Sentences with phrase «use educational data»

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Use these groups and educational opportunities to look for opportunities to network with people working in data science, either in person or remotely if you aren't in the same location.

The EFF claims that Google has been «collecting, maintaining, using, and sharing» data from students who use its Chromebooks in schools, and its educational apps.

Their license is very specific about who authorized users are, exclusivity, and how data products can not be used such as «in the pursuit of any contractual or income - generating venture either privately, or under the auspices of the educational institution».

A panel formed by Cuomo to examine Common Core implementation and other related issues recommended ditching inBloom specifically but largely embraced using data for educational purposes.

They measured educational outcomes using standardized tests and looked at demographic data, including attendance and suspension; race and ethnicity; free and reduced price lunch status; and participation in gifted education, special education, or programs for English learners.

Based on data collected in a Missouri school district by her MU colleagues Christi Bergin, associate research professor, and David Bergin, associate professor of educational psychology, Wang and her colleagues developed a scale that improves understanding of classroom engagement and can be readily used in fourth through 12th - grade classrooms.

In 2008 I begun to use my spare time to process data in order to produce astronomical images for educational use for the European Southern Observatory as well.

Earth to Sky (ETS) is an interagency partnership between NASA, the National Park Service (NPS) and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), that enables and encourages informal educators to access and use relevant NASA science, data, and educational and outreach products in their work.

It would also have a negative impact on the use of such resources by scientists working on other organisms — often motivated by hunches from other MODs — more casual users or those who lack significant funds, such as researchers at under - resourced institutions and those using such data repositories for educational purposes.»

Offering data concerning black poverty, unemployment, crime, juvenile delinquency, narcotics use, and serious educational disadvantage, Moynihan maintained that the deep roots of this «crisis» lay in American slavery.

The National Broadband Plan released recently by the Federal Communications Commission outlines a number of recommendations that could directly affect K - 12 schools: revamping the federal E-rate program to offer more flexible use of the aid and streamline the application process; removing technological and policy barriers to online coursetaking; and improving the collection and transparency of educational data.

Where such tools are adopted, the balancing act must always be about the holistic improvement of educational provision and not using the data produced as the proverbial stick to beat teaching staff with.

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.

My areas of expertise include: a) literacy and bi-literacy instruction for English Language Learners students of Spanish speaking background, b) use of assistive technology to address the educational needs of students with disabilities, c) research design and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.

Based in Half Moon Bay, Calif., ISKME is an independent think tank that conducts research and provides resources to school districts and educational organizations interested in using data and information to improve student achievement.

For reasons having to do with educational theory and philosophy, Tennessee's teacher training programs never supported, much less embraced, the use of TVAAS data.

Stepanek: The current emphasis on using data and evidence to inform educational practice and concentrating on results for students is very congenial to lesson study.

In this essay, I use interview data collected from the Baltimore site of the MTO program to consider possible reasons MTO did not have the expected results for educational achievement.

Learning Analytics can be used to collect the learner / teacher educational data that have been defined to answer their inquiry question.

Using the digital footprints that provide Big Data allows educators to track each learner's progress throughout their educational journey.

Such data can then be used to make educational analysis and predictions that help to determine which learning materials are appropriate, useful or irrelevant for the learners.

Hopefully, we can find ways to use data - intensive research wisely for educational decision making.»

This study uses data from 39 countries to analyze how various institutions affect educational performance at the student level.

Educational researchers are working with game manufacturers to create a new brand of «serious games» that have the potential to capture and stream the kind of important assessment data that educators can use comprehensively, from tracking individual student achievement to determining national educational trends.

Even where technology has not been blocked, much of the digitized educational materials and records are just examples of using computers to collect old stuff (such as data or lesson plans) in old ways (by filing).

In some cases the data provided by the standard web analytical tools like Google Analytics may be of use, but they do not provide all the information required by the specifics of educational publishing.

Combining these data sets allowed me to adopt an analytic approach similar to the one I used to examine the effects of more stringent graduation requirements on educational attainment and employment.

Extracts of this data are available for use, subject to approvals, by third parties conducting research and analysis into the effect of different educational strategies over time.

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 approach of using data from different sources allows for a focus on closing achievement gaps without narrowing the number of students who qualify for supplemental educational services or public school choice priority.

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.

Her background in business translated in some ways to school: She was comfortable using and interpreting data, but surprised at certain parts of educational culture.

«There are few who are as strong as Darling - Hammond in using and analyzing statistical data and scholarship... and in fighting for educational equity; when she talks about leaving no child behind, she truly means it.

In Improving Rural Hispanic Students» Transition to College and Career, researcher Ed Kissam uses data from the 2002 - 12 Educational Longitudinal Survey to examine specific factors associated with educational disadvantage among rural Hispanic students.

Using data generated by student interaction with educational software programs, teachers gain insight into each student's precise strengths and weaknesses.

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.

These data may also be used as part of a larger multi-institutional state or national database that could capture trends in educational leadership preparation.

States, districts, and schools can use EWS data to examine school - level patterns to address systemic issues that may be impeding a student's ability to meet key educational milestones.

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.

Using test score data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, we also find that reforms cause gradual increases in the relative achievement of students in low - income school districts, consistent with the goal of improving educational opportunity for these students.

Marshall, though, is hopeful that reform groups in Dallas and forward - looking educators will succeed in using data and the principles of school accountability to improve the educational outcomes of students.

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).

We are concerned that educational publishers, software marketers, and others are pushing EdTech to further monetize schooling and gather and use private student data for their own benefit.

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.

Establish processes that govern data collection and use, including with educational service providers.

His passion is to use data to improve educational outcomes, so he jumped at an opportunity to work in the Louisiana Department of Education, serving as a project manager for the new teacher evaluation platform.

Using data triangulation — the process of using at least three data points to inform educational decision making — is one way to ensure a more complete picture of student learUsing data triangulation — the process of using at least three data points to inform educational decision making — is one way to ensure a more complete picture of student learusing at least three data points to inform educational decision making — is one way to ensure a more complete picture of student learning.

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

And flawed educational research conclusions have been made by using poverty in data analyses.

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.