The app could thus be an important new tool to boost the performance of the group of students that generally perform "below average".
"The performance of the group is well on track," Mr. Bischoff said in a statement.
Sources say there was discontent on the board and among shareholders about the financial performance of the group.
Ford Motor Co., the sole Big Three automaker to avoid bankruptcy, unsurprisingly turned in the strongest performance of the group.
"After the Salz report came out Barclays said it was going to be ethical on pay and link pay to the performance of the group.
The charts show the performance of the Group of 7 nations, including three members of the euro zone, and that of seven other countries that use the euro.
"The job of the commissioner would be to meet the managing directors, the chief executives of those clusters, report to him or her on the performance of the group.
When determining bonuses, the committee "considered the wider performance of the group and agreed management has reversed the negative trajectory and were making strong progress in delivering the turnaround plan.
BHP Billiton told the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the stock exchange watchdog agency, that Mr. Gilbertson's departure was "not related to any concerns by the board about the financial performance of the group".
