Data Governance establishes the foundation (policies, standards, architecture, decision-making structure, issue-resolution process) for collecting, managing, and releasing data for improved quality, accessibility, and use.
Active Data Governance enables DMPS to harness, link, access, analyze, and act upon district data (including all major categories of student, staff, assessment, school, HR, financial, and operational data) with confidence that the data is accurate and consistent.
10 Goals of Data Governance
Active Data Governance enables DMPS to harness, link, access, analyze, and act upon district data (including all major categories of student, staff, assessment, school, HR, financial, and operational data) with confidence that the data is accurate and consistent.
10 Goals of Data Governance
- Increase data security
- Protect the needs of data stakeholders
- Improve data quality
- Improve understanding of data within the school district
- Increase use of data to make program and policy decisions
- Enable easier access to data – for all constituencies
- Reduce operational friction
- Enable consistent and high-quality data releases
- Reduce costs and increase effectiveness through coordination of efforts
- Ensure transparency of processes
Data Privacy & FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
Data Sharing Resources
Application to Conduct Research Within DMPS (Internal & External)
DMPS Data Sharing Agreement Template
DMPS Data Sharing Agreement Template