Data governance serves the goal of assuring that a company’s data is safe, accurate and available – this includes not only technology used to gather, store and process it but also policies defining who can access what kinds of information. As part of risk management and regulatory compliance obligations, data governance plays a critical role.
Student Growth Projection functions (studentGrowthPercentiles and studentGrowthProjections) require wide formatted data; however, when conducted operationally year after year they require long formatted data, as this reduces preparation and storage costs associated with SGP analyses.
SGPs are calculated based on state-level results of recent Star assessments and Betebenner’s catch-up, keep-up growth projections (for more details refer to vignette). The sgpData.dat file contains unique IDs for every student that link their assessment scores with their grade levels; their current SGP is then compared against the median statewide SGP of 50; in some instances slight misfit may lead to deviation from this figure as well as assigning Highest Obtainable Scale Score students an SGP of 99.
Districts often distribute Student Growth Plans (SGPs) reports directly to parents if they qualify under state requirements, with OSPI offering various resources and videos on its Student Growth website to aid districts’ implementation, including training videos for both parents and staff members.
Prepare your data for SGP analyses
SGP analyses are typically carried out with R’s software environment. The SGP package offers several useful functions that help prepare, run and update analyses using SGPstateData meta-data files such as sgpData files that include long data examples as well as embedded meta-data snippets. A more comprehensive documentation for using this functionality can be found within its vignette documentation.
Practically speaking, to use the SGP package you will require a computer with R installed on it – this free, open source program runs on Windows, OSX and Linux operating systems.
Business users need trusted data in order to engage customers, develop and market products and services effectively, reduce supply chain costs, manage inventories efficiently, and meet compliance obligations. Senior managers require accurate data in order to make strategic decisions about the direction and allocation of resources in an organization, while regulatory compliance officers need it as proof that a company adheres to internal and external standards. All this is made possible thanks to data governance, which sets standards for how data is gathered, stored, and accessed. Data governance is a core competency for cloud vendors, who provide tools that allow data stewards and compliance officers to maintain visibility and control over the information stored in their cloud environment. This helps protect customer privacy and build trust while also giving visibility in case of data breach or cyber attack – this is why leading public cloud providers offer data governance tools.
