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Enabling Public Use of Education Data with EdExplorer A Visualization Odyssey 2012 MIS Conference Slide 2 Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Background 3. Front Page 4. Performance Explorer 5. School Finder 6. Institution Profile 7. Future Plans 8. Demo and Questions Slide 3 Introductions Josh Klein, Chief Information Officer Brett Luelling, Director of Application Development With the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) Slide 4 Background, The Beginnings Colorados visualization Increased visualization for public consumption Balancing needs of researchers and general public Slide 5 Background, Tool Selection Cross functional team for evaluation Several months were spent evaluating tools Collaboration with Dundas and Microsoft Examined other organizations' solutions NAEP Colorado Arkansas Slide 6 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 Slide 7 Front Page, Cont. Old Front Page Slide 8 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 Slide 9 Front Page, Cont. Slide 10 New Search Based 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 Slide 11 Front Page, Cont. Slide 12 Performance Explorer In 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. Slide 13 Performance Explorer, Cont. Old Assessment Results Application Slide 14 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 Slide 15 Performance Explorer, Cont. Application uses: Infragistics map control Silverlight Dundas charts OLAP Cube Slide 16 Performance Explorer, Cont. Link to EdExplore Slide 17 Performance Explorer, Cont. School District Map Slide 18 Performance Explorer, Cont. Fast and easy way to get information by ESD Slide 19 Performance Explorer, Cont. Allows for aggregation by County Slide 20 Performance Explorer, Cont. Filters are fast and easy Data updates as filters are chosen Filters may change when a different chart is selected Slide 21 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 Slide 22 Performance Explorer, Cont. Charts Performance Detail by Selected Subgroup Performance Summary by Selected Subgroup Mean Score and Standard Deviation Performance Trend Slide 23 Performance Explorer, Cont. Performance Detail by Subgroup Slide 24 Performance Explorer, Cont. Performance Summary by Subgroup Slide 25 Performance Explorer, Cont. Mean Score and Standard Deviation Slide 26 Performance Explorer, Cont. Performance Trend Slide 27 Performance Explorer, Cont. PDF and CSV Export Slide 28 Performance Explorer, Lessons Silverlight 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 Slide 29 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 Slide 30 School Finder, Cont. Uses Bing Maps Slide 31 School Finder, Cont. Infragistics map controls Search features, and map navigation, are located on the left Slide 32 School Finder, Cont. District highlighted in yellow Entered address is yellow diamond Surrounding schools are red diamonds Slide 33 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 Slide 34 Institution Profile 1990 Measure 5 passed Shifted 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. Slide 35 Institution Profile, Cont. DBI was piloted with 16 Districts in September of 1997. In 1999, ODE began a Statewide rollout. Slide 36 Institution Profile, Cont. DBI allows for filter selection Slide 37 Institution Profile, Cont. Example of the 2011-12, October 1 st Enrollment by Ethnicity Slide 38 Institution Profile, Cont. Statewide data can be downloaded into CSV Slide 39 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 Slide 40 Institution Profile, Cont. Select two Districts/Schools to compare Slide 41 Institution Profile, Cont. Provides a range of data using tab display, grids, and charts Slide 42 Institution Profile, Cont. Free and Reduced Lunch Slide 43 Institution Profile, Cont. Spending per Student Slide 44 Institution Profile, Cont. October 1 Enrollment Slide 45 Institution Profile, Cont. PDF and CSV Export Slide 46 Institution Profile, Cont. Pivot control provides ad hoc queries Slide 47 Future Plans ODE API Student, Teacher, and Course Identifier provisioning Web services Data from Institution Profile available via Web service Slide 48 Future Plans Front Page Implementation of Microsoft Sharepoint Fast Search Continued streamlining of sub pages off front page Implementation of Microsoft Sharepoint for Web Content Management Slide 49 Future Plans Performance Explorer Discipline Charts (coming in March) English Language Proficiency Assessment Charts Additional core subject charts Career Technical Education Charts Slide 50 Future Plans Institution Profile Additional accountability measures (items from the School and District Report Card) Slide 51 Future Plans Mobile Development Building a new Migrant Student Information System utilizing Android tablets Using MonoDroid to allow for development in C# on Android Slide 52 Questions? Josh Klein (josh.klein@state.or.us)josh.klein@state.or.us Brett Luelling (brett.luelling@state.or.us)brett.luelling@state.or.us www.ode.state.or.us www.EducationDataExplorer.com