Big Data

New! Products to Enhance Independent Schools

Measuring Success Announces Two New Products: Financial Sustainability and Enrollment Products for Independent Schools Enhance the long-term financial viability of your school through our proprietary six-step process using Value MAX. We work with you and your staff, board and families to implement a strategy and develop a customized solution so […]

Look for Measuring Success at Booth 436 During NAIS 

Are you attending the NAIS Annual Meeting in Atlanta? If so, we would love to discuss how we use data analytics to help schools improve recruitment and retention, and use comparative benchmarking to create a path to long-term financial sustainability. We’re proud to have helped hundreds of independent schools throughout […]

Meet One-on-One With Us at NBOA’s Annual Meeting

Are you attending the NBOA Annual Meeting in Nashville? If so, keep an eye out for our own Dr. Harry Bloom, who will be presenting in two sessions during the gathering March 4 through 7. Use the NBOA Conference App to find and attend Dr. Bloom’s presentation (s), then get […]

The Special Sauce for Meaningfully Improving Parent Perceptions at Your School

By Daniel Chiat Vice President, Measuring Success The school year is almost to the halfway point (right? Can you believe it?). Your parents are now developing a solid, but not entirely unmalleable, belief system about your school. Through their own, and their child’s experiences, they are becoming more settled in […]

We’ll be at TABS in Boston (Nov. 30 to Dec. 2)

Look for Measuring Success (Table 70) at the upcoming conference for The Association of Boarding Schools in Boston. We look forward to discussing how big data can help your independent school.   

Showing Clients How to Put the Metrics We Uncover to Actionable Use

I’m Danna Reuven, a senior analyst at Measuring Success. My job entails working with clients, their stakeholders, and (of course) their data. I grew up in California and went to school in the Midwest. I’ve always supported nonprofits, and in my undergraduate studies, I wanted to learn how nonprofits might […]

Net Assets: ‘Position of Strength -A Case Study in Strategic Sustainability Planning with Greenhill School’

By Dr. Harry Bloom An ambitious long-term planning effort is underway at Greenhill School in Dallas, which serves more than 1,300 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. Is the school struggling? To the contrary, Greenhill is in a strong economic position by almost any measure. Its many advantages include small classes, a waiting […]

Mountain and Southwest: Strengthening the Lower School Enrollment Pipeline

In 2016, Measuring Success surveyed hundreds of independent schools across the United States and Canada to learn how tuition setting and enrollment outcomes differed regionally and based on underlying demographic factors — and determine what was working and what wasn’t. The results revealed dramatic differences in enrollment trends depending on […]

Measuring Jewish Day Schools through Surveys and Feedback Loops for Continuous Improvement

HAYIDION THE RAVSAK JOURNAL Surveys, Feedback Loops and Continuous Improvement by Sacha Litman Issue: Taking Measure It has become the norm for companies to seek feedback constantly via email or phone surveys after we make a purchase, or to track sentiment (and take corrective actions) about them on social media. […]

Measure, focus, incentivize, COLLABORATE, measure

By Andrew Foote Most human service organizations (schools, faith-based groups, healthcare, senior citizen care, etc.) have commendable and far-reaching goals. Beyond staying financially sustainable, they have the purpose of improving the lives of others. This is not an easy task; there is no handbook for how to develop people spiritually […]