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Title: Examination of State-Level School Safety Data Dashboard Characteristics
Language: English
Authors: Ann Marie Cotman (ORCID 0000-0002-8136-5022), F. Chris Curran (ORCID 0000-0001-5680-1446), Katharine Harris-Walls (ORCID 0009-0001-8696-573X)
Source: Education Policy Analysis Archives. 2024 32(65).
Availability: Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/epaa
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 29
Publication Date: 2024
Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) (DOJ)
Contract Number: 15PBJA21GG04652STOP
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Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: School Safety, Data, Visual Aids, State Agencies, Management Information Systems, Data Use, Student Behavior, Data Interpretation, Online Systems, Public Opinion, Discourse Analysis, User Needs (Information), Design, Computer System Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Discipline Problems, Violence, Public Health, Antisocial Behavior
ISSN: 1068-2341
Abstract: Choices made on data visualizations guide how users make meaning of the information presented. This research investigates design decisions made on 115 state-level dashboards reporting school safety data. Using pre-determined codes drawn from a framework of visualization rhetoric, dashboard characteristics were described and analyzed. Analysis demonstrates that school safety dashboards vary significantly in types of school safety data included as well as how such data are presented. Most dashboards lack specific interpretative text or narration, meaning the messages and stories communicated by dashboards are influenced largely by choices in data included, how it is visually represented, and the interactivity provided to users. The choices craft divergent stories about school safety for dashboard users--including, but not limited to, those that foreground student behavior as the central threat, those that present school practices as problematic, and those that center community creation--which may shape public discourse around school safety. In concert, rhetorical choices reflect different perspectives on safety, students, and schools.
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