{"id":10010,"date":"2021-08-27T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threecloud.wpengine.com\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=10010"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:36:17","slug":"forsyth-improves-graduation-rates-with-power-bi-and-azure","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/case-studies\/forsyth-improves-graduation-rates-with-power-bi-and-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia School District Improves Graduation Rate and Student Success with Power BI and Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"gutenblock-block_386b6a49e0ab347df315626bc005b38c\" class=\"gutenblock gutenblock--oms-testimonials bg-color-white  transition_block \">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"gutenblock-inner\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\r\n\r\n            \n\r\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"testimony_column col-12 col-xl-10\"><div class='testimony_column_inner d-flex align-items-center no_image'><div class=\"testimony_column__right\"><div class='text_container'><p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to see our graduation rate go up because of those students that we\u2019re able to find and get help\u2014and Power BI enabled us to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class='testimony_column_bottom'><p>Tim Fleming, Director of Technology Services, Forsyth County Schools<\/p><\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div> <!-- .row -->\r\n\r\n        <\/div> <!-- .container-fluid -->\r\n\r\n    <\/div> <!-- \/.gutenblock-inner -->\r\n\r\n<\/section><div class=\"wp-core-gutenblock gutenblock freeform\">\n            <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"column\"><h2>The Solution<\/h2>\n<h3>Focusing on Student Success with Power BI and Azure<\/h3>\n<p>3Cloud worked with Forsyth County Schools in three phases <a href=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/data-analytics-ai\/\">to incorporate Power BI into its systems.<\/a> Our team consolidated their data from disparate sources to create a unified data model, and established the underlying Azure architecture prior to enabling the Forsyth team with Power BI. The integrated data architecture was enabled by Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Analysis Services. Next, 3Cloud built a variety of reports and dashboards to highlight student metrics at all levels of the school district (district, school, classroom, and individual), as well as introduced standardized survey responses about students and their learning environments. These reports utilized historical information and success metrics to predict trends and behaviors. The dashboard-style reports are accessible and easy to use and more importantly, allowed staff members to quickly pinpoint students who may need extra help in order to graduate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Results<\/h3>\n<p>Forsyth County Schools estimates that the implementation of Power BI has<strong> saved the district over $300,000 in staff resources and time<\/strong>. More importantly, using Power BI, the staff at Forsyth County Schools can quickly and effectively pinpoint struggling students and get them the help they need to graduate. The district is aiming to move the 94 percent graduation rate to 100 percent.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tim Fleming, Director of Technology Services at Forsyth County Schools, \u201cWe\u2019re finding the students who maybe have fallen through the cracks over the years. We\u2019re presently working with the students to make sure they\u2019re going to graduate, and I guarantee you\u2019re going to see our graduation rate go up because of those students that we\u2019re able to find and get help\u2014and Power BI enabled us to do that.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solution Focusing on Student Success with Power BI and Azure 3Cloud worked with Forsyth&mldr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23856,"parent":0,"template":"","service":[230],"industry":[244],"companysize":[515],"class_list":["post-10010","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service-data-ai","industry-education","companysize-5001-10000"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study\/10010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case_study"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service?post=10010"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=10010"},{"taxonomy":"companysize","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/companysize?post=10010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}