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Ad Hoc Reports on the Fly - Dare to Dream It!

Ad Hoc Reports on the Fly - Dare to Dream It!. Virginia Department of Education Office of Educational Information Management. 2012 MIS Conference. Introductions. Susan Williams Manager, Data Management and Accountability Systems Scott Walden Team Lead, State and Federal Reporting.

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Ad Hoc Reports on the Fly - Dare to Dream It!

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  1. Ad Hoc Reports on the Fly- Dare to Dream It! Virginia Department of Education Office of Educational Information Management 2012 MIS Conference

  2. Introductions • Susan Williams • Manager, Data Management and Accountability Systems • Scott Walden • Team Lead, State and Federal Reporting

  3. Public Reporting • Static Excel Reports • Dynamic Report Cards • Customized Student Achievement Reports • Dynamic Excel Reports • Ad Hoc and FOIA Requests

  4. Static Excel Reports + Easy to replicate + Trend data – Personal attention needed – Pre-defined layout – Multiple ad hoc requests for similar data www.doe.virginia.gov» Statistics & Reports » Enrollment & Demographics » Fall Membership » Archive Data

  5. Dynamic School Report Cards + 3 years of data + PDF or Excel format + Updated by triggers in the database – Pre-defined layout – Only one school at a time – Multiple ad hoc requests www.doe.virginia.gov» School Report Card

  6. Customized Student Achievement + Multiple years of data + Excel format + Auto update + User selected records/fields – No aggregation/limited fields – Multiple ad hoc requests www.doe.virginia.gov» School Report Card » Customized Student Achievement Reports

  7. Dynamic Excel Reports + Trend data + Auto update + Subgroup data + All schools in one file – Pre-defined layout – Multiple ad hoc requests www.doe.virginia.gov» Statistics & Reports » Graduation, Completion & Dropout Data »Virginia Cohort Reports

  8. Ad Hoc and FOIA requests

  9. A New Direction • Defined outcome of SLDS grant • High expectations • Customized tables  • Ready made charts  • Data on a map  • Reduce ad hoc reports   

  10. A Tool for Every Job • Commonwealth resources • Sought technical expertise within state agencies • COTS • Product that was designed to be customized • Easy to learn • Develop expertise within DOE/state agencies

  11. Access to the Data • Protect the Production Database • Security • Performance • Created a “Reporting Database” • Long term solution for all public reporting • Database tools keep both databases in sync

  12. Timeline • Phase 1 included • Fall Membership • Special Education Enrollment • Annual Graduates and Completers • Annual Dropouts • Phase 1  6 months to complete

  13. Development Decisions Program the business rules Create tables of final data + Maximum control + Programmable update/refresh schedule + Improved system response time – Program Automation – Creating a new view of existing data + No new work – Requirements gathering – Extensive testing – Rules about releasing data – Rules about aggregation – Annual ongoing maintenance – SLOW processing time

  14. Table Structure • De-normalized (“somewhat”) • Subgroup indicator (race, special education, LEP, etc.) • Additional fields for Gender and Race • Records for State-level, District-level and Sch-level data • Possible: white males in Special Education • Not Possible: white males in both Special Education & LEP programs

  15. Data Considerations • What data is best displayed on a map? • How should multi-year, multi-school, multi-anything be displayed in a chart? • Is that different than multi-grade, single year? • How can a user pick one division and all the schools within? • How do we represent suppressed data on a chart? – a map? What data is suppressed?

  16. Customized Reports • Fall Membership • Dec 1 Special Education Child Count • Annual Graduates and Completers • Annual Dropouts

  17. The Next Step – Phase 2 Reports • Assessment Reports • Cohort Graduation and Dropout Reports • Virginia On-Time Graduation Rate • Federal Graduation Indicator (ESEA) • Graduation/Completion Index

  18. Assessment Reports • Analyzed 4 years’ worth of Ad Hoc requests to determine what the BI tool had to address • Aggregate groups of data • Include more variables • AND logic – a student is in both subgroups • OR logic – a student is in one, the other or both • Build-A-Table capability needed

  19. A New Table Structure • De-normalized (“more or less”) • fields for Gender, Race, Grade, every program and demographic for which there is data • Records for State-level, District-level and Sch-level data • Added more assessment-specific fields • Test type, scaled score, proficiency level, retesting identifiers (to name a few)

  20. Same Table Maintenance Plan • Availability based on publicly released data • Scheduled updates that use last update triggers in the database • Limited human intervention required which greatly reduces the chances of errors

  21. Landing Page for Build-A-Table Define inclusive or exclusive groups here

  22. Landing Page for Build-A-Table

  23. Other Phase 2 Reports • Available in the Build-A-Table tool • Also includes pre-defined reports similar to Phase 1 reports • Existing Phase 1 reports will be available in Build-A-Table tool • Will require new table structures

  24. Phase 3 and Beyond • School Nutrition Program Data • AYP and other Accountability ratings • Advanced Placement classes • Career and Technical Education Data • Finance Data • Teacher Data

  25. Questions

  26. Contact Information • E-Mail: • Susan.Williams@doe.virginia.gov • Scott.Walden@doe.virginia.gov • Phone: • (804) 225-2099

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