GRPS staff say Panorama SEL data helps schools reduce suspensions; district cites 17.2% decline

A district staff member explained how Panorama survey data are uploaded nightly from student-data systems so authorized staff receive access by email and can use the platform after training in fall and spring. The staff member described two broad data categories captured: scholar competency and well-being (positive/challenging feelings, belonging, self-efficacy) and scholar supports and environments (school climate and engagement).

He said building-level PBIS Plus teams use Panorama results to plan interventions and that, taking the districtwide data together, there was a 17.2% reduction in suspensions last year—a change staff linked to improved belonging and school climate measures captured by the surveys. The staff member also noted the district triangulates Panorama with other data sources and ties results to intervention protocols (minors/majors processes) to inform next steps.

Questions from trustees focused on how Panorama data is accessed by staff and whether the data prompted budget or personnel changes; the staff member said Panorama informs priorities and next steps at the building level but that budgetary adjustments are harder to attribute directly to a single data source.