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State launches new tool for school transparency

  

The state launched a new school evaluation tool today.

The new Parent Dashboard is meant to increase the transparency of Michigan’s schools.

The dashboard shows information about each school in Michigan, from elementary to high school. It includes state test results, graduation and dropout rates, and student to staff ratios.

Vanessa Keesler is a state deputy Superintendent. She says the Department of Education got a lot of input from parents to make the dashboard as user friendly as possible.

“This has the most parent feedback of any parent focused or otherwise focused dashboard or data reporting rollout we’ve done.”

The dashboard isn’t done yet. The department plans to eventually include extracurricular activities offered by the schools.