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DPI Website Overview

Tom McCarthyCommunications Officer, DPI

March 16, 2016

An Overview of Recent Changes

Moving away from subdomains…

• What was sfs.dpi.wi.gov is now dpi.wi.gov/sfs

• Navigation is easier• Searching is optimized• Better flow between subjects• Less “siloing” of information

An Organizational Shift

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With change comes….change

• Check any links you include for accuracy

• Redirects exist for many, but not all pages• They will eventually expire

Redirected Links

Finding Old Links

Most pages can be found easily

• sfs.dpi.wi.gov = dpi.wi.gov/sfs• Existing redirects point to new

addresses

Some sections have been reorganized

• Done to optimize user experience• Information presented by subject

matter, not by DPI organization

Data: DPI page counts

As of 9/28/14: 8,339As of 1/12/16: 7,473

11% reduction in total pages

Why?

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Most Popular Pages on DPI’s site

The most commonly accessed pages all relate to educator/professional licensing

Licensing, Licensing, Licensing, Licensing

Mostly for educators…but license look-up serves purpose for the public and districts

https://elo.wieducatorlicensing.org/datamart/publicSearchMenu.do

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Quick Links Help Direct Traffic

Links will change based on the popularity of subjects during the course of the year and also to reflect current initiatives

Sorry for the small print!

WISEdash

A one-stop shop for data with intuitive sort functions

http://wisedash.dpi.wi.gov/Dashboard/portalHome.jsp

School District Performance Reports

https://apps2.dpi.wi.gov/sdpr

If you can’t find it on WISEdash, check SDPR

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Where WISEdash and SDPR Meet

Truancy, Retention, Graduation Requirements, Suspension/Expulsion Information, Student/Teacher Ratios, Staff Experience

Certain information is listed in WISEdash and linked in SDPR

DPI Newsroom

News releases, ConnectEd,

Social Media and beyond – a

way to stay involved with

DPI

dpi.wi.gov/news

Most Useful Pages…that often go unused

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Families & Students Pages

dpi.wi.gov/families-students

Information about DPI and Wisconsin’s schools and

districts in a format that is accessible to a non-school

audience

Data Downloads

dpi.wi.gov/wisedash/download-files

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Data Downloads (cont’d)

Each subject covered by WISEdash has a corresponding data download file. The file can be used to do analysis within and across districts and school years.

• Can be used to inform public

• Data is already redacted

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School Financial Services

dpi.wi.gov/sfs

SFS – Longitudinal Data

SFS – Longitudinal Data (cont’d)

dpi.wi.gov/sfs/statistical/longitudinal-data/overview

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SFS – Longitudinal Data (cont’d)

• Each of the subject areas list contains data sheets that are sortable by school district

• Data sets contain all pertinent information that is used to calculate values

School Choice Information – School Vouchers

dpi.wi.gov/sms/choice-programs

School Choice Information – Open Enrollment

dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment

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WISEgrants

dpi.wi.gov/wisegrants

If All Else Fails….

Use the power of search

A Brief Exercise of Your New Knowledge

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Practice Exercises

• Can you find the suspension percent for the 2010-11 school year in the Riverdale School District?

• Find and copy the web link for the February 24th

news story about Advanced Placement performance

• Does the Quick Link menu contain a link to Open Enrollment information?—Regardless, can you find information about how many transfers out

Maple School District had in the 2012-13 school year?

• Open the longitudinal equalized aid worksheet—Once there, determine the shared cost per member in 2006-07 for the

Loyal School District

Questions?

Thank you for your time!