The Mass EduData Challenge
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AGENDA
7:15pm -- 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 HubSpot Automatic placement into HUBSPOT JUMPSTART:A Scholarship Program For Seed-Stage Startups Qualification requirements waived and reduced fee for participation
Learn Launch A 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: [email protected] 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 – [email protected]
