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Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth N.; Jennings, Austin; Jennings, Amanda B. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2021
Test-based accountability policy in the US has resulted in increased availability and use of assessment systems to support instructional decision making. Though limited, literature to date suggests an important role for these systems as tools, mediating teacher knowledge and action. We examine system log data from NWEA's MAP assessment to better…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Data Use, Information Systems, Reports
Bryant, Rebecca; Fransen, Jan; de Castro, Pablo; Helmstutler, Brenna; Scherer, David – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2021
Research information management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US research universities. RIM systems that support the collection and use of research outputs metadata have been in place for many years. Globally, the RIM ecosystem is quite mature in locales where national research assessment exercises like the United Kingdom's…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Information Management, Metadata, Data Use
Bryant, Rebecca; Fransen, Jan; de Castro, Pablo; Helmstutler, Brenna; Scherer, David – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2021
Research Information Management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US research universities, comprised of a variety of use cases, stakeholders, and products. This growth has been characteristically decentralized, resulting in silos, multiple systems, and frequent duplication of efforts at many institutions. This report is a two-part…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Information Management, Metadata, Data Use
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2021
The objective of this inspection was to describe Federal Student Aid's (FSA) control activities over institutional processes for completing verification and reporting verification results in accordance with Federal requirements. The inspection covered award years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 (July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2018). It was found that FSA…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Audits (Verification), Public Agencies, Compliance (Legal)
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2021
Every year, more news outlets report cybersecurity?breaches--and higher education is not immune from these sinister trends. Cyberattacks on colleges, universities, and foundations have become more frequent, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. Successful cyberattacks can compromise an institution's reputation, result in substantial financial…
Descriptors: Information Security, Higher Education, Governing Boards, Risk
Wicks, Anne; Taylor-Raymond, Justine – George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2021
Determining whether a state's young people are on track for a life with opportunity is a critical -- but diffcult -- task for governors and state leaders. States can be both awash in data and unable to easily access and use that data to inform policy. State longitudinal data systems that meaningfully connect workforce, higher education, K-12, and…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Data Analysis, Learning Analytics, Longitudinal Studies
Illinois State Board of Education, 2021
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is urged to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2021, with information on the reviewed areas and recommendations on how to streamline the school data reporting and collecting systems of the State of Illinois. ISBE supports more than 200 software applications that were created in…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Reports, Information Systems, Student Records
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Zadeh, Amir H.; Zolbanin, Hamed M.; Sengupta, Arijit; Schultz, Todd – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2020
Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) are the most essential and critical information systems that are widely used to build all the functions of a business into a unified and efficient enterprise system. Although the essence of ERP systems are easy to understand, students, especially those who do not have technical experience, have difficulty…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Systems, Efficiency, Information Science Education
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McIntush, Karen E.; Pierce, Robin; McIntush, Elizabeth; Alcala, Angel; Garza, Karla A.; Hardin, Emily; Lawson, Lindsey; Ramirez, Robyn; Torres, Salma; Waheed, Uzair; Yarbrough, Deshaun; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – American Educational History Journal, 2019
The combination of two technological tools, Microsoft Excel and ArcGIS, has proved powerful in organizing, categorizing, and expressing data visually in meaningful ways. The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has found its way into historical research due to its interdisciplinary nature and usefulness. The goal of this paper is not to…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational History, Data Analysis, Geographic Information Systems
Hollingsworth, Hilary; Heard, Jonathan; Weldon, Paul R. – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2019
Each year teachers and principals in schools across Australia invest much time and effort, and considerable expense, in activities related to communicating student learning progress. However little is known about the effectiveness of these activities, including the extent to which they are valued by stakeholders, whether they are considered to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Academic Achievement, Program Descriptions, Data Collection