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Urban Ed. Group Offers Management Tool

By Christina A. Samuels — September 18, 2012 1 min read
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The Council of the Great City 69´«Ã½, which represents 67 of the nation’s urban school districts, is launching its first commercial venture by selling a management tool that allows district financial and information officers to track key performance indicators in their school systems.

Previously, only members of the Washington-based organization could use the tool, called ActPoint KPI Performance Management System. Members will still have access to the tool for free, but other school districts will be able to purchase the system based on their own needs.

The performance indicators are clustered into four main noninstructional areas of district management: business services, which includes programs such as food service, transportation, and procurement; finance and budgeting; information technology; and human resources and personnel. Three hundred key performance indicators are available. Districts will be able to select packages of 50 or 100 indicators if they do not want to buy the entire package.

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A version of this article appeared in the September 19, 2012 edition of Education Week as Urban Ed. Group Offers Management Tool

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