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This year’s conference theme, "Strength in Numbers," is a celebration of a decade of data-informed progress from across our network and an opportunity to discuss our future direction. Join us for our 10th-anniversary celebration. We will look back at the evidence-informed progress we’ve made as a sector but also look forward to the pressing issues of the day. This year the event will take place at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA from May 20–22, 2019. 

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Tuesday, May 21 • 11:00am - 11:45am
Capstone Roundtable — Maybe you shouldn’t use that logistic regression. How Atlanta Public Schools simplified and revamped their early warning system. Limited seats remain
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Advanced analytics don’t always have to involve a highly sophisticated model. Thomas Price and his team at Atlanta Public Schools developed a multi-variable predictive early warning system between 2015 and 2016, yet buy-in and usage from their targeted audience floundered. After sitting down with school teams and discussing what went wrong, it became apparent that the identification model t was more complicated than necessary. In this roundtable, learn how Thomas and his team revamped and simplified their early warning model to fit the needs of school administrators more directly.

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Thomas Price

Data Strategist, Atlanta Public Schools


Tuesday May 21, 2019 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Comstock, Third Floor Charles Hotel (1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA, USA)