Supporting a Data-Driven School Culture
While most schools today measure students’ progress more frequently throughout the school year and collect an enormous amount of information about their students, using this information to target instruction more effectively still poses a challenge.
Turning data into higher achievement involves changing the entire school culture. A new breed of data platforms that tie together the entire instructional cycle also can help. With the generous support of SAS, we’ve compiled these stories from our archives, along with additional resources, to help you create and support a data-driven culture in your own schools.
—The Editors
States make strides in collecting education data
Although states have made strong progress increasing their capacity to build and use longitudinal data systems, they aren’t yet helping educators, parents, and other stakeholders use the data…
eSN Special Report: Smarter Education
For years, marketers have used sophisticated software to track consumers’ buying habits and web browsing activity, then crunch this information and make intelligent predictions to target their sales…
Education, technology groups collaborate to leverage student data
A new collaboration among three prominent education and technology groups will aim to help schools meet growing demands to leverage student data to boost achievement while highlighting best…
eSN Special Report: Turning data into achievement
While most schools now measure students’ progress more frequently throughout the year, using this information to target instruction more effectively can still be a challenge. Here's how some…
Feds take huge step to protect student privacy
Asking state leaders to use data to drive school improvement and innovation sounds like a logical idea, but how can they also maintain student privacy in this often…
Feds launch new education data tool
The federal Education Department has launched a new website that aims to provide easy access to key state and national education data for all school stakeholders.…
Should student test scores be used to evaluate teachers?
The so-called value-added model is an “imperfect, but still informative” measure of teacher effectiveness, especially when it is combined with other measures, according to the preliminary results of…
Commentary: Data undermining
Unions are taking heat for their stance on using data to measure teacher quality, but school districts bear some responsibility, too.…
Schools need models for linking data, practice
States and school systems are making significant progress in building educational data systems and are starting to use these systems to improve student achievement, according to a new…
Additional resources
Why top-flight data management enhances achievement and avoids disasters
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Rock Hill School District depends on data to ensure instructional dollars are used effectively
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Ten Best Practices in Information Management, Reporting and Analytics for Education
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