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06/05/2015 by Sean Brady

SchoolBenchmarker™, an innovative school comparison tool

SchoolBenchmarker? is an innovative school comparison tool. It allows any school in New York State to find similar schools performing at higher levels. Prism has recently updated SchoolBenchmarker? for Cornell’s New York State Center for Rural Schools.

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, cohort tracking, dropout, dropout rate, graduation rate, innovation, iPad, iPhone

04/05/2013 by Sean Brady

Getting apps done

By Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Tait, Decision Mechanics Limited Not one, but two, interesting posts from the blog Jury.me this week. One is about focusing on the user. Too many apps are developed from a technical perspective — the latest frameworks, user interface widgets, etc. Great software products come from standing in your users’ shoes […]

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, innovation

03/06/2013 by Sean Brady

Binghamton now using CohortTracker™?

The Binghamton City School District is now using CohortTracker™. CohortTracker™ is an early warning system that allows school districts to track the real-time status of each active high school cohort (and every sub-group and individual within that cohort) vis-a-vis graduation – from the moment of their enrollment. School district personnel using CohortTracker™ always have at their […]

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: cohort tracking, dropout early warning system, dropout prevention, dropout rate, graduation rate

01/02/2013 by Sean Brady

Budget Playground™ now in the App Store

Budget Playground is now available on The App Store. The app allows school districts to create and modify multi-year budget scenarios in real-time

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, budget scenarios, decision-making, iPad, property tax cap, school budgets

06/29/2012 by Sean Brady

Cornell Chronicle: Apps put the power of data in hands of NY schools

An recent article in the Cornell Chronicle features two apps designed and developed by Prism Decision Systems: SchoolBenchmarker™ and Budget Playground™. “Our overarching goal is the transformation of how statewide education data is being used by schools,” said Sean Brady, president of Prism Decision Systems LLC. “Previously, education data was used primarily for reporting. It was rarely used to support decision making.” Read on at http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June12/SchoolTools.html

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, benchmarking, data, decision-making, iPad, iPhone, Race to the Top, school accountability

06/22/2012 by Sean Brady

SchoolBenchmarker™ getting rave user reviews

Try SchoolBenchmarker™ now and let us know if you agree with the enthusiastic user reviews we are receiving. For example: “SchoolBenchmarker™ is fantastic! In a few minutes, I can get the benchmarking information it took my district a month to get last year working on our own!” – Mark P. Mondanaro, Superintendent of Schools, Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda UFSD

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, data, databases, decision-making, dropout, graduation rate, iPad, iPhone, Race to the Top, school accountability

06/19/2012 by Sean Brady

Prism releases SchoolBenchmarker? in beta

Prism Decision Systems, LLC has released SchoolBenchmarker™ in beta. Want to try it out? SchoolBenchmarker? helps you identify benchmark schools so that you can Set achievable academic targets based on demonstrated best-in-class performance. Discover the practices that high performing, similar schools use to achieve their best-in-class performance. We believe SchoolBenchmarker™ will be very useful to […]

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, benchmarking, education, iPad, iPhone, school accountability

02/20/2012 by Sean Brady

Prism’s website goes responsive. Should yours?

Prism’s web site is now responsive. Responsive web design allows your website to automatically render regardless of the device the user is using: PC, tablet or smartphone. Mobile browsing is expected to outpace desktop-based access within three to five years. Responsive web design is a single innovation that will allow you to manage current and emerging innovations in mobile browsing. Effortless for you. Elegant for your users.

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, innovation, Responsive web design

01/30/2012 by Sean Brady

NoDropouts.org features CohortTracker™

In a post titled Early identification getting easier ? but must come with compassion and hard work, the folks at NoDropouts.org capture the essence of CohortTracker™ and the roll it plays in promoting successful, on-time graduation.

Filed Under: Agile software, K-12 education Tagged With: agile development, cohort tracking, data, dropout, dropout early warning system, dropout prevention, dropout rate, education, graduation rate, Race to the Top, school accountability

01/17/2012 by Sean Brady

CohortTracker™ early warning system goes live in New York

The Greater Tier Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services (GST BOCES) has implemented CohortTracker™ in fourteen school districts in its region. CohortTracker™ is an early warning web application that allows schools to monitor students’ progress towards graduation. Educators can identify students getting off track and intervene before it is too late. The app is licensed by Prism Decision Systems, LLC and will be available to other BOCES Regional Information Centers across the state before the end of this school year

Filed Under: Agile software, News Tagged With: agile development, Apps, cohort tracking, dropout, dropout early warning system, dropout prevention, dropout rate, graduation rate, Race to the Top

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