Making Data Work for You
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| Rebecca Gau |
Are you ready to use data? It’s the first question Mrs.
Rebecca Gau from the Governor’s Office of Innovation asked attendees anxiously
awaiting tips on how to best make the data work. As she led the group through
four activities focusing on data, she was keen to point out that establishing
your vision is paramount to the process of using data to help reach school and district
goals.
“Identify one specific goal and look at the data from the
same way together to focus your efforts,” Mrs. Gau shared.
Through additional activities, Mrs. Gau stressed the
importance of using valid and reliable data. She added that boards should be
cautious in comparing disparate sets of data and wary of hidden assumptions in
data collection and analysis. To make the data do the work, Mrs. Gau outlined
pros and cons with various data presentations, such as bar charts, pie charts
and scatterplots.
ASPRA Reporter Danielle Airey, Peoria Unified
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