D3A2 Primary Goals

• Improve educator’s comfort and proficiency in analyzing data to inform instruction and practices.

• Contribute to a sustainable infrastructure to promote and enhance information-based education practice and content alignment across the state.

• Leverage technology user groups (i.e., school districts, application vendors and information technology centers) to accelerate the integration of existing educational tools and the development of new data systems.

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D3A2 (Data-Driven Decisions for Academic Achievement) is a cooperative effort that is being developed and governed by stakeholder groups, rather than any single entity. Various committees oversee content, end-user requirements, overall system architecture, professional development and financial resources.

D3A2’s technical infrastructure will integrate and enhance existing systems. Its data warehouse will include data-analysis and decision-making tools for districts and schools to use. The warehouse also will be available for research, analysis and decision making by other stakeholders.

D3A2 will provide an efficient and effective system for local education agencies to report state-required data and an automated, streamlined process for reporting federally required data. Collecting and sharing data methods will improve through the use of data definition and data format standards are implemented. These standards will be based upon School Interoperability Framework (SIF) specifications and will frame the D3A2. A comprehensive data dictionary will support quality data reporting and the appropriate, consistent use and representation of data.

Professional development will be offered statewide to teach educators how to comfortably and effectively use D3A2 data to make decisions that improve instruction. D3A2 will be readily available for Ohio educators in districts who wish to access it. Use of D3A2 will be voluntary.