As a school district administrator, you are constantly faced with the challenge of managing a large and complex educational organization. With multiple schools, departments, and programs to oversee, it can be difficult to keep track of all that happens and to make informed decisions. One powerful tool that can help you meet this challenge is…
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School Improvement Case Study: Morton Grove School District 70Learn how ECRA’s industry leading K12 School Improvement solution helps the superintendent and their staff measure what matters and promote an evidence-based culture.Schedule a Free Consultation It’s allowing me to focus on all my students a little more closely…allowing me to make sure my students are growing…
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Webinar: Extracting Positive Headlines from Wisconsin Report Card Data At this webinar, Dr. John Gatta, CEO/President of ECRA, guides attendees through best practices for communicating WI state report card data. They learned how to communicate thier district’s results through percentiles, as opposed to reporting raw percentages, which helps create a more accurate and compelling analysis…
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On October 18, 2023, the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) invited just over 100 of it’s members and partners to Springfield, IL to the first Vision 2030 Workshop. ECRA Group is facilitating the Visioning process. Dr. John Gatta and Dr. John Bruesch, from ECRA Group, facilitated two workgroups. While Dr. Brian Harris and Dr.…
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NSPRA Webinar: How to Write More Positive and Credible Headlines With Data Dr. John Gatta, CEO of ECRA Group, recently partnered with NSPRA to provide a webinar. In this webinar, Dr. Gatta discussed how data, communicated correctly, has the power to transform the narrative of your school district. This webinar provided school communications leaders with…
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Video: Who is ECRA Group? ECRA Group is a premier K12 research and analytics consulting firm that helps school districts and educational leaders improve student outcomes by adopting more evidence-based practices. We focus on helping school districts embed evidence-based practices via predictive models that empower school leaders with the information needed to ensure a more…
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AASA Webinar: Leveraging Predictive Analytics For Student Early Warning Systems This webinar, in partnership with AASA, provides district leaders with a foundational knowledge of how to leverage predictive analytics to build early warning systems for students. The presentation was led by Dr. John Gatta, CEO of ECRA Group, Northwestern University Professor, and national leader in…
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Dr. John Gatta, President and CEO of ECRA Group was recently published in the August 2023 edition of School Administrator by The School Superintendents Association (AASA). The article, “Integrating AI as an Analytics Collaborator,” can be read in it’s entirety below. Integrating AI as an Analytics Collaborator The excitement surrounding generative artificial intelligence brought on by…
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What are benchmarks and how can school district leaders use them? This article continues our series of posts defining the basic tenets of data science. Each post takes a seemingly simple and ubiquitous concept of data science and provides a short reminder of the defining and use for school district leaders. We’ve already explored the…
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In the realm of data-driven decision making, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) become a district’s most valuable asset. But what does this look like in a school district setting? This post delves deep into understanding and effectively using KPIs in a school district setting. With an emphasis on K12 data & analytics, monitoring and measuring success…
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