Using data for
accountability and student achievement
Published
August 2008
Data Dashboards for School Directors
was developed over the past year by WSSDA’s Student Achievement Task Force with
assistance from the Center for Educational Effectiveness.
This groundbreaking
guide shows school boards how they can distill and interpret essential information about student academic performance and use that data to effectively target policies and resources to improve student learning.
The guidebook is specifically focused on
helping boards learning how to create and use an information management tool known as data "dashboard." Data dashboards display key indicators of student performance in an easy-to-read format that can be used to measure progress and identify trends.
Data Dashboards
for School Directors – Full Document (PDF* - 3.2mb)
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WSSDA Podcast
Listen to an interview with WSSDA
officers Martha Rice and Karen
Madsen and Student Achievement Task Force Chair Anne Golden about the Data
Dashboard guide (13 min.)
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