1 / 26

Office of Accountability

DART Data Analytics and Reporting Tool Introductory Training. Spring 2013. Office of Accountability. “With great power comes great responsibility.". Stan Lee Author of Spiderman. DART – Introduction. What am I looking for? First step is to know what you are trying to understand

gerek
Télécharger la présentation

Office of Accountability

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DART Data Analytics and Reporting Tool Introductory Training Spring 2013 Office of Accountability

  2. “With great power comes great responsibility." Stan Lee Author of Spiderman

  3. DART – Introduction What am I looking for? • First step is to know what you are trying to understand • Achievement patterns • Enrollment/participation patterns • Discipline patterns • Next step is to ask some key questions. • Do I want current year data or three years of trend data? • Do I want summary data or lists of students? • Am I trying to compare student performance across grade levels, teachers, etc.? • For SOL data, do I want to see all test-takers, or only best score (scores used in accountability systems)?

  4. DART vs. SMS • Trend • Generally used to look at data over months, quarters, years or year end with an overview of all students and by various student groups/subgroups Time Generally used for information specifically oriented to a specific student or classroom

  5. Introduction Accessing Portal Information • Access via internet for in system and remote at: http://dartweb01.pwcs.edu/DataBlocs • Login: Novell Name and Badge Number • DART Help Desk - email PWCSDartSupport@pwcs.edu for any data related questions • Emails sent to this site will be received by all of the Data Team Points of Contact: • Central Office: Terri Swanson (703.791.8307) • ES: Laura Lovelace (703.791.8381) • MS & CS: Dina Ashley (703.791.8806) • HS: Cheryl Tibbs (703.791.8309) • SMS help desk is 703.791.8584

  6. Introduction • Available Assistance • From the intranet via the Office of Accountability’s site: • User Manual • Basic Training Presentation • Training Handouts

  7. Introduction • DART Login • Dashboard • Reports • Executing • Sample Reports • Filtering • Drilling • Exporting • Printing

  8. Introduction: DART Login http://dartweb01.pwcs.edu/DataBlocs Novell Name Badge Number At your first login, you will receive a Change Password screen. Click it and at the next prompt, change your password. Novell Name Badge Number

  9. DART – Dashboards and Reports • What is the difference? • Dashboards graphically show trends & compare results in two areas: • Daily (operational) – shows you where you are today/this year • Strategic (analysis) – shows you where you are over time and with regard to the strategic plan • Reports display data in a table format to see details with the ability to drill to related items.

  10. DART – Dashboard Typically designed to provide key metrics alongside summary information by hovering over various points in a graph • Daily View • Enrollment Counts by student groups • Attendance and Membership by school year • Daily Absences by calendar date with pin scroll option • Students at Risk (Future View) • Suspension by month • Benchmark Scores (Future View)

  11. DART – Reports Two views: • Accreditation • AMO • Attendance & Suspensions • Course Marks • Dashboard • Divisionwide Survey • Enrollment • Research Paper • SOL • Teacher Certification • VAAP • Wellness • Write4

  12. DART - Reports Two types of reports are available to you at this time: • Grid View displays reports using a formatted, cross-tabular display of the report data. • Graph report represents data in a visual format, by using Graph View.

  13. DART - Executing • Prompt screen • Re-prompt screen (under Data Tab) once report is accessed • Note: Best Score can be used beginning in SY11-12 High Schools: First-Time Test Takers vs. Best Score

  14. DART - Executing • Move Grid Object to Page-By • Move Page-By Item to Grid Object

  15. DART – Report Sample AMO (formerly known as: AYP) • PWCS Preliminary • Bread crumbs • Last update - refers to report formatting date; not data update • Gap Group 1

  16. DART – Report Sample Attendance and Suspensions • ADA and ADM • Attendance Overview • Suspension Overview

  17. DART – Report Sample Course Marks • Core Course Overview • Mark Distribution • Period Absence By Test or by Total By any student group

  18. DART – Report Sample Division-wide Survey • Response Rates • Satisfaction Rates for Strategic Plan • Survey Results

  19. DART – Report Sample Enrollment • Continuous Enrollment • Enrollment by Date/Quarter/Year Pulled down Ethnicity (before Metrics column)

  20. DART – Report Sample SOL • By Proficiency Level • By Score Range • By Test Part (Reporting Categories/Scaled Scores) • By Student List

  21. DART – Drilling • By right-clicking on a column header, DART provides one or more options to Drill, for example: • Right-clicking on School, then on Drill, offers the option to drill to Student or Teacher • You can get the more specific information from drilling, or you can then move the newly created column up to the page-by section and select one student or one teacher. • Note, when drilling DART opens to a new internet tab so in order to re-prompt, you will need to return to the original tab.

  22. DART – Filtering • Under the Tools Tab, select View Filter • Under the View Filter section click on Add Condition • Click on Drop-down menu arrow for Filter On and select one • Choose In List or Not In List and select from the Available Items • Click on the Checkmark to apply

  23. DART – Exporting • Under the Home Tab, select Export and chose an option, Excel with Formatting is recommended • Screen will change, select export options, then press Export. • After exporting (i.e. to Excel) close out of the request box, by clicking on “Close window” or internet tab

  24. DART – Exporting • Next, DART will open in Excel (or your option chosen) and you will need to respond YES to the question: Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now? • If Excel is open, you may see a flashing orange tab, that is just to notify you of the above message.

  25. DART – Printing • From Home Tab select Print • Print Options screen will open, choose your options, click Show Printable Version • The Print Preview screen will appear, if all settings were suitable, click on the appropriate icon in the bottom left-hand corner, otherwise change your options.

  26. DART on the Intranet • Open Intranet • Click on Student Learning and Accountability/Accountability Home • Click on DART: • Training Presentation • DART User Guide • Training Handouts DART Access http://dartweb01.pwcs.edu/DataBlocs User name: novel login name without pwcs.edu Password: employee badge number (until you change it) Staff Remote Access is available through PWCS SSL VPN

More Related