Making Data Accessible for All Indiana’s “New Model” Making Data Accessible for All

Indiana’s Context Long history of making data available But not accessible Telnet “Extract data from databases” Not user friendly Geeks only need apply!

Committed to Change New school accreditation and accountability system -1999 New requirements for “data-driven” school improvement plans due June 2002 3 year plans with annual review/update Needed a much better way

An Evolving System Started with school & district profiles Attempt to put all data in one place Added functionality as time went on Drill-downs Mouse-overs Links to historical and background data

Common Search Function

New Dimension of Student Level Data All previous operation can be done with aggregate data But the possibilities of student level data…..

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