Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 10/26/2017 - 6:30 PM
Category: Reports and Communications from the Office of Accountability and Efficiency
Type: Info
Subject: 1. Monthly Report, with Possible Action, on Activities within the Office of Accountability and Efficiency
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 3
Effective and Efficient Operations
Policy:
Attachments
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Background: Current Project Updates

Business-intelligence & Data-visualization Reporting

1. Background

The Office of Accountability and Efficiency (OAE) uses an online business-intelligence (BI) tool to create custom visuals and reports to enhance data-driven decisions across the district. The BI tool allows stakeholders to quickly analyze raw data in visual displays, resulting in clean, transparent, and efficient reporting metrics.

2. Update – District Metric Dashboard

The OAE worked with the Student Performance and Improvement Team under the Office of Academics to create an interactive business-intelligence dashboard for central administrators to monitor school, student, and programmatic metrics regarding measurements of efficiency, performance, or progress. This dashboard allows users to visualize these data metrics to help inform data-driven decisions. The tool’s enhancements allow users to drill-down into the data, sort by regions and zones, and review year-to-date and year-over-year comparisons. The OAE will continue to work with the Student Performance and Improvement Team to roll out more features throughout the school year.

Update – Fitness Dashboard

The OAE worked with the Health and Physical Education Curriculum Specialist to create a dashboard for physical education teachers to monitor and automate reports for students regarding their respective fitness scores and outcomes. The district had used a different tool to track and monitor this information, but due to budgetary constraints, the reporting tool has been discontinued. The OAE leveraged the district's business-intelligence tool to replicate the previous tool at no added cost to the district. Furthermore, the dashboard will allow for future enhancements to capture and report more datasets for the district’s physical education teachers. The OAE will continue to work with this team to move these enhancements forward.

Adopt-a-School Interactive Partnership Map

The OAE worked with the Department of Business, Community, and Family Partnerships to develop an Interactive Partnership Map for the Adopt-A-School program. The interactive tool assists businesses and community organizations in partnering with schools to provide financial, volunteer, and in-kind resources. Through the interactive map, users can filter through MPS schools based upon the schools’ desired needs and locations to ensure successful partnerships.
Fiscal Impact Statement: NA
Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Recommended By:
Signed By:
Matt Chason - Manager
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer