Written research reports are the meat and potatoes of most companies who produce surveys for K-12. These reports tend to be voluminous – anywhere from 50 to 150 pages (or more). The alternative to these massive tomes is the digital dashboard.
The term “dashboard” comes from its similarity to the dashboard, or instrument panel, of a car. Where your car’s dashboard provides the navigation for your car, a digital dashboard provides an at-a-glance navigation of your data.
Generally speaking, digital dashboards offer the following benefits over reports:
- Arrange data into manageable parts, allowing users to quickly grasp the main findings and features of the data set.
- Are interactive, allowing users to filter the data and see it in different ways.
- Allow for easier incorporation of future (or past) surveys for data comparison.
- Are designed and customized with the organization – and its users – in mind.
- Can be quickly shared with multiple users through a personalized URL.
- Reduce report production time – and, ultimately, the cost.
Dashboards can be used for many types of surveys – including, but not limited to – pre-election research, post-loss research, climate/culture studies, annual planning, etc.
For example, ExcellenceK12 recently completed a dashboard for Winfield USD 465 in Kansas that gave the district insight into what residents thought about project ideas for a future bond issue.
“The dashboard is an intuitive and user-friendly tool for our community committee and Board members to utilize, while considering our survey data in driving discussions and decisions around facility planning,” said Nathan Reed, Winfield superintendent.
If you plan to conduct patron research and are interested in having that research presented in a digital dashboard, ExcellenceK12 can help.
Each dashboard we create is complemented with an executive summary, an addendum with verbatim comments for open-ended questions (if applicable), and a PowerPoint presentation to the district leadership team and Board of Education.
If you would like to see a sample dashboard, drop us an email at
rick@excellenceK12.com.
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