After seeing his data come to life and converted into actionable insights via Lightspeed Analytics’ dashboards, Dr. Ryan and his team have successfully wielded this information to drive collaboration between the district’s technology and instruction departments.

Since the tool tracks the usage of each application, Santa Fe’s technology team can work with instructors to identify and eliminate failing resources and consolidate investments.

Better still, since the collaborations Lightspeed Analytics empowers are ongoing, the district can respond quickly to evolving needs. “Partnering with the instructional team, we can decide together what metrics we want to use to determine performance and success,” Dr. Ryan went on. “As a result, we get unprecedentedly early access to results district-wide.”

These new dialogues, however, aren’t limited to those between the Chief Information and Strategy Officer and the instructional team. Rather, Dr. Ryan and his team now have the data they need to create concise status reports for Santa Fe’s superintendent and to collaborate with the professional development team about teacher success. The result is a district that, more than ever before, is working hand in hand to produce positive outcomes for the Santa Fe community, one of which is receiving a boost in funding where it’s needed most.

The more the district turns budgeting into data-driven strategy, the more certain it can be that they’re maximizing the impact of each investment.

Santa Fe Public Schools is taking advantage of all the new opportunities edtech has brought to their community. By marrying quantifiable data to qualified analysis, the district is creating cross-departmental collaborations and opening a new world of possibilities to students.