What is necessary for the systematic use of data for decision making?
The district strategic planning process provides the framework for data-driven decision making. The district data warehouse is designed to aggregate and disaggregate data needed for the planning process. An interface is developed to give different members of the educational organization access to the reports and data related to their work. Data-driven decision making can be divided into three functional areas: • collection, integration and dissemination of data; • analysis and reporting of data, and; • process and procedures for acting on the data. Once the system is in place, a process is developed for review, analysis, and planning. School teams meet with a cross-functional district team to define requirements for disaggregation and determine interim measures. Experts from the district planning and evaluation division meet with the area superintendent and members of the school planning team to discuss the specific data and help school teams understand it within the context of their s
