How Elma School District in Washington is Using Data-Driven Insights to Improve Student Outcomes

CASE STUDY: School district leaders must navigate complex challenges while ensuring students receive the highest quality education. For Elma School District, a forward-thinking district in Elma, Washington, leveraging better K12 data and analytics was key to making evidence-based decisions that drive real district and school improvement. By utilizing ECRA’s School Improvement solution, Elma School District is transforming its approach to student growth and program evaluation, leading to more strategic decision-making and better student outcomes.

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What is a Virtual Peer Group?

This year, as part of the Comparative District Analysis, the option to include a Virtual Peer Group as one of the nine comparative districts has been added to the Data Brief. This post explains what a Virtual Peer Group is and why your school district might want to include it in your Comparative District Analysis.…

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What are Data Briefs and How Do They Help School District Leaders?

ECRA DATA BRIEFS What are Data Briefs and How Do They Help School District Leaders?School district leaders require robust tools to make data-driven decisions that enhance student outcomes and operational efficiency. Among the other service offerings available from ECRA, Data Briefs offer an executive-level analysis of complex data sets at an affordable price. But what…

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Webinar: Extracting Positive Headlines from Wisconsin Report Card Data

Webinar: Extracting Positive Headlines from Wisconsin Report Card Data At this webinar, Dr. John Gatta, CEO/President of ECRA, guides attendees through best practices for communicating WI state report card data. They learned how to communicate thier district’s results through percentiles, as opposed to reporting raw percentages, which helps create a more accurate and compelling analysis…

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