THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IN ARIZONA

Visualizing the Current Landscape to Prepare for the Future

THE ASU ADVANTAGE

The Decision Theater is at the center of efforts to create and use data driven analytic models to understand and assess Arizona’s educational achievement and impact. These research frameworks address the value of post-secondary attainment, the state’s future labor force, and the road to prosperity from K-12 education to a healthy economy.

The Education Landscape

The education system is complex and interwoven with other social systems. Decision Theater projects in the education landscape provide forums for in-depth insight into distinct pieces of the education pipeline. When connected, these visualized observations reflect the greater system, unravel complexities and offer avenues for change.

Mapping High School Achievement

What are the invisible relationships between student success and their surrounding environment? How do high schools across Arizona academically compare to one another? The ASU Decision Theater and the Decision Center for Educational Excellence (DCEdEx) collaborate to understand the mechanisms of student success. An interactive, multilayer software tool visualizes high school distribution and graduation data, community demographics, regional environmental statistics and college-going rates to capture a holistic view of the landscape and build more informed conversations on applicable interventions.

Education Advances Everyone

How does postsecondary attainment impact the state’s economy and workforce? What regions and individuals could benefit most from increased postsecondary attainment?

Compare high school performance factors Identify barriers to graduation The Decision Theater’s Achieve60AZ model analyzes the current state of post-secondary attainment across Arizona and calculates regional and state-wide outcomes of increased attainment.

High School Outcome Tool

Compare high school performance factors. Explore possible interventions. Identify barriers to graduation.

Achieve60AZ

Identify occupational vulnerabilities to automation. Understand the economic impacts of post-secondary degree attainment. Consider the future alignment of workforce availability and occupational demands.

The Decision Theater’s education software models are developed in partnership with ASU’s Decision Center for Educational Excellence, Helios Education Foundation and the Arizona Board of Regents to support the goals of the Achieve60AZ Alliance.