Presenter: Mike Carnathan from the Atlanta Regional Commission. Presented at the Georgia Libraries Conference in Columbus, GA on 10/03/2018 during GPLS Youth Services Preconference.

1. Data Tools Available on the Get Georgia Reading Campaign Website

2. Data Tools Available on the Get Georgia Reading Campaign Website

3. Georgia Elementary Student Health Survey Dashboard

4. Georgia Elementary Student Health Survey Dashboard

5. Georgia Elementary Student Health Survey Dashboard

6. Georgia Elementary Student Health Survey Dashboard

7. Georgia Elementary Student Health Survey Dashboard

8. Data Tools Available on the Get Georgia Reading Campaign Website

9. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer
** Requires Flash (sigh)

10. CLICK here on legend box
SELECT category
SELECT indicator
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CLICK OK
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Georgia Statewide Data Explorer

11. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the Elementary Students Living?)

12. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the pockets of poverty?)

13. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the highest rates of premature births?)

14. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Comparison Time!!!)
Premature Births
(highest rates)
3rd Grade ELA
(lowest proficiency)

15. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer
Other Examples of Questions This Tool Can Answer:
• How has the population changed over the last 15 years?
• Which neighborhoods have seen the greatest growth?
• How has the racial makeup of the population changed over
the last 15 years?
• Which neighborhoods have seen the largest increases in
Hispanic populations?
• Which neighborhoods have the highest percentages of
public school students withdrawing from school?
• Which areas of the state have the highest rates of low
birthweight births?
• Which neighborhoods have the highest 3rd grade
proficiency rates?

16. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the highest numbers of ER visits due to asthma?)

17. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Creating a Subset
RIGHT CLICK on entry
and then SELECT
“Create subset…”
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CLICK on entry to
view selection in map
viewer
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18. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the highest numbers of ER visits due to asthma?)

19. Turnaround Schools and Asthma
Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the highest numbers of ER visits due to asthma?)

20. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the highest rates of premature births?)

21. Bottom 20% and Premature Births
Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the highest rates of premature births?)

22. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the pockets of poverty?)

23. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Examples of How to Use
(Where are the pockets of poverty?)

24. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer:
Basic Navigation Tips
ZOOM SCROLL BAR
NUDGE TOOL
DRAG TOOL
SELECTOR TOOL
ZOOM TOOL
MAP VIEWER CONTROLS
LOAD SAVED MAP
VIEW
SAVE MAP VIEW
REPLAY SESSION
HISTORY
MOVE FORWARD OR
BACKWORD IS SESSION
HISTORY
SESSION HISTORY CONTROLS

25. Georgia Statewide Data Explorer: Printing and Exporting Images
RIGHT CLICK the window
you wish to print/export.
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CLICK on “Print” or
“Save as Image”.
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Image of Map
CHOOSE to print/export:
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26. Data Tools Available on the Get Georgia Reading Campaign Website

27. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool

28. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: The Basics
1. Map Viewer
2. Map view controls
3. Address search
4. Map layer selector
5. Report area selector
6. Legend
7. Print
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29. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool:
Populating the Map
CLICK
“+ NEW MAP”
SELECT
category
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30. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: What’s Different?
• Has all the same data as the Statewide Data
Explorer, just not nearly as much, thus it is a little bit
easier to manage
• Has easy-to-use interactive tools to display
information – simply click on a neighborhood or a
school and get lots of information
• Has a different way to filter schools based a number
of criteria
• Has a reporting functionality that allows users to
create their own report or to download a district report
• Overall, a little bit easier to use.
Policy Map’s tool has all the same data as the Statewide Data Explorer, just not
nearly as much, thus it is a little bit easier to manage.

31. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool
(Adding Educational Attainment Underneath the School Layer)

32. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool:
Displaying School and Neighborhood Information
CLICK on map
to view
underlying
data

33. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: Generating Reports, Method 1
CLICK “See GGR Report…”
in popup after selecting a
mapped area Using this method, the report will
include data for the entire school
district in which the selected
geography is located.

34. Using this method, the report will only include data
for the schools and census blocks or tracts which
the custom region intersects.
CLICK on “Draw
Report Area”
CHOOSE “Drawn
Custom Region” DRAW region
& NAME it
CLICK red icon on custom region to
view popup & then CLICK link to report
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Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: Generating Reports, Method 2

35. Using this method, the report will
only include data for the schools and
census blocks or tracts with which
the custom region intersects.
CHOOSE “Radius Region”
CLICK center of custom
radius region and give the
custom region a name
CLICK red icon on
custom region to view
popup & then CLICK
link to “See GGR
Report…”
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ENTER a
radius for
custom region
& then CLICK
“GO”
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Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: Generating Reports, Method 3

36. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: What’s in the Reports?
The report corresponds to the School District
or Custom Region selected using the map and
includes data under the following headings:
 Education Information
 Neighborhood Information
 Population and Age Distribution
 Race & Ethnicity
 Income
 Language Spoken at Home
 School Enrollment
 Educational Attainment
 Household Status
 Transportation
 Jobs and Economy

37. The Education Information
section includes a table with the
number of schools in the district
(or custom region) which fall
into each statewide quintile for
six measures.
CLICK on a number on the table
to bring up a list and
information on the schools
within that quintile.
CLICK on the icon to
download a .csv of the
school list and data
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Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: What’s in the Reports?

38. How many schools in Georgia have at
least 40% of students proficient and
above on ELA Milestones in 3rd grade
AND have a Climate Star rating of 1?
Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(3rd Grade ELA Proficiency and Climate Star Rating)

39. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(3rd Grade ELA and Climate Star Rating)

40. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(3rd Grade ELA and Climate Star Rating)

41. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(3rd Grade ELA and Climate Star Rating)

42. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(3rd Grade ELA and Climate Star Rating)

43. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(3rd Grade ELA and Climate Star Rating)

44. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(High Absenteeism and Student Poverty)

45. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(High Absenteeism and Student Poverty)

46. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(High Absenteeism and Student Poverty)

47. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(High Absenteeism and Student Poverty)

48. Policy Map’s Mapping and Reporting Tool: How To Use
(High Absenteeism and Student Poverty)

49. Other Tools from Neighborhood Nexus

50. A Look At Elementary Schools in the State: 3rd Grade Reading
** Requires Flash (sigh)
Click here to change
what is being mapped
More of an “advanced”
tool
A data table where
you can download
anything you want.
And, of
course,
the map!

51. A Look At Elementary Schools in the State: 3rd Grade Reading
Click here to change
what is being mapped

52. A Look At Elementary Schools in the State: 3rd Grade Reading
Highlighting the best
performing schools in
the state

53. Comparison Time! 3rd Grade Reading and Student Poverty
3rd Grade Reading Proficiency Student Poverty