Roadmap to Building a Data Culture

The roadmap offers a general overview of the stages a school is likely to move through while leveraging the LAC to build and grow a data culture

1. Identify
  • Identify student data available at your school
  • Determine what you value the most about your learners
  • Formulate questions to pursue
  • Identify any additional data needed
2. Gather
  • Organize data repositories and build an inventory
  • Collect data files from 3rd party providers
  • Digitize the internal assessment data, if needed
  • Provide to LAC for processing
3. Rollout
  • Provide basic data literacy training to:
  • School Leaders
  • Counselors and Learning Support Teams
  • Instructional Coaches
  • Grade Level Teams
4. Impact
  • Use collaborative protocols & cycles to:
  • Support decisions
  • Challenge mindsets
  • Find root causes
  • Refresh goals
  • Improve and innovate systems
5. Reflect
  • How does our data reflect what we value about our learners
  • What additional data is needed?
  • What further questions we should ask?