SmartChoice: An Online Recommender System to Support Low-Income Families in Public School Choice
Wilson, David C. (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Leland, Suzanne (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Godwin, Kenneth (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Baxter, Andrew (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Levy, Ashley (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Smart, Jamie (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Najjar, Nadia (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) | Andaparambil, Jayakrishnan (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Public school choice at the primary and secondary levels is a keyelement of the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). If aschool does not meet assessment goals for two consecutive years, bylaw the district must offer students the opportunity to transfer to aschool that is meeting its goals. Thus we have developed an online,content-based recommender system, called SmartChoice. Itprovides parents with school recommendations for individual studentsbased on parents' preferences and students' needs, interests,abilities, and talents.
Jul-7-2009