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01/04/2017 by Sean Brady

Kindle + OverDrive + NY Public Library = reader bliss

A Kindle, the OverDrive app and a New York Public Library card gives you instant access to the digital offerings of fourth largest library in the world.

Filed Under: Simply fascinating Tagged With: Apps, databases, innovation, iPhone

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

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

06/26/2012 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

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

03/08/2012 by Sean Brady

Susan Arbetter interviews Sean Brady re: NYS open data initiative

Click on the play button below to listen to the podcast of the March 8, 2012 interview on The Capitol Pressroom where Susan Arbetter discusses an open letter from Sean Brady and Cornell professor John Sipple to Andrew Cuomo advocating that the governor support a New York State government open data initiative. The letter appeared […]

Filed Under: New York State open data Tagged With: agile, data, data.gov, databases, decision-making, iPad, iPhone, linked data, machine readable data, New York open data, open data, open data portal, open linked standards

02/13/2012 by Sean Brady

Dear Governor Cuomo, Free the data. Please.

Around the world, governments are opening access to public data sets and allowing the public to find, download and use machine-readable data sets generated by the government. These initiatives spur innovation and creativity, increase government accountability and transparency, reduce waste and fraud, and improve our quality of life. Yet New York State lags miserably. This open letter to Andrew Cuomo exhorts the Governor to give the public free access to machine readable New York State government data in non-proprietary formats, to convert that data into open linked standards to allow it to be easily connected to other data, and to encourage broad, innovative use of the data by providing the appropriate tools and incentives.

Filed Under: New York State open data Tagged With: agile development, data, data.gov, databases, decision-making, innovation, iPad, iPhone, linked data, machine readable data, New York open data, NYC BigApps, open data, open data portal, open linked standards

08/09/2011 by Sean Brady

Prism delivers Budget Playground™ iPad® app to Cornell

Prism recently delivered an iPad® app to Cornell University’s New York State Center for Rural Schools. Budget Playground allows school districts to create multi-year budget scenarios. They can then modify those scenarios in real-time to help boards of education agree to budgets that will be acceptable to district stakeholders.

Filed Under: Agile software Tagged With: agile development, Apps, iPad, iPhone, property tax cap, school budget cuts

08/05/2011 by Sean Brady

Prism now a certified Apple® developer

Prism Decision Systems, LLC is now a certified Apple® developer, part of a dynamic and diverse community innovating with Apple technologies, including the iPhone® and iPad®. Prism will deliver lightweight applications that are easy to use and not burdened by unnecessary features or complexity.

Filed Under: Agile software, News Tagged With: agile development, Apps, iPad, iPhone, Prism Decision Systems

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