Indiana DoE Revamps Education Data Portal to Meet ESSA Requirements
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/24/20
Indiana
has launched an education data portal to replace a previous one.
INview,
which has replaced Compass,
was designed to meet federal accountability requirements for
transparency under the rules of the state's Every
Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
plan.
INview,
translatable into multiple languages, includes information that
wasn't part of the previous portal, such as student-level spending
for every public school, school environment data on suspensions and
expulsions, school-specific teaching level experience and
demographics, and state and national awards and recognitions
received. The portal also shows demographic data related to the
number of students in foster care or who are homeless, how many are
from military-connected families and how many have been identified as
"high ability."
A
new option titled "schools like me," allows parents to
compare schools against others with similar demographics. Another new
feature, Networks, shows groups of schools aligned for a particular
purpose, such as all charter schools authorized by a particular
charter school authorizer, those in a specific archdiocese or those
associated with a certain education service center. Any networks to
which a school belongs are identified on the profile page of each
school.
Also, INview enables schools
to customize their page with graphics and highlight key programs and
features.
"Hoosiers
deserve transparency surrounding the academic performance and fiscal
solvency of all Indiana schools," said State Superintendent,
Jennifer McCormick, in a statement. "INview is designed to
provide this transparency to the extent identified by statute. INview
is an outward-facing ESSA report card allowing Hoosiers to monitor,
celebrate and select the state's K-12 education options and to better
understand taxpayer investments."
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.