Welcome to the Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Acknowledgements Developed with funds from the National Center on Education Statistics, United States Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Lesson 1 Lesson 1 - What is a Culture of Quality Data? Lesson 2 - Assessing Your Local Education Agency’s Data Quality Lesson 3 - Classifying Education Data Lesson 4 - Security and Confidentiality Lesson 5 - What is a Culture of Quality Data? Lesson 6 - Data Flow and Data Cycles Lesson 7 - Data Entry Issues Lesson 8 - Creating and Using a Data Dictionary Lesson 9 - Developing and Using a Data Calendar Lesson 10 - Types of Data Errors Lesson 11 - Validating and Auditing Data Lesson 12 - Communication Online Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Print out your Lesson 1 Study Guide which can be found on the resource site. Study Guide

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Survey  The next few slides contain a survey. The survey can be found on the resource site and can be taken online or downloaded.

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Question 1 What is your job?  Board Member  Data Coordinator/Steward  Office Staff  Principals  Superintendent  Teacher  Technology Support Staff

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Question 2 What is the enrollment in your school district?  Less than 1000    10,000-24,999  25,000-50,000  Over 50,000

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Question 3  Me  Data Steward or Coordinator  Network administrator  Curriculum Supervisor  Technology Coordinator  Superintendent  Assessment Coordinator  Teacher  Business Manager  Other  No one Who is in charge of data in your district?

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Basic Vocabulary  Quality data = High-quality data. To be defined in more detail during this lesson  LEA = Local Education Agency. School, district, or regional educational service provider  Data Steward/Coordinator = person or persons with responsibility for the quality of LEA data. More detail in later lessons

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Activity 1  Refer to the Before & After Chart in your Study Guide or complete it online by clicking “Before & After Chart” on the resource site  Fill out the Before column for each item on the list

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Objectives  Define a culture of quality data  Determine the importance of creating and maintaining a culture of quality data  Identify the components of quality data  Identify the factors affecting quality data

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Activity 2  Refer to the Quality-Data Culture Education Scenario in your Study Guide or complete it online by clicking “Education Scenario” on the resource site

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Activity 3  Refer to the the Quality-Data Concept Map in your Study Guide  Use the Concept Map to take notes for the next several lessons

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Defining a Culture of Quality Data The belief that good data are an integral part of teaching and learning and of managing the education enterprise Universal understanding that everyone in a school or district is responsible for quality data Investment of time and money to achieve useful information

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Importance  More effective decision making  Achieving Adequate Yearly Progress  Program funding  Other

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Components of Quality Data Components Accuracy Time Utility Security

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Collaboration Across Agencies  State and federal agencies have a stake in high-quality data  Collaboration and communication is key  Government agencies have a role to play in supporting a culture of quality data

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs LEA Roles LEA Roles Supporting a Culture of Quality Data:  Board Members  Data Steward/Coordinator  Office Staff  Principals  Superintendent  Teachers  Technology Support Staff

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Activity 3  Refer to the Before & After Chart in your Study Guide or complete it online by clicking “Before & After Chart” on the resource site  Fill out the After column for each item on the list

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Final Survey The next few slides contain a survey. The survey can be found on the resource site and can be taken online or downloaded.

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Question 1  the quality of the your district’s data?  how well your district supports a culture of quality data?  your own understanding of data-quality issues? On a scale from 1(lowest) to 10 (highest), how would you rate:

Forum Guide to a Quality-Data Curriculum: An Online Resource for LEAs Rank order the following topics from 1 (I know this) to 6 (I am least confident about this topic):  Defining a culture of quality data  Importance of quality data  Components of culture of quality data  Factors affecting data quality  Roles and responsibilities for quality data  Concept of data ownership Question 2

You have completed the Presentation for Lesson 1