The Mass EduData Challenge

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AGENDA7:15pm -- Welcome!• Pat Larkin, MassTech• Tony Parham , OGIO• Sharon Wright, EOE • Jeff Wulfson, Mass DESE • Elizabeth Graham, HubSpot• Tej Chigateri, Socrata• Christopher Scranton, MassTech• Data Deep Dive – Rob Curtin, DESE

8:00pm – Data Q&A, Rob Curtin & Reid Serozi, Socrata

8:15pm – Team Building & 1-on-1 Mentoring

10:00pm – Good Night!

Competition Timeline

May 28th – Kick-off and Data Deep Dive

June 30th – 5:00pm Deadline for Submissions

July 8th – Winners Announced & Award

Tweet about it! #MassEduData @MassDESE@mass_tech @hackreduce

Rules, Submissions, Voting, etc.https://www.hackerleague.org/hackathons/mass-edudata-challenge

Prizes

Best Use of Data$1,500 & a Google Nexus Tablet

Most Visually Compelling

•$1,500 & a Google Nexus Tablet

Crowd Favorite

•$1,000 & a Google Nexus Tablet

Collaborative Data Contribution$500

Prizes - Startups

HubSpotAutomatic placement into HUBSPOT JUMPSTART:A Scholarship Program For Seed-Stage StartupsQualification requirements waived and reduced fee for participation

Learn LaunchA startup strategy session with Jean Hammond and Eileen Rudden - angel investors

Data Access and Overview

Data Access and Overview

• Access to the data available for the challenge

• Overview of data available

• What does the ESE already have?

• How you can help the ESE and your community?

• Contact information

Dataset Access -- on Socrata

https://massedudata.demo.socrata.com/

Dataset Format

• Data are in CSV (comma separated value) format

• Years available are listed in the file title and are identified within each file

• Easy to use in • Excel, LibreOffice, etc• Most programming languages

• Data dictionary provided

Available Datasets

• Data have been exported from the ESE school and district profiles – deep dive• Years available vary by file type. For example…

•Student enrollment 1995-2014•Graduation rates 2006-2013•MCAS 2007-2013•Educator 2008-2014•Finance 2005-2012

• ESE research files available

What does the ESE already have?

• District and school profiles• District and school report cards• District Analysis, Review and Assistance Tools (DART) http://www.doe.mass.edu/apa/dart/ • Early Warning Indicator System (EWIS) http://www.doe.mass.edu/edwin/analytics/ewis.html• Charter School Analysis and Review Tool (CHART) http://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/chart/

How You Can Help the ESE?

• Help us display our data in a manner that is more user-friendly and informative to the public

• Possible use of maps for data points

• Quick reference tools

• Identifying new & novel relationships with other, external data sets, explaining patterns, comparative analysis – bring your own insights!

Contact & Support•Questions on “what the data is” can be directed to: data@doe.mass.edu and responses will be provided within a business day.

•Questions on Data Analysis & Requests for Guidance can be directed to:Office Hours with HubSpot's CIO (see data challenge website for contact info)

•Questions on Mass Edu Data Challenge rules and details can be directed to:Christopher Scranton – scranton@masstech.org

Good luck!