Video Resources

Here is a link to a demo data site as a preview. 

Data Team Toolkit Resources

Connecticut State Department of Education
Extensive resources for the training program on Data-Driven Decision Making & Data Teams
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=321744

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/research/resources/resources.html

Toolkit: http://www.mass.gov/edu/docs/ese/accountability/dart/district-data-toolkit.pdf

Nebraska Department of Education Toolkit
http://www.esu1.org/downloads/misc/DataESU1Guide.pdf

Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Comprehensive Education Data and Research System
Data Teams:  http://www.k12.wa.us/CEDARS/Data/

http://www.k12.wa.us/CEDARS/Data/pubdocs/FullToolkit.pdf

Five Steps for Structuring Data-informed Conversations and Action in Education
USDOE, 2013 located at: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED544201.pdf

 
Data Tools

This  section includes selected online and software-based systems for  connecting to your hosted database tables and exporting information.  There are hundreds of reporting tools and whenever I locate one that is  useful for connecting to Oracle databases, I install and try out.

DbForge Studio for Oracle

Great  ad-hoc reporting tool. It uses a graphical interface for creating  complex SQL queries and the resulting SQL statements can be copy-pasted  into Application Express. Data Smart LLC provides training for this  inexpensive tool.   

Predictive Analysis

Predictive  analysis uses models created from the analysis of previous data sets to  predict future performance. The most common is a multivariate  regression model created from one year’s data to predict the performance  of another subsequent group.
Article http://analyticsindiamag.com/predictive-analytics-has-a-future-in-education/

Predictive Analytics Tools from Predicitive Analytics Today.com

eLearning  

Valuable resource for elearning tools and methodology    http://elearningindustry.com/

eFront Community Edition  (Open Source) 

   Data Smart hosts a instance of this and uses eFront to deliver its professional development.  

Web Sites

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Blogs and Newsletters

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