In 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: The concept is simple — by tracking factors that research shows are key … [Read more...]
CohortTracker™ early warning system goes live in New York
01/17/2012 By
For immediate release: January 27, 2012: Binghamton, NY – The Greater 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 … [Read more...]
Screen cast introduces CohortTracker™
01/04/2012 By
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 designed to be a general-purpose student achievement tracking system that … [Read more...]
CohortTracker™ early warning system
12/05/2011 By
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 designed to be a general-purpose student achievement tracking system … [Read more...]
Prism delivers Budget Playground iPad® app to Cornell
08/09/2011 By
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 … [Read more...]
School planning in the era of Race to the Top
08/03/2011 By
Race to the Top (RTTT) has arrived in full force. School districts across the country are already feeling its impact. In New York State, RTTT is driving the Board of Regents reform agenda focusing on three areas: Common core standards Data driven instruction including school-based inquiry … [Read more...]
Reducing Dropout Rates & Increasing Graduation Rates: a Case Study
06/20/2011 By
The New York State Education Department has released updated high school graduation rate data. According to the press release, "New York’s overall graduation rate continues to rise slowly over time...Statewide, 73.4% of the students who started 9th grade in 2006 had graduated after 4 years, by … [Read more...]
The Issues With High-stakes Testing and PARCC
04/25/2011 By
"We do practice tests and practice tests and more practice tests. And then we do the real thing. We take a lot of tests." But do you learn from the tests? "Not really.” Nicholas Nieves, 4th grader, Press & Sun-Bulletin (7/13/10) For the last decade, K - 12 education has been driven by … [Read more...]
State Ed. Predicts 45% of New York’s Schools Will Fail
03/14/2011 By
A recent New York State Education Department (NYSED) memo indicates that the situation facing New York's schools is even more dire than described in a recent post, The Absurdity of New York’s School Accountability System. The memo reports that NYSED applied and received a waiver from the US … [Read more...]
How State Budgets Are Breaking US Schools
03/08/2011 By
In 1991 after 12 years in the classroom, I lost my teaching job as part of the last significant state-wide layoff of teachers. More than 10% of the New York State teaching force lost their jobs that year. Those were tough times, obviously. There was plenty of pain to go around. But everyone knew … [Read more...]
