ABSTRACT
The data profile allows staff members to look across the different types of data and see how they can move the whole system as easily as focusing on one gap. They see how changes in elements in demographics, perceptions, and school processes can improve student learning. Schools need to gather the data once and use it many ways. Looking across all types of data is important for seeing how elements of the learning organization relate to each other, as well as the linkages in the data results. It is guaranteed that issues will show up in demographics, perceptions, and school processes that can help explain how a school is getting the results it is getting in student learning. Continuous school improvement plans based on all types of data are able to move the entire system forward more efficiently and effectively, partly because they have engaged all staff in seeing the linkages of all data, and can swiftly move together.
