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<h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Education/WIwsQKF9">education</a>, a data system is a computer system that aims to provide educators with student data to help solve educational problems.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Examples of data systems include <a href="/facts/Student_information_system/A21Mwmh4">Student Information Systems</a> (SISs), assessment systems, Instructional Management Systems (IMSs), and data-warehousing systems, but distinctions between different types of data systems are blurring as these separate systems begin to serve more of the same functions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Data systems that present data to educators in an <a href="/facts/Over-the-counter_data/IPoGNG33">over-the-counter data</a> format embed labels, supplemental documentation, and help system and make key package/display and content decisions to improve the accuracy of data system users’ data analyses.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Create%2c_read%2c_update_and_delete/8KwxY2eH">CRUD</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Data_processing/74EKCDAq">Data processing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Longitudinal_data_system/gFbNGUyJ">Longitudinal data system</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Beynon-Davies/n0VxtpX9">Paul Beynon-Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Persistent_data_structure/K7IpHlkR">Persistent data structure</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Persistence_(computer_science)/frF0o2q2">Persistence (computer science)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Beynon-Davies P. (2009) Business Information Systems. Palgrave, Basingstoke <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Beynon-Davies P. (2010) Significance: exploring the nature of information, systems and technology. Palgrave, Basingstoke <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Wayman, J. C. (2005). Involving teachers in data-driven decision making: Using computer data systems to support teacher inquiry and reflection. Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 10, no. 3: 295–308. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2007). Landscape review: Education data. <a href="https://www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/Documents/landscape-review-education-data.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gatesfoundation.org/learning/Documents/landscape-review-education-data.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Rankin, J. (2013, March 28). How data Systems & reports can either fight or propagate the data analysis error epidemic, and how educator leaders can help. Archived 2019-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Presentation conducted from Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) School Leadership Summit. <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/recording/playback/link/table/dropin?sid=2008350&suid=D.4DF60C7117D5A77FE3AED546909ED2" target="_blank">https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/recording/playback/link/table/dropin?sid=2008350&suid=D.4DF60C7117D5A77FE3AED546909ED2</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>