Open by Design
Using Open Methodologies and Tools
to Foster Rapid Cross-State Innovation
Goal: Build state capacity to validate growth analyses and results using open tools
Goal: Enable collaboration between SDEs related to growth model development and use.
Goal: Enhance the expertise of SDEs related to growth model development and use. Develop Data
Scientists like Hans Rosing in every state!
Realization: Ownership of analyses by the state led to State ownership/oversight of the SGP analyses
and enhanced their ability to explain and work with local stakeholders.
Realization: States are the crucibles for innovation and development.
Realization: We are all developers (not just computer geeks)!
Goal: Leverage modern development tools to bring together state and national experts in the co-
development of innovative tools and practices:
1. Collaboration without coordination
II. Expose Process (everything you do should have a URL associated with it)
Open source statistical software environment and
associated package for SGP analyses and
visualizations.
Web based distributed version control system based upon
Git. GitHub allows distributed teams to collaboratively
work with minimal coordination often utilizing agile
development methods. Projects using GitHub
SchoolView/SGP
HealthCare.gov
Thousands of Software Projects
Various other services and frameworks allowing for the
D3.js
creation of web based documentation and interactive
visualization
Creative Commons licenses
associated with SchoolView are
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The SchoolView GitHub Site
The SGP Package source code repository (my branch)
SGPstateData repository: meta-data for state assessments
Indiana’s GitHub Repository for annual SGP analyses
Rich documentation available alongside source code
Rich documentation can include interactive visualizations!!!
Open by Design
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About this copy
Open by Design — CCSSO, June 2013.
This is an image-based copy of the original Keynote slides; builds and animations are flattened.