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What questions
will users ask to understand the data
warehouse?
What
is the purpose of data warehousing?
The data warehouse enables users to access reports
that help them understand relationships between
sets of facts. This will supply information for
data driven decisions.
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What is
data warehousing? A data warehouse
is a large database populated with data from
different sources to a common format for use by
reporting tools. Phase I of the FCBOE warehouse
contains school, student, staff, and financial
data. Phase I reports will focus on student and
test data.
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What
can warehousing provide that we don't already
have? Many of our data sources are
in different formats and in separate files for
different years. The data warehouse will enable
cross year comparisons of data from multiple
systems.
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Will the
warehoused information be easy to use?
Warehoused data will initially be
available in static report format for easy viewing
by users. Training on query/report design will be
made available as needed.
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Who
will have access to the data in the warehouse?
The data warehouse is a Fulton
County Schools resource. All decision makers will
reap the benefits from the data warehouse.
Initially, reports from the warehouse will guide
planners at all levels: principals and central
office administrators. Future releases will provide
reports to teachers.
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Where
will the data come from? The
warehouse will be populated with data from a
variety of sources including SASI, FIPPS, FAMIS,
standardized test vendors, and other
sources.
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What
is it to be used for? School level
and central office administrators , along with
strategic planning teams will use data for informed
decision making and validation of instructional
program effectiveness.
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How
much will it cost? There are two
types of funding required: Startup, which has been
completed, and Ongoing, which will include
personnel and additional product licenses as
needed.
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How
many years of data will be included?
The initial data load to the
warehouse began with data from the 1997-1998 school
year. Most items currently have historical data for
four years. The objective is to be able to maintain
K-12 history on all students.
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What
training will be available? Reports
can be viewed, via common applications, through the
website, which will have instructions for use.
Customized training will be provided to user groups
as needed.
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How
will this improve education?
Decisions concerning instruction must be based on
accurate data analysis. Better decisions will be
made to improve student achievement and
instructional processes. This analysis will help
lead to the elimination of ineffective programs and
adoption of more effective programs.
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Will
the data be prescribed or will schools be able to
generate their own? Reports will be
generated with the input of district and school
personnel, as well as analysis of strategic
planning needs. There will be a forum provided to
define data analysis needs and provide feedback to
existing reports and data.
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Where
will users go for help? Personnel
assigned to maintain the warehouse and website will
be available to assist you. In addition, key
personnel with strategic planning resources will be
identified for your assistance.
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Will
individual principals and teachers have access to
the data? All Fulton County
personnel will have access to the Data Analysis
website and to summary level reports. The school
principal and/or designee will have access to
reports containing student details.
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Who
will be responsible for accuracy?
The warehouse will include data from many sources.
Those responsible for the data entry and input in
all operational systems will be responsible for
accuracy. These include teachers, data clerks,
IST's, CST's, Student Information Coordinators,
Principals. Data analysis is only as good as the
data provided from the operational systems and
those responsible for data entry.
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Will
the state use data for
accountability? The Fulton County
Schools data warehouse will not be a source of data
submitted to any state agency. Most data, which has
been loaded to the data warehouse during Phase I,
has already been submitted to various state and
federal agencies from multiple operational
systems.
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What
are the differences between the state and Fulton
County data systems? The state data
warehouse compares data, system to system, within
the state of Georgia. Our data warehouse will
contain data from Fulton County Schools
only.
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Will
we be able to see trends and patterns?
Yes, data can be compared across
years.
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Will
data in the warehouse be used against my
child? No, reports generated
through the warehouse will look at group data.
Federal, state, and local laws and regulations
protect confidentiality of information about any
individual student.
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Can
students get data about teachers?
No, students will not have access to the data
warehouse.
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Will
data collected be used to hire or fire teachers?
No. Employee evaluation
confidentiality laws protect evaluation
data.
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Will
the Freedom of Information Act cover release of
this data? Yes.
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