ISTE Takeaways:What’s the Deal with Data—EdTech Research and Challenges
While districts understand the value of data, they often lack confidence in knowing what specific data to demand from EdTech ... Read more
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3 ways our district avoids data overload
Schools give many tests throughout the year to identify students’ skills and gaps in their learning, including universal screening, diagnostic, formative, interim, and summative assessments. These tests generate…
6 steps for using data to improve instruction
Research suggests that when principals work directly with teachers in explaining how and why they should use data to improve their instructional practices, the effect on student achievement is…
Want to put your data into action? Here’s how!
Classroom assessments represented a nearly $1.6 billion market in 2017, and that market is expected to grow by 30 percent through 2020. In fact, classroom assessment now makes…
3 ways our school uses data to drive instruction
For the last six years, data has been part of our “secret sauce” here at Bronson Elementary School in Bronson, Fla. Many of our students come from economically…
Are K-12 data systems ready for AI?
As educators who love technology, we can barely contain our enthusiasm for the potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI). But AI requires massive amounts of data, so before…
How 5 states are rocking education data
States are on the right path when it comes to using real-time education data to inform teaching and learning, but the should continue taking critical steps to improve…
Fascinating: Can analytics help schools hire the best teachers?
As K-12 school administrators know, finding the best talent for their schools is becoming more challenging, with fewer people entering the teaching profession and more teachers retiring. With…
District Technology Specialist: These are the critical success factors for 1:1
At Banks County Schools, a rural school district in the mountains of northeast Georgia, it feels like we’re at the end and also the beginning of a very…
4 reasons data is crucial for personalized learning
Data provides a fuller picture of students’ performance with information such as participation, assessments, and growth on skills over time. Having this greater understanding of students’ strengths and…
Experts: 5 elements for a winning, data-informed district
Data, data, data. Most school leaders know how important data is to every part of a district's operations, from bus routes to PD and student achievement. But sometimes,…
10 of the best and worst school systems
Because of the variances in funding for public school systems, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017's States with the Best & Worst School…
Is this the new class every student should take?
Whether a recent graduate plans to study 18th Century English literature in college or jump right into the workforce in any number of jobs, I have a one-word…
4 best practices for education data
Data can be immensely helpful to educators--but anyone who hopes to learn from data must know how to analyze and interpret it. Although the word "data" can raise…
How do parents really feel about student data?
Ask many public school parents about student data use and privacy, and you'll likely end up with a heated debate about protecting sensitive, personal information. But what do…
K-12 data is failing students-here’s what education could look like
U.S. education is not effectively leveraging data to increase student performance and close achievement gaps in the same way other ... Read more
Report: 4 security recommendations to keep student data safe
Educators have relied on data to make informed decisions for as long as it’s been available (the foundations of standardized ... Read more
Schools earn national privacy designation
Seven school systems, both urban and rural, have received a new CoSN seal, which recognizes a commitment to ensuring the privacy and security of student data.
Getting struggling students to read requires both data and compassion
Too many teachers simply move students along from one grade to the next to be kind, without checking for mastery of skills. Can the impartiality data help?
The simple LMS move that has made our teachers more effective
Migrating to a single platform for assessment, data analysis, and instruction has simplified most everything for one district.
Student data mining is a problem, and states are trying to fix it
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When using data, remember monkey sex
When you talk about big data these days, as well as its potential to help predict future trends and, therefore, courses of action, stories about turkey breasts, hand…
What teachers want in a data dashboard
The data dashboard has become more sophisticated, but it is still only one lens through which educators should view their students.
Four essential priorities for making sense of student data
Four data policy priorities can help state policymakers take advantage of data provisions in the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) in order to move from data compliance to…
Making classroom observations more efficient — and effective
A custom web-based system is making for more thoughtful classroom observation Instructional leaders need to know what is happening when ... Read more
How tech can make selecting the right college easier for students
Like the discerning “sorting hat” featured in Harry Potter, two companies are using data to make it easier for selecting the right college to fit student needs.
SIS itslearning and Clever partner for data integration
itslearning has announced a new relationship with Clever to provide seamless and secure data integration between the learning management system and a school’s or district’s student information system…
How do parents really feel about data?
New data from the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) reveals a majority of parents participating in a survey said they support using student data to inform educational practices,…
District adds data use to teacher training
While teacher professional development continues to be scrutinized by research and the media, Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is hoping to get it right with data. A…
The 2 dashboards that will get teachers to use data
How do you get teachers to use data? Here's how one district cut the fluff and zeroed in on what's really important.
One-third of U.S. schools use this data technology
One-third of K12 schools in the United States have adopted Clever to secure student data, the company announced. At a time when schools are rapidly embracing technology, Clever…
Student Data Principles gain 40 official supporters
The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today announced that 40 national education organizations officially support the Student Data Principles. Launched in March…
Stopping teacher turnover in its tracks
According to research, teacher turnover is increasing. How do you retain the best educators? Observation and lots of feedback, says one school.
Informal survey suggests disconnect between teachers and data
data-gapsAt this year's ISTE conference Lexia Learning polled more than 200 educators in an informal survey, which suggests teachers are not using collected data to pinpoint skill deficiencies…
Instructure launches Canvas Data
Instructure, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company and creator of the Canvas learning management system (LMS), has released Canvas Data, a hosted data solution providing fully optimized data to K-12…
D2L launches newest Brightspace Insights
D2L (formerly “Desire2Learn”) recently unveiled the newest version of its Brightspace Insights analytics suite. With this release, D2L can now aggregate and capture streamed student data from across…
What do teachers really think of data tools?
Two-thirds of teachers in a Gates Foundation study said they are not completely satisfied with the data, or tools designed to help them work with data, which they…
Skyward expands use of the Ed-Fi Data Standard
Skyward, a K-12 school administrative software provider, has broadened the use of the Ed-Fi Data Standard in a move that it hopes will dramatically improve data interoperability between…
Quick Key integrates with SIS PowerSchool for data flow
Quick Key, the mobile assessment software that targets student performance and aims to eliminate hand grading, has announced a collaboration with Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, through…