Education timeline: How might SAS affect a child's education?

First through fifth grade
Samantha’s early education teachers tailor lesson plans based on SAS analysis of short assessment tests taken throughout the year.

Sixth through eighth grade
Administrators at Samantha’s school use SAS to load historical data about students so they can forecast – based on middle school scores and classes – how competitive of a college a student is likely to gain admission to.

Eighth grade
Samantha’s favorite teacher is helping the class learn more about World War II with a SAS Curriculum Pathways interactive lesson on the internment of Japanese-Americans.

Ninth and 10th grade
The principal at Samantha’s future high school used SAS to determine discipline problems were taking too much time from teaching. Administrators and teachers introduced a new discipline program that reduced offenses.

11th and 12th grade
A new laptop initiative, sponsored by SAS, provides a laptop for every student at the high school. The dropout rate decreased by 41 percent. Samantha’s neighbor Jacob was bored at school, but he becomes more engaged now that his classes seem more interesting and relevant.

Community college
Leaders at the local community college analyze historic data to understand what makes a successful student. This information is used to keep Jacob and his new college friends on course and reduce the dropout rate at the college by 30 percent.

University
It wasn’t random that Jacob received a brochure for the state university he chose after community college. Using SAS, administrators know that students with associate’s degrees in Jacob’s region are likely to enroll at the university, so it keeps its marketing budget low while increasing the enrollment rate.