SchoolBenchmarker, developed by us and Prism Decision Systems for the New York State Center for Rural Schools, has just been relaunched with the latest schools data. The mobile web application allows school managers to compare their schools against high-performing peers. The core technology could be used to compare any kind of operating units, such as healthcare providers or retail branches. … [Read more...]
SchoolBenchmarker—a mobile web-app for improving school performance
Decision Mechanics, in partnership with Prism Decision Systems, have just completed a benchmarking mobile web-app for the New York Center for Rural Schools. The app, SchoolBenchmarker, allows school leaders to benchmark their schools against similar, but higher performing, schools. SchoolBenchmarker is an HTML5/CSS3/jQuery Mobile application that draws data from a RESTful ASP.NET MVC 3 … [Read more...]
NoDropouts.org report on CohortTracker™ roll-out
NoDropouts.org just reported on Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services’ roll-out of CohortTracker™. In their article, they note that: Of course, once schools leaders have a better idea of who is most at risk, there is simply no substitute for good, old-fashioned compassion—and good, old-fashioned elbow grease. Indeed. Technology is only ever part of … [Read more...]
CohortTracker™—early warning system for identifying failing students
The Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services (GST BOCES) has released CohortTracker™ to fourteen school districts within its region. CohortTracker™, developed by Decision Mechanics and Prism Decision Systems, is an early warning system for identifying students who may be in danger of failing to graduate. Students' progress is assessed using an algorithm that takes … [Read more...]