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Decatur leaders unveil public performance dashboards and highlight achievement gaps
Summary
Superintendent and data staff showed public-facing dashboards for GMAS/CCRPI with filters by grade and subgroup; presenters flagged disparities in distinguished performance and participation differences across racial and socioeconomic groups.
At a board retreat, Superintendent Whitaker and district data staff previewed public dashboards intended to make Georgia Milestones (GMAS), CCRPI and other performance metrics easier for families to access and interpret.
"When we transition our view back to look at our Black students, we don't see that long tail," Superintendent Whitaker said while demonstrating subgroup filters, describing a pattern of higher distinguished performance among white students and a longer tail of beginning/developing students in other groups.
Staff pointed out features of the dashboards: filters for grade band and school, hover text that displays counts and percent proficient/distinguished, a reset button to clear filters, and suppression of subgroup detail where counts are small (privacy threshold under 15). They also cautioned that some statewide elements — notably math GMAS results for the most recent year — were not yet available and would be included when released.
Data-team members credited contributions from Anthony Colbert and Alexis Glenn on assembling multi-year views and signposting so the public can understand acronyms and participation differences (AP vs. state EOC participation). Attendees used a short 'scavenger-hunt' exercise to test the dashboard and reported varying levels of familiarity; most said they could use the tool to explain performance to constituents once small inconsistencies are resolved.
District staff said the dashboards are a work in progress and will be refined as state data (especially math results) arrive.
