Feb 7, 2018, 5:37 PM
(from EdSurge) Charter schools and the organizations that manage them are investing heavily in data-related projects and staff, seeking insights that will help them better inform decisions involving classroom instruction, staff development, operational efficiencies, funding and more. New Visions for Public Schools, which runs 10 charter high schools, has invested approximately $8 million in a 26-person "school systems and data analytics team" at its New York City headquarters. Projects developed thus far include a platform through which administrators can monitor students' attendance and performance at the individual, class and school levels, with the goal of helping them make decisions about students' schedules to ensure on-time graduations.
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