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The RI DataHUB : Rhode Island’s Story . Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Peg Votta, RI Department of Education Deborah Grossman-Garber, RI Office of Higher Education. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
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The RI DataHUB: Rhode Island’s Story • Tuesday, October 30, 2012 • Peg Votta, RI Department of Education • Deborah Grossman-Garber, RI Office of Higher Education
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the King's horses, And all the King's menCouldn't put Humpty together again!
Overview Build strong relationships • Nurture a strong network and statewide capacity • Insist on Equity - leave the agency at the door Relationships, Networks and Equity in Action: A Chronic Absenteeism Data Story The RI DataHub: How and Why it works for RI Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Build strong relationships Nurture a strong network and statewide capacity • Longitudinal Data Analysis Committee • Includes: K12, postsecondary, private, and public • Community agencies, data organizations • Coming soon: labor and training • Student-centric • Insist on Equity — leave the agency at the door • Co-chaired by K12 and higher education • Democracy is hard work • Equity ensures a single voice
Relationships, Networks, and Equity in Action: A Chronic Absenteeism Data Story
Relationships, Networks and Equity in Action Essential Question: What are the effects of chronic absenteeism in high school on post-secondary persistence and success? Not our first Essential Question http://www.ridatahub.org/datastories/high-school-absenteeism-college-persistence/1/ All Data Stories include Action Steps
The RI DataHub: How and Why it Works for RI Open Indicators Consortium • Collaboratively developed visualization software • RI is a founding member • RI ensures it tailors to the education field • Users can upload data — or download software • Registered users can link to existing data (Census) • And WEAVE (Web-based Analysis and Visualization Environment) is free http://www.oicweave.org/
The RI DataHub: Users and Use Developed by ProvPlan - “Think and Do” NOT Agency-Centric RI DataHUB 101 Includes: Video tutorials, FAQs, tip sheets, users guides Full data dictionary with indicator cards Registered Users can create lists
The RI DataHub: Challenges and Lessons Learned Relationships ABSOLUTELY Matter Try to put yourself in your partner’s shoes Don’t be a bully Admit to your weaknesses Acknowledge broadly and sincerely Let the Data guide you If you build it, they may not come
RI DataHUB: Next Steps A RI Sand Box: Providing Data to Researchers The Longitudinal Data Analysis Committee: New Members, revised focus A Research Center – Developing A sustained research agenda in RI
Contacts & Additional Resources Contact information: Deborah Grossman Garber, dgrossman-garber@ribghe.org Peg Votta, margaret.votta@ride.ri.gov Rebecca Lee, rlee@provplan.org Allison Camara, Allison.Camara@ed.gov For more information on the RI DataHUB: OIC / WEAVE: http://www.oicweave.org/ RI DataHUB:http://www.ridatahub.org/ Identifying SLDS Users and Uses: SLDS Brief SLDS Data Use Issue Brief IV: Techniques for Analyzing Longitudinal Administrative Data