Results Driven Education (RDE)

Transforming K-12 Data into Results

Results-Driven Education (RDE) – a unique framework for educational improvement from Public Consulting Group (PCG) and Microsoft – promotes effective decision making in schools by transforming data into meaningful results.

The Challenge:
Schools and districts are challenged with managing and analyzing data to drive academic change. Many tools are used to collect and present data but the information they provide typically lacks the clear analytic insight needed to drive positive organizational change. In addition, educators vary widely in their ability to analyze and interpret data into actionable plans. How do educators take the information they collect and use it promote effective decision making and improved educational results?

The Solution:
The RDE framework offers a uniquely integrated approach to achieving educational goals, combining three key elements that allow educators to create action plans that achieve desired results. These elements include:

• State-of-the-art technology
• Educational domain expertise
• Management consulting expertise

Matching Tools and Expertise to School Needs
PCG and Microsoft combine leading edge technology and platforms with K-12 education expertise and more than 20 years of management consulting experience to give schools and districts actionable data that leads to better outcomes in:

School Improvement Planning: A common portal that aligns school goals throughout the district and integrates key performance indicators to track progress.

Program Evaluation: Education experts who draw upon extensive research and consulting experience to provide analyses and reports that help school leaders target areas to improve academic outcomes. These experts also provide training and supports to all levels of school staff in order to turn data into action and results.

Education Analytics: Data warehousing, reporting, and analytic tools that give state departments of education and school districts a sophisticated and flexible system for identifying educational needs from the central office to the classroom, while providing an integrated LEA, SEA, and federal reporting system.

Teaching and Learning: Response-to-Intervention (RTI) management tools that provide tracking and fidelity while focusing on student achievement and AYP success. Recognized national leaders in content-area literacy who can design and provide professional development for literacy leaders and teachers at all levels and subject areas.

Business of Schools: A special education case management system that ensures compliant processes and provides integrated state and federal reporting. Fiscally sound Medicaid claiming services for school-provided medical services, to improve district revenues.

Creating Actionalble Data
In order for schools to create actionable data to achieve their goals, a number of important factors must be combined.

Schools must:

• Improve Data Quality – Data must be accurate, timely, relevant, and complete.
• Enhance Data Capacity – Schools need data storage and analysis tools that are tailored to their unique needs and training on how
  to use data effectively.
• Instill a Data Culture – Schools need an environment where meaningful data use is encouraged and supported.

Actionable Data and No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Across the education system, the push for accountability has created demand for better ways to collect, organize, and analyze data. The NCLB Act of 2001 includes strong sanctions for schools that cannot demonstrate adequate yearly progress for the total student population as well as numerous sub-groups. Increasingly, schools need precise and timely data, disaggregated by multiple factors, to improve results.

The RDE framework allows schools to build a results-driven data culture that produces actionable data and leads to increased learning and improved student outcomes.

With tools and services offered through the RDE framework, school districts and state departments of education can achieve:

• Effective decision making.
• Transformation of data into knowledge.
• Performance measurement.
• Action plans.
• Results.

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