Closing the Gap: Turning SIS/LMS Data into Action
The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) have been awarded a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to collaborate with Gartner, Inc. to initiate a project titled Closing the Gap: Turning SIS/LMS Data into Action (Closing the Gap). The Closing the Gap project is aimed at understanding how members of the K-12 education community can use the data available in Student Information Systems (SIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) to improve classroom instruction.
The project will:
- Provide school and district leaders with increased understanding of the current market, capabilities of available systems, and teachers’ classroom needs for meaningful data.
- Cultivate stronger teacher-student data linkages and leverage postsecondary outcomes data against richer information on the student experience.
- Establish an appropriate selection, procurement and implementation of SIS and LMS systems.
- Empower teachers and school system leaders to analyze their students’ experiences, and to collaborate and innovate to support and engage students.
AASA and CoSN have chosen 16 school districts to participate in the Closing the Gap Communities of Practice. These cohorts will work together face-to-face using the project resources, sharing results and learning from each other, while addressing two primary CoP themes: Bridging SIS & LMS in New Ways and Growing a Data-Rich Culture. Their collaborative efforts will help us to understand the implications of the work to date and identify ways to use the project findings and tools effectively to inform classroom instruction.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS |
Altar Valley School District, AZ |
Appleton Area School District, WI |
Boulder Valley School District RE-2, CO |
Cherry Creek School District, CO |
Collinsville Community School District 10, IL |
Community High School District 94, IL |
Erie School District, PA |
Hernando County School District, FL |
Holbrook Public Schools, MA |
Lincoln County Schools, TN |
Morley Stanwood Community Schools, MI |
Nicolet Union School District, WI |
Sandusky City Schools, OH |
Santa Ana Unified School District, CA |
Wellsville Central School District, NY |
Westfield Washington Schools
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Upcoming Closing the Gap Education Sessions:
AASA Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, February 16-19, 2012
• Session: Closing the Gap: Turning Data Into Action
• Date: February 17; Time: 12:30 to 1:30 PM
CoSN Annual Conference, Washington, DC, March 5-7, 2012
• Session: Closing the Gap: Turning Data Into Action
• Date: March 6; Time: 3:40 to 4:30 PM
Closing the Gap Archived Resources |
To find out more about the Closing the Gap project, contact Vera Turner at vturner@aasa.org .