Learning from Leaders: Establishing a Districtwide Data Culture

In January 2018, the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools tweeted:

“Toward what end are we testing kids? Assessment cannot be a competitive data reporting exercise; worthless and punitive if it does not inform and improve teaching and learning.”

Months later, after years of sustained improvement, Miami-Dade was awarded its first-ever “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education.

Something is going right in Florida's largest school district. After visiting with educators there, we concluded that data collection practices and a purposeful data culture have contributed to the district's remarkable success.

The whitepaper Learning from Leaders: Establishing a Districtwide Data Culture reveals Miami-Dade's blueprint for a thriving data culture that gets results.