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Data-Driven Decision Making Breakfast Briefing: The Vultures Gather
Ohanian Comment: Decades ago, Arthur Koestler called university professors who participated in these kinds of gatherings "call girls." Selling their expertise to the highest bidder.
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner (R-OH) and Ranking Member George Miller (D-CA) join the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a national nonprofit organization that promotes the use of information technologies and the Internet in K-12 education to improve learning, in sponsoring a breakfast briefing on Data-driven Decision Making in partnership with Educational Testing Service (ETS), IBM and SAS. *T What: Data-driven Decision Making: Vision to Know and Do, a K-12 breakfast briefing Sponsors: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner and Ranking Member George Miller are sponsoring the briefing which is hosted by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the preeminent national voice on the use of the Internet in and information technologies to improve learning at elementary and secondary schools, Educational Testing Service (ETS), IBM and SAS. When: Wednesday, July 16, from 10 a.m. to Noon Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2261 Washington, D.C. *T
About the breakfast briefing
-- As the implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act proceeds, it is critical that states and school districts put in place the data systems necessary to comply with the Act's data collection requirements and for educators and administrators to gain an understanding of how to use data to improve student achievement.
-- The Data-driven Decision Making initiative, launched by leaders in the corporate and non-profit education technology community, is a source of up-to-date, unbiased information for educators on collecting, understanding and using data effectively; an easy-to-use mechanism for educating school leaders about data-driven decision making and its applications in elementary and secondary education; and a nationally-recognized framework for sharing knowledge among educators.
-- The breakfast briefing will provide attendees with an in-depth look at the components of the initiative as well as hands-on demonstrations of cutting edge data warehouse tools. The event will showcase key data-driven decision making issues and solutions to assist education professionals, state governments, and Members of Congress as they work with local school districts to improve student achievement and to effectively comply with the NCLB mandates.
The briefing will feature: remarks from Chairman Boehner and Ranking Member Miller; a presentation by John Bailey, Director of Educational Technology for the Department of Education; a panel discussion of school district and state education administrators that will focus on best data practices and their relationship to NCLB success; and a technology exhibit containing useful tools to understand the initiative. Panel participants include John Q. Porter, Associate Superintendent, Chief Information Officer, Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools; Tracy Jones, Data Systems Supervisor, Poway Unified School District, (CA); and Katie Lovett, Chief Information Officer, Fulton County Public Schools, GA.
-- Data-driven Decision Making is made possible through the generous support of Educational Testing Service (www.ets.org), IBM (www.ibm.com; NYSE:IBM), and SAS (www.sas.com and www.sasinschool.com). Further information about the Data-driven Decision Making initiative is available at the project's Web site, www.3D2Know.org.
-- Members of the media interested in attending the breakfast briefing are asked to RSVP to Steve Heuer at sheuer@lharris.com.
About the Consortium for School Networking
-- Founded in 1992, CoSN is the preeminent national voice on the use of the Internet and information technologies to improve K-12 learning. It played a leading role in creation of the E-rate and other key national education technology initiatives over the past decade. It is a "CIO-type" organization for education technology leaders from the district, state and national levels.
-- Other CoSN's leadership initiatives include Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse, www.safewiredschools.org, Taking Total Cost of Ownership to the Classroom, www.classroomtco.org, and the development of the Council of School District Chief Technology Officers (CTO).
-- Visit www.cosn.org or call 202-861-2676 to find out more about CoSN's programs and activities that support leadership development to ensure that information technology has a direct and positive impact on student learning in elementary and secondary schools.
— Business Wire
The Consortium for School Networking Along With Sponsors Rep. John Boehner and Rep. George Miller Host Data-Driven Decision Making Breakfast Briefing
Business Wire
July 16, 2003
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