The influence of technology companies around the push for personalized learning and
increased access to student data is also raising red flags for some principals.
Not exact matches
Some of these changes focused on innovative ways
to use
data to inform college
access for
students or the development of apps as a tool
to increase student enrollment in college
to ways
to help streamline the process for filling out the FAFSA application — the federal application
students complete
to apply for financial aid.
In this case study, we share how Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) developed and utilized its
data dashboard and the principles of Improvement Science
to increase college
access for their
students, in partnership with the University of California, Merced.
I'm talking about things like teacher licensing mandates, which researchers have long found do not improve teacher quality and traffic in disproven education fads (but do provide easy -
access cash cows for state departments of education and teacher colleges since teachers are required
to keep buying their products
to maintain certification); ever -
increasing testing and
data - entry mandates; centralized curriculum mandates like Common Core; centralized teacher evaluation and ratings systems; and the massive
data entry required
to document things like
student behavior problems and special education services.
Earlier study reports have documented a dramatic
increase in the proportion of teachers with
access to a
student data system between 2005 and 2007 and described school practices with respect
to data use and the challenges that are part of
student data system implementation.
Washington, D.C., June 22, 2010 — In response
to the lack of evaluative
data on many college
access programs, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (The Pell Institute), in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy's (IHEP) Pathways
to College Network, has launched the «Evaluation Toolkit»
to help
increase the effectiveness of college
access programs that serve disadvantaged
student populations.
E-Rate discounts are for broadband services and equipment needed
to deliver broadband services that can
increase equity,
data flow for
student information systems,
access to learning resources, and secure and robust on - line testing.
The Legislature has also taken steps
to address the issue by providing additional state funding for the 2017 — 19 biennium
to increase school districts»
access to attendance
data and support districts in identifying successful strategies
to address chronic
student absenteeism.
Using
data from the nationally representative Educational Longitudinal Survey, the authors illustrated the obstacles these
students encounter after entering college, discussed institutional challenges in the era of
increased college
access, and outlined an agenda
to help youth move beyond «some college.»
Based on internal analysis of its success
data, MTDA has rolled out several new design enhancements in the last two school years, including a simplified course organization,
increased access to live tutoring for
students struggling on particular assignments or concepts, and an
increased expectation of local schools
to build a supportive environment around credit recovery
students.
Jorge Aguilar, superintendent of Sacramento Unified School District Superintendent and former Associate Superintendent for Equity and
Access at Fresno Unified School District (FUSD), coauthored a brief highlighting the development and use of FUSD's data dashboard and the principles of improvement science to increase college access for its stu
Access at Fresno Unified School District (FUSD), coauthored a brief highlighting the development and use of FUSD's
data dashboard and the principles of improvement science
to increase college
access for its stu
access for its
students.