Activity Directions: Data Displays
Description of the Activity
This activity provides a way to explore and display data that will best communicate a data story with the team using that data to make decisions in a standards-based education system (SBE).
Objective: Explore best practices in creating displays of data for a Decision Support Data System (DSDS) in a Standards-Based Education System so that data are clearly communicated to the teams and data are presented ethically.
Time: 60 minutes or more
Preparation
1. Schedule the leadership team to participate in this activity.
2. Provide electronic copies of the relevant Washington District and School Data Team Toolkit activity handout for each member.
a. Activity 3.1– Attributes of a Good Data Display (pp. 128-131 of the PDF)
b. Activity 3.3 Building Data Display Protocol (p. 135-136 of the PDF)
Directions
1. Complete activity 3.1– Attributes of a Good Data Display (pp. 128-131 of the PDF) including Tool 3.1 Data Display Quality Checklist
a. Note: This activity will give you basic guidelines for a strong data display. An additional aspect of displaying data is accessibility. For additional information on accessibility, see this US Government resource.
1. Complete activity 3.3 Building Data Display Protocol (p. 135-136 of the PDF)
a. Protocol Tip: How do we achieve useable data displays? Identify the story you are trying to tell with your data and align that story (or goal) and the data with the best display type.
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