Bata Waiehouse Bevelopment:

In attempt to bieathe new life into oui uata analysis techniques I am pioposing the
cieation of a uata waiehouse that allows foi easy staff access. Auuitional
oppoitunities to aiu in analysis incluue the manipulation anu visualization of uata in
new ways. I have alieauy compileu the uata foi the fiist banu of giaue levels (S
iu
-
S
th
). I chose to stait with S
iu
giaue because it is a benchmaik giaue anu the stuuents
aie alieauy familiai with NWEA testing at this point. I uiu not incluue 2
nu
giaue at
this time because the NWEA E0Y is the fiist time that these stuuents expeiience that
assessment. I stoppeu at S
th
giaue foi now because that is the last yeai the stuuents
at oui school aie in a self-containeu classioom. 0nce stuuents ieach 6
th
giaue
uepaitmentalizeu teacheis teach theii classes. Consiueiation foi fuithei expansion
of the uata waiehouse will take place at a latei time penuing the appioval of the
auministiation.

0ui majoi uata analysis issues involve not looking past the iepoits that can be
vieweu iegaiuing oui assessment uata anu not pieseiving the uata in any way so
that it is useful to us on a long-teim basis. Theiefoie by stoiing this uata in a Bata
Waiehouse we will be able to ievisit the longituuinal uata to see tienus ovei the
yeais that may help us with instiuctional anuoi cuiiiculai uecisions. Likewise the
giouping of uata fiom uiffeient assessments will give staff a new peispective that
has nevei been applieu uuiing uata analysis at oui school. The platfoim of oui Bata
Waiehouse is uoogle Fusion Tables. This expeiimental piogiam allows foi the
uploauing of uata into veisatile foims that aie easily soiteu, filteieu, anu visualizeu.
When using the uata waiehouse teacheis aie encouiageu to cieate theii own way of
looking at the uata to finu tienus oi anomalies that may help guiue oui uata baseu
uecision-making.


The benefits of using uoogle Fusion Tables foi oui Bata Waiehouse incluue:

Easy access fiom anywheie (hosteu online)
0puateu uata can be vieweu immeuiately
Bata is piesenteu in soitable foims
o Biue extianeous infoimation
o Soit by any categoiy
o Cieate specific filteis
o Inuiviuual stuuent caius
Nany ways to uisplay visualizeu uata
Bata visualization can be easily configuieu anu filteieu by useis