4 examples of data, reporting and analytics in education
Leaders in the education industry understand that when people at all levels have timely access to the right data and reports, they can generate trusted knowledge and insights that help transform programs, curriculums, student outcomes and more. That’s how the industry’s leaders deliver desired results faster to further student success. And it’s why they’re expanding their data usage via reporting and analytics. The end goal? Turn vast amounts of data into data-informed insights. Let me give you a few examples from presentations at SAS Global Forum.
Accessing and integrating data across multiple systems is a challenge. Accessing and integrating disparate data across universities, colleges and K-12 schools is even harder. To use that data for legislative reporting, educational effectiveness reporting, research and determining funding, properly identifying individuals is key.
That was the situation at Florida Department of Education (FL DOE). They created a persistent statewide unique identifier and longitudinal view of student and staff across colleges, K-12 schools and other sources and systems. They’ve implemented Florida’s Education Identifier (FLEID), data quality and reporting systems with a custom solution built using SAS to modernize their systems, increase reporting accuracy and improve stakeholder experience. For more details, see their case study in this whitepaper: Data Management: The Foundation for Successful Reporting and Analytics in Education.
Enterprise data visualization systems have to address the needs of many different audiences, such as the President and all of the Vice Presidents/Chief Officers, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Academic Affairs Executive Team, Academic deans and department heads, advisors, program coordinators, and university directors. Understanding the data needs of each audience is crucial to the success of the implementation. Determining the best data and visualizations to provide for users takes concentrated effort and thoughtful planning.
Western Kentucky University uses SAS Visual Analytics to provide a wide variety of users across campus with the information they need to visually identify trends, even some they never expected to see, and to answer questions they might not have thought to ask.
