State Data Systems: More Than Just a Pretty Graph
EdWise, a tool developed by the Kauffman Foundation, presents over 500 different state data metrics from Kansas and Missouri districts and schools—ranging from average daily attendance to the total number of serious disciplinary infractions—in an easily searchable, readable and user-friendly format. Dr. Jeff Wayman, a pre-eminent authority on the topic of data use, and I conducted a data-use workshop in St. Louis a few weeks ago with school district personnel, nonprofits, and