The Promise & Practicality of Big Data for Education

Big
d
ata is, in many ways, a
B
out some very small things.
t
hings like how one student
never turns in weekend assignments on time, but is never late on assignments during the school week.
r
eceiving this information in a timely manner can alert a teacher to know she might need to give that student
the weekend assignments earlier, or grant an extension. Big data can boil down to a small thing like making
sure a student is placed in the right reading program now, instead of 12 months later when the high-stakes
testing results come back.
o
r the fact that a college student is missing all his classes for two straight weeks
and could be at risk of dropping out. Big data isn’t always about the big things,
such as financials, grant tracking or other enterprise statistics. But it still makes
a big difference when it sheds light on even the smallest of changes that need to
occur. We hope you enjoy this in-depth look at big data in this Special
r
eport.

Dr. Marc Hoit
,
Vice
c
hancellor for
i
nformation
t
echnology
and
cio
,
n
orth
c
arolina
State Uni
V
er
S
ity

Full Report: http://images.erepublic.com/documents/CDE13+SPQ2-V.PDF