Briefs

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2004--

...The Lafourche Parish (La.) School Board, which oversees 30 schools and more than 15,000 K-12 students, wants to ensure that their students receive a quality education, and that limited budget dollars are maximized in working to achieve that goal. They want to measure progress by improving test scores, and then use those test results to enhance learning for students in their region by analyzing test scores of fourth and eighth grade students.

Using SPSS technology, the Lafourche Parish School Board compares test scores of individual students against both others in their school and in the entire school system. The school board also analyze the scores against demographic and other available data, then share the reports with educators so that lesson plans can be tailored to address specific areas of need.

Here is the rest of the story.