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The Information Dimension of Education Financing Decisions:
Data Needs, Systems, and Strategies
Sharon S. Dawes
Anthony M. Cresswell
Outline
• An information-centric perspective on a response to CFE
• Information needs
• Information gaps
• Architecture and process perspectives
• Recommendations
An Information Perspective
• Strategy and management v. reporting
• Holistic perspective on information needs and sources
• Emphasis on information integration
• Value of multiple information types
Information Needs
• For decisions:– school accountability, state policies & allocation
mechanisms, local funding & allocation mechanisms, determining content & methods, managing resources & process for results
• For stakeholders:– parents, students, staff, boards, state & federal
officials, taxpayers, employers, local govt.
Information Resources• State & federal reports (125+)
• Data collection & repository systems (LEAP, STEP, BEDS)
• School Report Card
• School & district levels MIS
• Other statistics: Census, employment, external testing (SAT, GED, etc), research
Information Gaps
• Lack of agreement on or methods for outcome measurement
• No overall enterprise architecture or integration framework
• Inadequate process models and data sources
• Weak quality assurance mechanisms
EFFECTIVEDEMAND
SOCIAL DEMAND EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONALCAPACITY
EFFECTIVESUPPLY
ADVANCE
ACHIEVE
ATTENDAdmin.
Decisions
Operations
Resources
Policies
Family
Community
Economy
Individual
An Enterprise Framework
Process Model Contradictions
• “Emphasize results over process”
• “Promote data driven decision making at state and local levels”
A Proposal on Planning and Reporting By New York State School Districts For the Strategic Use of School Resources for School Improvement, SED 2003.
CMM-based Staged Maturity Levels / Process Capabilities
Process unpredictable, poorly controlled and reactive
Process characterized for projects and is often reactive
Process characterized for the organization
Process measuredand statistically controlled
Emphasis on continuousimprovement
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QuantitativelyManaged
Performed
Optimizing
Defined
Managed
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Recommendations
• Develop outcome measures
• Begin enterprise architecture planning
• Engage in process modeling
• Map information needs to core processes
• Acquire new types of information
• Enhance information integration
The Information Dimension of Education Financing Decisions:Data Needs, Systems, and Strategies
Sharon S. Dawes
Anthony M. Cresswell
Thank you
The Information Dimension of Education Financing Decisions:Data Needs, Systems, and Strategies
Sharon S. Dawes
Anthony M. Cresswell
Thank you