Data Ecosystem Assessment
The Data Ecosystem Assessment helps institutions understand the strengths and gaps in their data infrastructure, analytics, and data-use practices.
Through an institutional inventory and assessment tools, the toolkit helps teams identify opportunities for improvement, strengthen their capacity to use data effectively, and support strategic planning and equitable student outcomes.
What You'll Find in This Toolkit
- Data Ecosystem Inventory and Results
An institutional inventory and report generator to assess current data practices, analyze results, and identify areas for improvement. - Stakeholder Presentation Tools
Resources to communicate assessment findings, facilitate conversations with stakeholders, and determine next steps. - Assessment Matrix
A supplemental activity for examining results in greater depth and identifying priorities for improvement.
Who This Toolkit Is For
- Chief Business Officers (CBOs)
- Finance and Business Office Teams
- Institutional Research and Data Analysts
- IT and Data Management Leaders
- Strategy and Planning Teams
- Cross-functional teams involved in data-informed decision-making
What This Toolkit Can Help You Achieve
- Understand your institution's current data strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Identify practices that support or hinder data-informed decision-making.
- Turn assessment findings into priorities for institutional planning and action.
- Strengthen institutional data capacity and readiness.
How to Use This Toolkit
You don't have to assess everything at once. This toolkit helps institutions build on their existing data practices, from identifying initial opportunities to planning broader improvements.
Quick Start
—Gain a clearer understanding of current data practices and identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
Deeper Integration
—Take a closer look at institutional data practices, involve stakeholders, and identify priorities for strengthening data capabilities.
Full Implementation
—Turn assessment findings into coordinated institutional improvements that strengthen data capacity, collaboration, and strategic decision-making.
See This Toolkit in Action
Learn how institutions have used Data Ecosystem Assessment to improve student outcomes.
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