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Decision Center for
Educational Excellence
Powered by Helios Education Foundation
The vision of the Decision for Educational Excellence Powered by Helios Education Foundation at Arizona State University is to empower all Arizona students to maximize their potential, experience an excellent quality of life and contribute to healthy and vibrant communities. Partnering with ASU’s Decision Theater and other ASU researchers and thought-leaders, we will bring together data and convene key stakeholders to examine the education system and model and visualize the impact of potential new policies and innovative solutions on education outcomes. The Decision Center for Educational Excellence will:
Collect
local and national data on student performance, schools and the current education system
Leverage
ASU resources content knowledge, analytics, computational modeling and visualization
Drive
stakeholder involvement among educators, parents, students, policymakers, civic groups, business leaders and others
A scalable model for improving student performance
This model will allow stakeholders to pinpoint bright spots in the state’s education system and identify interventions that could serve to improve student performance. It will also offer Arizona’s education influencers – from school leaders to policymakers – the tools needed to make informed, data-driven decisions that support a high-quality education for all Arizona students.
ASU president Michael Crow and Helios CEO Paul Luna discuss the Decision Center's scalable model for improving student outcomes.
High-Impact Collaboration Opportunities
Business and economic development professionals use the model to understand how the current education system produces students ready for the workforce and workforce training, and how changes in the current education system may impact student readiness for the workforce.
School superintendents with similar challenges come together to compare results and simulate new outcomes if district policies and practices were changed.
Policymakers gather to test how different choices would likely impact the educational system before finalizing and implementing a new policy.
Principals meet to learn about Arizona schools that are positive outliers and discuss changes that could be implemented in their schools.
School board members see how their performance trends over time compare to peer districts and then model estimates of how changes in their districts could significantly improve student outcomes.
Community members review progress on achieving Progress Meter goals and discuss next steps in promoting student and community success.
In the News
Real-time decisions have potential to improve K-12 outcomes in Arizona
Feb. 7, 2018 by Lisa Irish, Arizona Education News Services
The initiative will create the Decision Center for Education Excellence, a computer-generated model that will show how policies, practices and interventions would affect students in Arizona’s pre-K through post-secondary education system as well as how that would impact workforce development.
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ASU, Helios all-in on improving Arizona's education system
Jan. 18, 2018 by Katherine Reedy ASU Now
Arizona State University and the Helios Education Foundation announced on Thursday a historic partnership that will serve as a nexus for facilitating education research and practice in the state.
In the drum of Tempe’s Decision Theater, ASU President Michael Crow and Vince Roig, founding chairman of Helios Education Foundation, announced the creation of the Decision Center for Educational Excellence, Powered by Helios Education Foundation.
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Helios Education Foundation and Arizona State University Announce the Development of the Decision Center for Educational Excellence
Jan. 18, 2018 Helios Foundation
"Helios is thrilled to be collaborating with Arizona State University, the most innovative school in America, on the Decision Center for Educational Excellence," said Roig. "It is our sincere hope that this project will bring a new level of data analysis and sophistication to our state's efforts to improve education outcomes for all students.
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The Decision Center for Educational Excellence has been created through a strategic partnership between Arizona State University and the Helios Education Foundation. The focus of the Center is Arizona’s education system – from pre-K through the successful transition into the workforce. The goal of the Center is to help the education system dramatically increase student outcomes for all students.