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February 04, 2013

Identifying & Meeting Student Needs Is Getting Easier With lookred

After spending a day with Microsoft Innovative Schools and before visiting BETT, I toured Cornwallis Academy, a K-12 school outside of London and managed by the Future Schools Trust. The leadership team demonstrated lookred®, an information system key to their approach to "personalise" learning and "pastoral care."  Read Full Post >

November 26, 2012

Opposition to Student Tracking System Prompts Cyber Attack

A Texas district was targeted for putting in place a pilot program that tracks students via microchip-embedded ID cards.  Read Full Post >

October 09, 2012

More Student Data Would Inform Teaching, Report Says

A new report suggests schools create data backpacks and learner profiles—sets of digital information that will follow students from year to year to better inform teachers of their learning needs.  Read Full Post >

October 05, 2012

Digital Learning Now! Presents Data Plan to Power Personalization

Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released "Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Learner Profiles," the second in the DLN Smart Series designed to provide specific guidance on adoption of Common Core State Standards and the shift to personal digital learning.  Read Full Post >

April 17, 2012

Researchers Propose New Indicators for School Performance

Harvard Strategic Data Project releases three new indicators for districts to measure college-going patterns of students.  Read Full Post >

December 27, 2010

British Teachers' Achievement Data Use Seen Lacking

Great Britain, like the United States, is in the middle of a major push to use student achievement data to improve instruction and school policy. And, like us, the implementation is still a bit hit or miss, in part because teachers find their classroom data more accurate and useful.  Read Full Post >

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