enabling public use of education data with edexplorer
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2012 MIS Conference. Enabling Public Use of Education Data with EdExplorer. A Visualization Odyssey. Agenda. 1. Introductions 2. Background 3. Front Page 4. Performance Explorer 5. School Finder 6. Institution Profile 7. Future Plans 8. Demo and Questions. Introductions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Enabling Public Use of Education Data with EdExplorer
A Visualization Odyssey
2012 MIS Conference
Agenda1 .Introductions
2 .Background
3 .Front Page
4 .Performance Explorer
5 .School Finder
6 .Institution Profile
7 .Future Plans
8 .Demo and Questions
Introductions Josh Klein, Chief Information Officer
Brett Luelling, Director of Application Development
With the Oregon Department of Education (ODE)
Background, The Beginnings
Colorado’s visualization
Increased visualization for public consumption
Balancing needs of researchers and general public
Background, Tool SelectionCross functional team for evaluation
Several months were spent evaluating tools
Collaboration with Dundas and Microsoft
Examined other organizations' solutions
NAEPColoradoArkansas
Front Page
Redesign project was started in the Spring of 2010
Goal was to reduce the number of clicks to critical pieces of information
Integrate new technologies and modernize the look and feel
New Front Page was released in November of 2010
Front Page, Cont.
Old Front Page
Front Page, Cont.
New front page takes advantage of rotators
Using the Telerik Web toolkit
Presents news and school/district performance information
Uses roles to tailor the items presented
Front Page, Cont.
Front Page, Cont.
New SearchBased on Microsoft Sharepoint
Search Express
The search crawls our website hourly for new links/content
Uses a combination of weighting and link popularity to elevate search results
Nightly categorization updating and optimization for following day
Front Page, Cont.
Performance ExplorerIn 2005, the original Public
Assessment Group Reports application was released.
Allowed the public to view the statewide assessment results by district, school, and various subgroups by subject.
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Old Assessment Results Application
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Project began in the Spring of 2010
Goal was to provide charts that would help the public understand the statewide assessment results
Released in March of 2011
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Application uses:Infragistics map control
Silverlight
Dundas charts
OLAP Cube
Performance Explorer, Cont.Link to EdExplore
Performance Explorer, Cont.School District Map
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Fast and easy way to get information by ESD
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Allows for aggregation by County
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Filters are fast and easyData updates as filters are
chosenFilters may change when a
different chart is selected
Performance Explorer, Cont.
Easy to switch from viewing data by chart or by a data grid
Export capability of the selected chart or both the data grid and chart
Performance Explorer, Cont.
ChartsPerformance Detail by Selected SubgroupPerformance Summary by Selected SubgroupMean Score and Standard DeviationPerformance Trend
Performance Explorer, Cont.Performance Detail by Subgroup
Performance Explorer, Cont.Performance Summary by Subgroup
Performance Explorer, Cont.Mean Score and Standard Deviation
Performance Explorer, Cont.Performance Trend
Performance Explorer, Cont.PDF and CSV Export
Performance Explorer, LessonsSilverlight adoption was not as widespread as
hoped
Challenges with mobile devices
OLAP Cubes provide quick access to aggregate data
Allows for Business Intelligence tools
Creates challenges in providing Quality Assurance of the data
Cultural shift for both customers and IT staff
School Finder
Developed in conjunction with the Performance Explorer
Released in March of 2011
Allows the public to search an address and find the school district and surrounding schools
Uses Bing maps
School Finder, Cont.Uses Bing Maps
School Finder, Cont.
Infragistics map controls
Search features, and map navigation, are located on the left
School Finder, Cont.District highlighted
in yellowEntered address is
yellow diamondSurrounding
schools are red diamonds
School Finder, Lessons
GIS layer is not maintained by our office, which creates challenges
School District boundaries on the layer are drawn with “fat markers”
Institution Profile
1990 Measure 5 passedShifted funding for public education
from local property tax to the state (equivalent to 70% of school funding).
1997 HB3636 passed in the Legislature
Directed ODE to produce expenditure data for Schools and Districts, and to make the data publicly available.
The Database Initiative (DBI) was born.
Institution Profile, Cont.
DBI was piloted with 16 Districts in September of 1997.
In 1999, ODE began a Statewide rollout.
Institution Profile, Cont.DBI allows for filter selection
Institution Profile, Cont.
Example of the 2011-12, October 1st Enrollment by Ethnicity
Institution Profile, Cont.
Statewide data can be downloaded into CSV
Institution Profile, Cont.
Institution Profile Project began in 2011 to replace the DBI reports
Goal was to provide a visualization rich tool for the public
Allows for District/School Comparison
Will be released soon
Institution Profile, Cont.Select two Districts/Schools to
compare
Institution Profile, Cont.
Provides a range of data using tab display, grids, and charts
Institution Profile, Cont.Free and Reduced Lunch
Institution Profile, Cont.Spending per Student
Institution Profile, Cont.October 1 Enrollment
Institution Profile, Cont.PDF and CSV Export
Institution Profile, Cont.Pivot control provides ad hoc
queries
Future Plans
ODE APIStudent, Teacher, and Course
Identifier provisioning Web services
Data from Institution Profile available via Web service
Future Plans
Front PageImplementation of Microsoft
Sharepoint Fast Search
Continued streamlining of sub pages off front page
Implementation of Microsoft Sharepoint for Web Content Management
Future Plans
Performance ExplorerDiscipline Charts (coming in
March)
English Language Proficiency Assessment Charts
Additional core subject charts
Career Technical Education Charts
Future Plans
Institution ProfileAdditional accountability
measures (items from the School and District Report Card)
Future Plans
Mobile DevelopmentBuilding a new Migrant Student
Information System utilizing Android tablets
Using MonoDroid to allow for development in C# on Android
Questions?
Josh Klein ([email protected])
Brett Luelling ([email protected])
www.ode.state.or.us
www.EducationDataExplorer.com