Build a strong, collaborative team of principals ● Ensure schools are operationally strong, aesthetically beautiful and clean, within budget, and well - organized ● Oversee performance management systems and the hiring process across the schools ● Manage the college teams in supporting students as they prepare for college ● Provide individual development and management to school principals through one - on - one meetings, coaching, modeling, planning, and feedback ● Lead regular professional learning for school leaders (topics such as instructional leadership, personnel management, school operations, data analysis, school culture, and family investment) ● Study and analyze data on an ongoing basis ● Work with school principals to develop and implement action plans based on academic results

A bit more about Clever: Clever securely transmits student data from your student information system and keeps educational applications rostered and up - to - date.

a. have a system of governance that designates rules, procedures, and the individual or group responsible for decisionmaking regarding data collection, use, access, sharing, and security, and use of online educational programs;

● Six years of experience in educational leadership with a track record of student achievement results ● Strong understanding of progressive pedagogy ● Demonstrated experience leading highly effective professional learning for teachers and / or leaders around instructional best practices ● Ability to use data to inform practice, with a clear understanding of the metrics that lead to student achievement ● Exceptional results leading others and managing a team to achieve ambitious goals ● Demonstrated success creating and managing systems and work product ● Incredibly high excellence bar and ownership over results ● A team player with a strong work ethic and consistent follow - through ● Ability to build lasting and meaningful relationships with team members, students, and families ● Strong organizational skills and attention to detail ● Master's degree

Neil T. Heffernan enjoys doing educational data mining and running the ASSISTments system.

In addition, R&E staff assist educational agency staff in developing their expertise in data - related skills and consult on data issues such as statistical design, data collection systems, and ensuring project cohesiveness.

Drawing on data from the Baltimore School System, they calculate the value of summer learning at different educational stages and compare outcomes for children of different economic backgrounds.

She works with schools and districts, as well as with state agencies and other educational organizations nationwide, to build systems to support high student performance through standards - based curriculum, instruction, and assessment design and implementation with a focus on the Common Core State Standards; leadership development and coaching for administrators, instructional coaches, and leadership teams; process facilitation and professional development workshops; data analysis and use; and program evaluation, collaborative data analysis, and curriculum audits.

Infinite Campus advocates educational excellence for all Milwaukee Public Schools students, parents, and staff through a collaborative effort by utilizing a secure, friendly, web - based system to track student data and communicate student progress and needs.

Cayen Systems is a mission - driven organization with a 20 year track record of helping educational institutions reduce program management costs through easy - to - use data collection tools and powerful reports for funding source compliance and program evaluation including 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC), McKinney - Vento, GEAR UP and other programs.