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South Carolina Education and Business Summit Presentation

June 29,2010

Data Walls: More than just some DATA on the wall

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Tara Sides, June 29,2010

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Colin Powell


Why a data wall?


Informational: These walls are usually public and used to chart your major type of data trends….HSAP, EOC, attendance, etc…(High Schools traditionally have this type of wall)

Personal: These are for school personnel only and contain confidential data about students (Elementary and middle schools tend to have this type of wall.)

Two Types of Data Walls…….according to Tara


Decide your purpose….why are you creating the wall?

Decide your audience…..who do you want to see it?

How do you want it to look?

The Development Process


Usually placed in a public placeHighlights things about your school that you

are proud or are differentCompares your school data to local, state,

and national data when it is accessibleMeasures progress overtimeKeep it simple and easy to read

The Informational Data Wall


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The First wallThe ProcessThe FailuresThe Survey

The Landrum High School Story


Data Wall SurveyHow can the data wall be more user friendly?

Currently the wall is organized by grade and students are tracked in math and English by their grades in these classes. What ideas do you have to better organize the wall?

What are the current obstacles that keep you from using the wall?

How could these obstacles be overcome?

Additional Suggestions or Comments

Soliciting Feedback


24 in 4Data Wall Reborn……


Real purposeEasy to readTeachers can make comments on the cardPictures of the studentsWork area for teachersDeveloped criteria to identify students to

limit the numberSpecific area for students at risk for not

passing HSAP

Differences


Find a “Safe Room”


The wall

Arranged by the number of units each identified at-risk student has received


Provide more opportunities for teacher interaction with the wall

Add “traditional” data wall informationContinue to introduce teachers to data

analysis

Next Steps

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