How Data analysis is helping raise performance – story covers both good and the bad
Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores - WSJ.com
Educational data is in abundance – but not in very useful state.
Education Week: Data, Data Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Use 
Impact of providing detailed and real time access to student educational and learning data […]

With the MCAS season underway and teachers trying to help students, we received a few requests to get insight into how the questions are distributed across the learning standards. Or, how many questions are allocated to each standard area in a given year or grade level? Or, Do you have the frequency analysis of questions […]

Many industries use business intelligence software tools to convert their data into information, and leverage that information to make business decisions. It’s only a matter of time before the same tools, technology and processes become main-stream in the educational space.
 
I came across this article in School CIO; it’s about the use of a business […]