Achieving academic excellence is not a benefit generally associated with the MicroStrategy
Business Intelligence Platform™, but the State of Ohio uses it to do just that. Providing easy
access to primary and secondary public school performance data, the Ohio Department of
Education is giving parents, teachers, administrators, legislators, and journalists one-click
access to a profile of the state’s education system.
The Ohio Department of Education contracted with MicroStrategy after the Ohio General
Assembly required the department to release an annual report card on school district
performance. To complement an annual PDF version of the Local Report Card distributed to
parents of public school children, the department wanted an interactive tool to facilitate data
analysis and to provide anytime access.
The department’s MicroStrategy application is called the Interactive Local Report Card (iLRC).
Accessed on the department’s Web site at http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us, the application lets
anyone with an interest in the state’s education program get the latest performance and
statistical data pertaining to any school district or individual school in the state.
The powerful business intelligence component runs behind the scenes to query the
department’s Oracle data warehouse and pulls up reports on attendance, enrollment, or
graduation rates for the state’s 614 districts, or any one of its more than 3,900 elementary,
middle, and high school buildings.
“This information changes our ability to effectively address educational issues in Ohio because
we have data to drive our decisions,” said Michael Carmack, the Ohio Department of
Education’s Director of Enterprise Applications. “Why do students read better at this school?
Why do they keep dropping out at that school? Quick and easy access to performance data
lets us get to the bottom of trouble situations and take action to improve them.”
The Ohio Department of Education is the policy leader for public education in Ohio. Its responsibilities
include apportioning state and federal funds to elementary and secondary schools,
establishing minimum school standards, preparing and submitting biennial budgetary requests
for the board, and providing appropriate public education for all children. The Department also
is responsible for providing leadership and support in the improvement of public education,
including planning and evaluation.
Giving Parents, Teachers, Administrators, Legislators,
and Journalists One-Click Access to Educational Profiles