I heard from an assistant principal in the region who was looking for visual graphs which compared the performance distributions for a school, the district, and the state. While this info is available in the R-403 School Performance Distribution report, it only provides a graphic visualization for the school-specific data.
The data is easily accessible through the Profiles area, but not in a visually pleasing way. So I created an Excel tool that anyone can use to produce these graphs quickly by just copying and pasting your school's data from the Profiles area. You can then print the resulting graphs or paste them into PowerPoint.
Just click this link (updated 10/20/10) to save the Excel file to your desktop, and then follow the instructions provided on the "Data Source" tab. If you have ideas for other Excel display tools like this, I'll take requests! Please let me know if you find this tool useful. (laura.tilton@dsacma.org)
