The purpose of this document is to describe how schools and school systems can utilize advanced data analytics to better achieve the goals in education and how modern technologies offer new opportunities for education system effectiveness, better learning outcomes, and personalization of learning. The document first describes major IT trends and then continues to explain analytics in general. Chapter four deep dives in education analytics and also presents some case studies in which advanced analytics are applied. Chapter five describes the ongoing pilot project to improve the graduation rate of Finnish vocational schools. Finally, chapter six presents a framework for analytics projects. Technology discussed in this document is based on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power BI.

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