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Readiness Diagnostic

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Understanding Your District's Readiness

The Readiness Diagnostic enables school and district leaders to assess their readiness towards implementing a data interoperability solution. The diagnostic includes questions aligned to each domain and stage in the Readiness Framework.

Complete the Readiness Diagnostic to establish benchmarks for each of the three domains, then view your district’s personalized learning plan, which includes specific activity and resource recommendations for you.

The Readiness Diagnostic only takes 5-10 minutes to complete, and you can save and share your results.

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Setting the Foundation

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. Our district has a clear understanding of the benefits of data interoperability and what is required to implement interoperable solutions.

2. Our district has a clear understanding around data equity and has applied an equity lens to our data policies and procedures.

3. Our district has a clear understanding of using data to identify and address disproportionality.

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Data Governance - Awareness

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. My district has created a data governance body/committee to make decisions about data sources, privacy, ownership, updates, etc.

2. My district has regularly scheduled cross-departmental meetings about data priorities, processes, and workflows.

3. My district has thoroughly documented the data systems in use.

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Data Governance - Developing Evidence

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. My district has a cross-departmental data governance body that discusses data priorities, processes and workflows.

2. My district has identified major data elements in a data catalogue.

3. My district has assigned data stewards to manage data processes and workflows.

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Data Governance - Ready For Interoperability

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. My district has approved data processes and workflows to support our desired use case.

2. My district has a defined governing strategy or protocol around emerging data needs, including security and access.

3. My district is ready to adopt new data processes and workflows that will support the implementation of our desired use case.

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Needs Assessment - Awareness

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. My district has implemented focus groups with classroom, school building, and district level staff to discuss activities that rely on or refer to data

2. My district has developed cross-departmental feedback opportunities on activities that rely on or refer to data.

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Needs Assessment - Developing Evidence

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. My district has analyzed specific pain points related to the use of data in classroom, school and district activities

2. My district has developed clear requirements and specifications for the development of a solution concept.

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Needs Assessment - Ready For Interoperability

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. My district has developed SMARTIE goals for a tightly scoped challenge with clear data needs.

2. My district has designed a solution concept that defines specifications and requirements to achieve success via interoperability.

3. My district has validated the challenge and solution concept with academic and technology stakeholders

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Implementation Plan - Awareness

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. Our technology department has identified various interoperability solutions and their purposes.

2. Our technology department has considered an implementation team based on various interoperable solutions.

3. Our technology department has identified project parameters (e.g., ideal timeline, budget, etc.) for a potential district implementation.

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Implementation Plan - Developing Evidence

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. Our district validated the feasibility and viability of possible solutions through ongoing discussions across departments and stakeholder groups.

2. Our district narrowed the range of interoperability solutions down to 1-2 options based on feedback and project perimeters.

3. Our implementation team has been reconfigured based on skills and capacity required by selected interoperable solutions

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Implementation Plan - Ready For Interoperability

Respond to the following set of questions by selecting the response that most aligns to your district's current progress with each data effort.

1. Our district defined one solution that is the best fit for the challenge.

2. Our district selected one solution team to implement the identified solution.

3. Our district created a general project plan or business case for implementation, including appropriate detail on project milestones, financial and personnel requirements, and expected benefits to present to leadership for approval.

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