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Better Data, Better Results, Better Transcripts
Dallas County Promise uses data analytics to “help high schools and colleges remove barriers in the transition from high school and college and see the progress of students so that everyone can better support the needs of every student.” added Ban.
Dr. Joe May, Chancellor of the Dallas County Community College District, has been a champion removing the barriers of college transitions and working collaboratively with school districts, universities, and workforce with data sharing to better support each student.
“Most high schools have all the right college and career information but it’s trapped in six or seven systems from test data to career awareness,” explained Ban.
A grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation supports the secure real-time export of college and career ready data. “We securely export the right data into a secure database using the Ed-Fi standards so schools can case manage their students more effectively,” said Ban.
“There are problems with the transcript that we’re hoping to solve,” said Mike Baur, program officer at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. “Transcripts need to be standardized and understandable, and that’s what our work is aiming to achieve.” And, he added, one of the ways to solve this problem is through interoperability.
To that end, the Dell Foundation supported the grant for a cloud-hosted Ed-Fi powered “Dynamic Transcript” for its potential to help Texas school districts and colleges automate and simplify the complex processes associated with sharing and visualizing student transcript data and summative assessment results. |