IGOR Information Gathering to Obtain Results

…because everybody needs an assistant

Kent ISD

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"Collecting data is only the first step toward wisdom. Sharing data is the first step toward

community.”

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

IGOR

Cost Effective Solution• Prices based on a cost

recovery model…not for profit– Low implementation cost– Low sustainability cost

Strong Track Record• Solution in place for over 6

years• Working with three

additional ISDs– Muskegon Area ISD– Montcalm Area ISD– Ottawa Area ISD

Assessment Instruction

Content

1) What will students learn?

2) How will we know students have learned it?

3) How will the school respond when students do not learn?

4. How will the school respond when students do learn?

The Information We Need

Islands of Information

TransportationTransportation

Student RecordsStudent Records

Personnel/PayrollPersonnel/Payroll

Food ServicesFood Services

Financial AccountingFinancial Accounting

InstructionalInstructional Management Management

Information/Information/Document ProcessingDocument Processing

Library/Media SystemLibrary/Media System

Data warehouse

Data warehouse

Data query andreporting toolsData query andreporting tools

Data extraction,cleansing, andtransformation

Data extraction,cleansing, andtransformation

Other Datasources

Other Datasources Analysis

toolsAnalysis

tools

ExistingExistingoperationaloperational

datadata

Web accessWeb

access

LoadLoad

OtherOther

StudentStudent

PersonnelPersonnel

PayrollPayroll

FinancialFinancial

Data Warehouse Design

IGOR (data warehouses in general)…

• is an overall strategy, or process, for building decision support systems.

• has a primary objective of bringing together information from different sources and put information into a format that facilitates making better decisions.

• has the ultimate goal to inform classroom practices and impact student achievement.

IGOR can assist you to make better data-based decisions…

Instructional• Identify students’ strengths & weaknesses• Provide analysis for curriculum, assessment & instruction• Provide best practice information• Easily analyze data from multiple sources• Focus on the important stuff…improving instructionAdministrative• Meet accountability mandates (NCLB, Ed YES!)• Gain efficiencies with tight finances• Evaluate program effectiveness

• MEAP• MME• MI-Access• English Language Proficiency

Assessment (ELPA)• MLPP Assistant• MAP (NWEA)• TerraNova• Scantron Achievement Series• STAR Reading, Math, Early Literacy• Single Record Student Database

(SRSD)• Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)• Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)• Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)• Gates MacGinitie Reading• DIBELS

• ACT• ACT WorkKeys• ACT Plan• ACT Explore• Stanford Achievement Test (SAT 10)• Advanced Placement Program (APP)• Local District Standards• Course Grades• Attendance• Student Management System (SMS)

Student Schedule: Win School, PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, CIMS, SASI

• Financial Information Database (FID)• Salary Schedules• Registry of Educational Personnel

(REP)…and much more in the future

Data Sets Available to Local Districts

Updated 08.04.09

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Project Planning• LEA Leadership: curriculum, technology, etc.• Training format (time, location, size, etc.)• Training schedule plan (LEA trainer-of-trainers, order of training)• Leadership role of district administrators, principals, SI team, etc. to encourage

a data driven culture• Help Desk (password resets, etc.)• User Agreements/Confidentiality Forms (OAISD staff also)• Account creation/modification spreadsheet• New data sets (currently available vs. new)• DWH site:

– Contacts– Popular Reports– Account access

• Aggregated or not (to student level or not)• District, school & classroom access default (Should principals have access to district data? Should teachers have access

to other classroom’s data?)

You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.

-Daniel K. Moran

Bill MierasGlen Finkel Mike Rice

Ben Boerkoel Beth BlainSusan Brummel Patrick CraigMark Maynard Mark RottmanDeanna Rolffs Peter NethercottKaren Ruple 616.301.6192

IGOR Management Team