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Shields, Julie – Communique, 2018
While working in the Social and Emotional Support Services (SESS) for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland (MCPS), the author initiated a project to collect data on services to students with emotional needs. During the 2016-2017 school year, MCPS was the 17th largest school district in the country with nearly 160,000 students speaking 150…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Program Administration, Database Management Systems, Psychological Needs
Flaherty, Bill – School Business Affairs, 2013
Data-mining systems provide a variety of opportunities for school district personnel to streamline operations and focus on student achievement. This article describes the value of data mining for school personnel, finance departments, teacher evaluations, and in the classroom. It suggests that much could be learned about district practices if one…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Management, Systems Approach, Information Utilization
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Verhaeghe, Goedele; Schildkamp, Kim; Luyten, Hans; Valcke, Martin – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
As data-based decision making is receiving increased attention in education, more and more school performance feedback systems (SPFSs) are being developed and used worldwide. These systems provide schools with data on their functioning. However, little research is available on the characteristics of the different SPFSs. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Systems Analysis, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Software Evaluation
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers