Comment nothing new, just a special report (Score 1) 467
Elements like "attendance, discipline, immigration status, grades, and test scores" are already tracked by most student information systems. Information that was once stored for you on a piece of paper in a file cabinet (aka transcript) is now stored in a database. (However most schools still like to print and store paper copies.)
NOTE: Information relating student achievement (test scores) and each student's classifications (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, English language proficiency, migrant status, disability status and low-income status) are used in the No Child Left Behind reporting.
Things have changed a lot in the past few years! (A great example is what the State of South Dakota is doing.) Teachers no longer put check marks on a piece of paper to record attendance. Instead teachers click on radio buttons in their favorite web browser to mark a student absent. An added bonus is that parents can also be notified via email or text message to their cell phone within seconds of the teacher marking their child absent.
From what I understand from the article the district is taking information they already track and have written a specialized report to alert them to possible drop-outs. We'll see a lot more "intelligent" reporting like this as more districts move to more cutting edge student information systems.
NOTE: Information relating student achievement (test scores) and each student's classifications (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, English language proficiency, migrant status, disability status and low-income status) are used in the No Child Left Behind reporting.
Things have changed a lot in the past few years! (A great example is what the State of South Dakota is doing.) Teachers no longer put check marks on a piece of paper to record attendance. Instead teachers click on radio buttons in their favorite web browser to mark a student absent. An added bonus is that parents can also be notified via email or text message to their cell phone within seconds of the teacher marking their child absent.
From what I understand from the article the district is taking information they already track and have written a specialized report to alert them to possible drop-outs. We'll see a lot more "intelligent" reporting like this as more districts move to more cutting edge student information systems.
