{"id":588632,"date":"2023-05-26T19:07:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T02:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&p=588632"},"modified":"2023-05-30T16:56:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T23:56:26","slug":"cradel2c","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/cradel2c","title":{"rendered":"A Roadmap to Success for Students"},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[423862,10562,25032],"tags":[485052,485042],"arcuser_issues":[484952],"class_list":["post-588632","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-dashboards","category-arcgis-hub","category-education-2","tag-gis-portal","tag-san-bernardino-county-school-district","arcuser_issues-au-spring-2023"],"acf":{"short_description":"A county superintendent of schools office and its school districts share information to prepare students for college and the workplace.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":588642,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS) office worked with the Southern California county\u2019s school districts to create a website that uses a GIS portal to provide comprehensive information and helps better prepare students for college and the workplace."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"With more than 20,000 square miles, San Bernardino County has the largest geographic extent of any county in the United States. Its 33 school districts serve the educational needs of a diverse population of nearly 400,000 K\u201312 students. SBCSS acts as an intermediate service agency between the California Department of Education and San Bernardino County school districts.\r\n\r\nThe county\u2019s school districts have partnered with SBCSS to support data management and analysis that provide oversight using such metrics as standardized test scores, graduation rates, and college acceptance rates. Previously each school district managed its own datasets and shared them with various educational partners as printed reports. Information was duplicated, and the lack of standardization made collaboration difficult.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re all out there making these same reports repeatedly,\u201d said John Massie, program manager for assessment, data analytics, research, and evaluation at SBCSS. Each district report looked different, and districts had no standardized way to communicate. These paper-based reports had spreadsheets and few visuals.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019d make a report on this and show some people, present it, and then the report sort of just goes to die; it never gets to live on,\u201d said Massie. A tangible and persistent record of presentations was not maintained so that it could be referenced in the future.\r\n\r\nThere was no technology infrastructure to streamline the acquisition of information, maintain historical records, and support communications across districts and regions within the county. Paper-based processes also made it difficult for district staff to effectively apply to the state for more resources. Parents found it challenging to access the information they needed to make decisions regarding their children\u2019s futures.\r\n\r\nSBCSS county superintendent Ted Alejandre advocates locally, statewide, and nationally for policies and resources to help districts prepare students for college and the workforce. In response to this situation, the county districts and Alejandre strategized with staff, parents, and the public on how to provide easy access to the educational data critical to meet the unique needs of every learning community.\r\n\r\nMore than seven years ago, San Bernardino County stakeholders developed and implemented the Cradle-to-Career Roadmap<\/a> using a collective impact approach to achieve the countywide vision. This roadmap website provides a one-stop resource for families to track important milestones for their children to gauge student progress and offers resources to community members. The site links to reports on childhood and young adult development and resources available from the California Department of Education and other educational organizations.\r\n\r\nWith the development and implementation of the Cradle-to-Career Roadmap website, there was potential for GIS to enhance the integration with the state\u2019s systems to share data more accurately and consistently. The GIS-based open data portal was developed to share information and statistics. It gives district staff, parents, and students access to reports and data.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":588692,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"\u201cProviding an open portal where residents, schools, government, and community agencies can access data to help inform decision-making about educational and career attainment and opportunities is a crucial priority,\u201d said Alejandre.\r\n\r\nThrough the partnership, the districts and SBCSS streamline data into one open data platform that uses GIS for sharing information, building awareness, data analysis, and reporting. The open data portal uses ArcGIS for Power BI and ArcGIS Dashboards to display information.\r\n\r\n\u201c[The technology]<\/em> is super versatile. We can embed Power BI visualizations. It blends so nicely with the geospatial maps; [the hub site] is a nice place to hold everything,\u201d said Massie.\r\n\r\nThe data portal allows viewers to easily access information and answers to the common school districts questions such as:\r\n