July 2004 — SETDA

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Idaho: Swimming in a Sea of Data

By Jana Nichols, Principal, Meridian Charter High School

Information from this system will assist teams to understand the data, as well as use this data to chart a course for learning and excellence in the classroom. Best practices in education will be a click away on the Web, and the teaching of the state standards will be easier to ascertain. In addition, assessment will be easily tied to the standards or competency taught. The instructional staff will be able to utilize the ISIMS to aid in the day-to-day process of student data management. They will also have access to informed instruction with the goal of increased student achievement.

Students and parents will be able to use the student management system to access their grades, lessons, curriculum, administrators and instructional staff from the Web. This should help to improve the communication between schools, students and parents, as well as provide for real-time information and data on student progress. Monitoring student progress and instructional practices should be much easier once all of the modules are in place.

Every teacher and administrator is cognizant of the need to collect, analyze and use data to improve student learning, but we have been swimming in a sea of data. Our need to have a comprehensive system that could house and deliver this data will soon be available to all through the ISIMS. Meridian Charter High School, as well as Kuna, Firth and Kellogg school districts are privileged to help define the systems that will improve education. Our appreciation g'es to the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation for continuing to serve and fulfill the needs of education in Idaho.

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Jana Nichols, Principal, Meridian Charter High School, "Idaho: Swimming in a Sea of Data," T.H.E. Journal, 7/1/2004, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/16844

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