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said at the meeting. “So, space, place, and
data are really coming together in ways
that can inform us about the decisions that
we make. SAVI has been critical to that
process. Using SAVI data has helped us be
able to see, not only in certain communities
where there are assets, but also where there
are gaps.”
The experience of the Education Alliance
demonstrates how data can be used to help
disparate groups reach a common goal.
Coalitions often face a unique challenge:
each member has its own benchmarks and
its own data. SAVI measures outcomes in a
way that helps such groups think on a larger
scale about the data they are collecting.
With the Education Alliance, for instance, it
became clear that family health and access
to early education can have a ripple effect
across the entire education spectrum.
Using SAVI to target outcomes in
specific neighborhoods enabled the
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hat happened next was not
what you might expect. The
review of the data raised new
questions and the need for
even more data to find clarity on issues
of childhood school readiness. Policies
based on anecdotal evidence gave way to
the realization that the data did not always
support the group’s assumptions. But rather
than call for new studies, coalition members
went online. They used SAVI during the
meeting to answer their new questions and
test new approaches. With the data at their
fingertips, they experienced data in action.
“It’s been important to use the data
because SAVI gives us the opportunity
to look at geographic space, and space
is really places imbued with particular
meanings. We need the data to interpret
those meetings,” Dr. Khaula Murtadha,
alliance member and Associate Vice
Chancellor for Lifelong Learning at IUPUI,
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The Central Indiana Education Alliance, a coalition of more than 100
partners dedicated to improving education, convened its Early Childhood
Coalition in July 2015 to consider the latest research resulting from its
partnership with SAVI. The array of information was impressive: maps,
an online data dashboard, and a preview of the coalition’s annual report.