From the WINSS home page, click on the red
"Data Analysis" ribbon.
The next screen is a search screen. To view school or district data,
fill in one of the boxes on the right. Type in a whole name or a part of a
name. Next click on the "GO" button. If you have trouble finding your
school or district, try typing in a part of the name, click on the first
letter of the name, OR click on a CESA.
The database should return a list of schools or districts. Each school
or district name is a hyperlink that will take you to pages where you can
click on questions you want answered.
Data are organized according to four main questions:
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programs, staff, and money are available? |
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Here you'll find data about
school programs and resources that may have an impact on the success
of students: course
offerings and school-supported
activities, staffing
patterns, teacher
qualifications, district
revenue, district
costs, and more.
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| What
about attendance and behavior at school? |
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Here you'll find data about
standards of the heart and student behaviors that affect their
success academically: attendance,
truancy,
student
participation in school-supported activities, coursetaking,
suspension
rates, expulsion
rates, weapon
or drug related incidents, other
infractions or offenses, dropouts,
and more.
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| What
are student/school demographics? |
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Here you'll find data about
student diversity which may have an impact on strategies and
programs to help all students meet standards: enrollment
by grade,
gender,
race/ethnicity,
English
language proficiency, disability
status, primary
disability, poverty
status, and more.
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After you click on one of the four main questions you will need
to select a subquestion. You will then see a page with a graph and
table that include the most current available data about that
subquestion. Above the graph or table there is a set of user
options. See Figure 1 for the typical set of user options.
Figure 1. Graph and Table Options
"Year" options allow you to focus on data for any specific year
you choose. "Year" options appear unless "Compare To: Prior Years"
is selected.
"School Type" or "Grade" options allow you to view or compare
data for elementary, middle, and high school grades or grade ranges.
Most District and State data pages have at least one of these sets
of options. Some School pages have a "Grade" options row.
"View By" options allow you to view or compare data about
performance and behavior by student group. Student data pages
typically have these options.
"Compare To" options allow you to see trends over time, find out
what is typical districtwide, statewide, or nationwide, and how
other schools like or near your school are doing.
Additional options, e.g. "Subject" or "Level", appear depending
on the subquestion.
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Figure 2.Navigation Between Schools and Useful Information
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To change graph/table options, select one of the active links in any row above the graph (Figure 1). To focus on a different school or district, switch organizational levels, or better understand the graphs and tables, select one of the options in the red column to the left of the graph. See Figure 2. Here you'll find a "Change school or district" link that takes you to the
school search screen, "District/School home page" links that direct you to a wide range of information maintained by your school or district, a "Read about the data"
link that explains how data were collected
and how rates are calculated, a "Glossary" link that defines terms used on the page, and a
"Download options" link that provides information about how to access and use WINSS download files. Also included are links to special features, if any, for this subquestion.
Below the graph and table are links to other DPI-sponsored reports for your school or district and to raw data files. See Figure 3. Reports include your school's "Adequate Yearly Progress Report", "School District Performance Report", and the "Special Education District Profile". You can download any or all data on WINSS for any specific WINSS subquestion for the "Year" you select by clicking on "Download raw data from this page" or "Download all school and district data statewide".
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Figure 3. Links to Other District/School Reports and to Download Files
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