NDETC: Data Warehouse Initiative - 0 views
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Jeff Johnson on 13 Aug 08What is a Data Warehouse? A Data warehouse is a storage and analysis application that allows schools to collect and store student and school Data from a number of sources and from multiple years. A Data warehouse application allows Data to be viewed in a multidimensional manner through numerous filters, slices and attributes. A Data warehouse is intended to be an analytical system to view and compare current Data with longitudinal Data, to identify trends and to help develop educational improvements. A Data warehouse does not replace a student information system or finance/HR application. Rather, a Data warehouse brings together key Data elements from numerous systems, including assessment results and demographic Data, to allow for in-depth analysis and Data-driven decision making.