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02/22/2019 by Sean Brady

New York’s ESSA accountability system nightmare

ESSA accountability

New York’s implementation of the ESSA accountability system has produced a bureaucratic quagmire worthy of Orwell, Dickens or Kafka.

Filed Under: NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: essa, school accountability

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

03/08/2016 by Sean Brady

Is New York’s Education Department capable of transforming itself?

With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, New York’s Ed Dept has a huge opportunity to reinvent itself. But is it capable of transformation?

Filed Under: K-12 education, NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: assumptions, biases, essa, nclb, Race to the Top, school accountability

04/08/2015 by Sean Brady

US Senate bill would eliminate punitive nature of NCLB

The New York State Education Department has fetishized failure, distorting overall school performance. Fortunately, relief may be on its way in the form of a bipartisan bill to revise the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law and eliminate its most punitive elements.

Filed Under: NCLB & ESSA accountability Tagged With: nclb, Race to the Top, school accountability

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

01/20/2015 by Sean Brady

Strategic planning specifically for a BOCES

Have state and federal mandates drained the energy and passion from your BOCES? Is morale low? It doesn’t have to be that way. Reenergize your BOCES. Retake your future. Reengage, recharge and reinvest your faculty, staff and community. Articulate a new mission, vision and core beliefs. Set strategic targets. Articulate priorities, allocate resources, plan and execute.

Filed Under: K-12 education, Strategic planning Tagged With: Common Core, consensus, decision-making, Race to the Top, school accountability, visionizing

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

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

SchoolBenchmarkerâ„¢ getting rave user reviews

Try SchoolBenchmarkerâ„¢ now and let us know if you agree with the enthusiastic user reviews we are receiving. For example: “SchoolBenchmarkerâ„¢ 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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