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01/28/2018 by Sean Brady

How the NYS Ed Department distorts school performance

The New York State Education Department’s accountability system distorts school performance in absurd ways and with perverse results.

Filed Under: NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: benchmarking, dropout rate, education, graduation rate, school accountability

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

02/26/2015 by Sean Brady

Strategic planning has big payoff for school districts

School superintendents are faced with difficult resource allocation decisions. Where will I get the biggest bump in performance per dollar spent, they wonder. In this post are examples from four very different school districts. Impressive performance gains at each demonstrate why wise school superintendents invest in strategic planning as part of their continuous improvement efforts.

Filed Under: K-12 education Tagged With: decision-making, dropout, dropout rate, graduation rate

01/26/2015 by Sean Brady

Minimum qualifications for NY’s Commissioner of Education

The New York State Education Department has posted the job of Commissioner of Education. The stated qualifications are boilerplate and underwhelming. I suggest that NYSED’s HR department amend the posting to add the following.

Applicants for the position of Commissioner of Education must demonstrate

– The ability to inspire the state’s professional educators to extraordinary levels of performance.
– Evidence of having eliminated wasteful, bureaucratic burdens on school districts.
– A history of transparency as a leader.

Filed Under: K-12 education, NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: Common Core, education, graduation rate, Race to the Top, school accountability

04/16/2014 by Sean Brady

All Kinds of Kinds transforms a junior high

With vision, ingenuity, passion and a riff on a country music song, North Park has transformed itself through a program they call All Kinds of Kinds.

Filed Under: K-12 education Tagged With: dropout, dropout prevention, graduation rate, innovation

03/26/2013 by Sean Brady

State ed predicts sharp decline in ELA and Math pass rates

The New York State Education Department is predicting a sharp decline in ELA and Math pass rates.

Filed Under: NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: Common Core, data, graduation rate, PARCC, Race to the Top, school accountability

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

02/19/2013 by Sean Brady

The critical importance of target setting

In a recent local appearance, Olympic gold medalist Shannon Miller touched on the critical importance of target setting: “Are you training for a 5K? Set your goals. Are you working toward a promotion? Set your goals. Battling cancer? Set your goals, see them through.” At Prism, we couldn’t agree more: goal setting must be a […]

Filed Under: K-12 education Tagged With: dropout, dropout prevention, dropout rate, education, graduation rate, implementation, target setting

06/26/2012 by Sean Brady

Benchmarking as an improvement tool

Race to the Top has school improvement teams working especially hard to improve performance. With the the New York State Center for Rural School’s official release of the innovative SchoolBenchmarker™ it’s a perfect time to ask: How can I use benchmarking as a school improvement tool? Read on at https://prismdecision.com/benchmarking-as-an-improvement-tool

Filed Under: K-12 education Tagged With: Apps, benchmarking, dropout prevention, dropout rate, education, graduation rate, 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

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