Research & Evaluation Institute Director Yolanda Pyrtle and Dr. Akua Obeng, division research manager and data analyst, presented recently at the Texas Council of Women School Executives Annual Conference. Held Jan. 23-24 in San Antonio, the TCWSE conference is held in conjunction with TASA Midwinter Conference and brings school leaders together to network and discuss issues and challenges women administrators face in the education landscape.

Pyrtle and Obeng’s session was titled, “From Data to Action: Leveraging Dashboards for School Leadership,” and helped train campus leaders on how to use dashboards to enhance data-driven decision making. Dashboards provide date in real time, and the duo highlighted best practices based on trends and strategies to promote improvement through timely data.