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Transcript of AZDash We’ve only just begun
Mark MastersonAmit Soman
Dr. Debbie Stirling
Arizona Department of Education
AZDash We’ve only just
begun
• Background on AZDash
• The AELAS vision
• Technology landscape
• State support
• Demo
• Q&A
Agenda
ADE’s AELAS plan• Save LEAs and ADE time and money by
offering statewide procurement of integrated systems
• Improve student achievement by providing educators with tools to support instruction and professional development
• Link data between systems to create tools to intervene in real time (Education Intelligence)
A grim start to a long journey…• Disparate data systems and data sources• Data warehouse built by IT
– Limited to only handful of IT users for research and internal reporting
• Lack of federated identity management for LEAs• Challenges with data and tech literacy • LEAs not involved in or consulted on state initiatives• No technology standards for reporting and business
intelligence• Well deserved lack of legislative support for ADE• Past ADE SLDS 2007 grant prompted scrutiny from
Federal government
Unified Data Collection
ADE IT Core Capabilities
Creating a common framework for all applications and systems deployed and developed by the ADE benefits LEAs by ensuring that
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Data Management
Data used at the ADE is currently spread across hundreds of database tables and tens of thousands of columns.
• Data warehouse built in 2007 had useful data but needed updates
• Pilot for single sign-on was already underway
• Partnered with Georgia for first 5 dashboards and ‘Georgia tunnel’
• 10-12 LEAs (small, medium, large, charters) willing to pilot
• Student-Teacher-Course Connection critical to quick dashboard deployment– Available data to populate dashboards– First time Arizona had standardized data
Our jump start
Vision for AZDash• Availability of actionable information for
teachers, principals and superintendents from LEAs
• Federated identity management • FERPA and secured data availability• Near real-time data• Continuous professional development for users• Availability of information for parents, policy
makers, workforce and postsecondary• Data governance
Actionable Data
Actionable data is one of the most important tools that educators need
Actionable Data
• Decision to build dashboards for educators– NO statistical tools/representations (scattered
plots) used for dashboards
• Educator focus groups identified needs and prioritized future dashboards– Decide visualization and priority of release
• Professional development became priority
Shifting focus to student outcomes
• Governor and Arizona legislature provided million of dollars for various initiatives– Single sign-on rollout - ADEConnect
– AZDash rollout to other districts (not covered under federal grant)
– ADE internal data governance
– AzEDS student data collections to get near real-time student information from districts
– Enterprise architecture
Support from the state
Stakeholders / Users
Our growth story
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Product
5 initial dashboard - now
30
8 years of data
10 initial LEAs -
Now 297
PD growth from 10 to 150 LEAs
Multiple Browsers
/Versions
Internal and
External Dashboar
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500+ Concurrent users
170K hits/mont
h on external facing site
• 25% of LEAs trained, representing 30% of student population statewide
• 50% of trained districts use Beginning of Year (BOY) process to use dashboards for incoming students
• 300 LEAs use ADEConnect for role and access management
• We implemented Dynamics CRM to manage the rollout
• AzEDS Student and AzEDS Assessment for near real-time data
• Growth in hardware (server sizing) to support increasing user population
• .NET • SQL Server 2012• SSIS• Redundancy built into
hardware• Performance testing to
handle load (Jmeter)• Monitoring
• Automation testing (Selenium – in progress)
• Threat and penetration testing
• Google Analytics• Multiple browser/tablets
compatibility
Technology landscape
Stakeholders are key• Focus groups on monthly basis
– Teachers– Principals– Superintendents
• Data Governance Conference
• Cooperation from regional centers
• Arizona Board of Regents to provide post secondary data
• Various oversight mechanisms from State
• Outreach efforts and meetings with various LEAs
The road ahead• Additional dashboards
– 40 dashboards on backlog– P20W– BI tools for end users – cube (super user dashboards)
• AzEDS – Near real-time data about students and assessment
(benchmark/formative)– Better support for data governance at LEA– Single source of educational data with operational data stores
• Stakeholder engagement– Webinars and training on data literacy– Course as part of college of education in universities and colleges in the
state– Additional focus groups
Mark T MastersonChief Information Officer
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