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Current complex educational issues require more rigorous measurement of effectiveness and a more strategic allocation of resources. In addition, state and federal mandates such as the No Child Left Behind Act call for improvements in student achievement, operational effectiveness and fiscal responsibility.
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Educators at all levels are under increasing pressure to take a holistic view of their organizations. Often, a silo-based data infrastructure prevents many educators from seeing the big picture. The volume of available data – which may or may not be accurate – is overwhelming.
Data holds the answers to tough questions
During this dynamic time, education leaders need a data driven environment to help them find ways to:
- Increase revenue and meet No Child Left Behind requirements.
- Improve adequate yearly progress by reallocating resources to schools with the greatest need.
- Maintain and increase a highly qualified teacher population by managing teacher retention and improving teacher recruitment.
- Optimize resources and revenues by forecasting student enrollment, population growth patterns and student performance.
- Improve return on investment by allocating resources toward a data driven intervention rather than toward one based on instinct.
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Often, it is hard to access the data needed to address these issues because it is located in multiple systems and databases. As a result, organizations face difficulties trying to:
- Compile information in an accurate or timely manner to answer questions and support decision making.
- Track historical data, progress reporting and student assessments for students that move frequently between districts – resulting in lost intervention opportunities that may be needed before a student leaves a grade.
- Map student assessment scores to state standards and understand the most effective strategies for supporting student achievement.
The solution – bringing it all together with SAS®
With more than 30 years of experience, SAS is the acknowledged industry leader and innovator in business intelligence, advanced analytics and data management . SAS brings together clean, accurate data on student achievement, finances, human resources, facilities, transportation and other areas to help you make informed decisions. In addition, SAS gives you powerful predictive analytics so that you can determine probable future outcomes.
SAS provides an integrated, flexible and scalable intelligence platform that serves as the foundation for creating and delivering accurate, in-depth intelligence across the organization. The SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform is a low-risk framework that can grow and be customized into new applications to meet your future needs. This framework allows you to make the most of your existing IT investment because it integrates with a wide variety of data sources – ensuring a smooth flow of information across departments.
Using the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform as a foundation, SAS Strategic Performance Management, SAS Human Capital Management and SAS Financial Management help education leaders bring context and direction to their performance management initiative.
Our solutions deliver data on key performance indicators – allowing you to monitor how effectively your strategy and mission are working throughout the organization.
SAS Strategic Performance Management helps education leaders:
- Focus on the initiatives and key performance indicators that support those goals.
- Align resources with strategies by using scorecarding capabilities based on predictive analytics.
- Quickly respond to organizational changes based upon data surfaced through dashboard visuals.
SAS Human Capital Management helps education leaders:
- Allocate resources based on maximum impact to student learning and need.
- Maintain and increase your highly qualified teacher population by managing teacher retention and improving teacher recruitment.
- Proactively plan for workforce needs by analyzing and predicting positions with future high attrition rates.
- Track investments in human capital by monitoring internal courses and rewards.
- Measure strategy against key performance indicators.
Using SAS Financial Management, financial officers and other education leaders can:
- Ensure student learning drives the budget by allocating financial resources to areas that show greatest impact.
- Develop accurate plans and forecasts that can be updated easily in response to changing circumstances.
- Reduce the time and cost of producing and publishing financial reports.
- Maintain data integrity and security through a financial data mart that supports intelligent decision making.
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