Lesson: Creating and Using a Data Dictionary - Summary/Wrap-Up

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• Referring to the Data Dictionary Basics sheet, have each participant list two or three data elements he/she believes are specific to his/her LEA and that would be important to define in a data dictionary.
• Facilitate a discussion in which the participants talk about what decisions or reports would be affected if the data elements they identified were to be entered in an inconsistent manner into LEA data systems.
• Facilitate a discussion of how many LEA-specific data elements might need to be developed by LEA staff.

Lesson Resources for the Summary/Wrap-Up

• Data Dictionary Basics (9 KB)