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
January 30, 2012 by
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 … [Read more...]
CohortTracker™—early warning system for identifying failing students
January 19, 2012 by
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 … [Read more...]