Unionville-Chadds Ford unveils refreshed public dashboard highlighting achievement, experience and finances

Lisa D'Orazio, the district supervisor of information systems, gave a walk-through of the Unionville‑Chadds Ford School District’s dashboard on Feb. 12, describing it as a “one‑stop shop” that brings together student achievement, student experience and fiscal health data for families and the community. The dashboard links to each building’s Future Ready PA index, the three most recent achievement reports, AP and National Merit summaries, average SAT/ACT scores and budget‑to‑actual documents.

Board members responded with mostly positive comments but pressed for clearer framing of several metrics. One board member asked specifically about the AP honor roll and the new “college optimization” measure, questioning whether the dashboard presents those figures as goals the district intends to increase or simply as descriptive data. The board requested explanatory language so viewers would understand what each metric is intended to indicate rather than assume the district is driving for a specific AP participation target.

D'Orazio said the dashboard has evolved over about six years and is updated annually. She noted the site includes clickable links to deeper reports (for example, achievement reports and building‑level Future Ready PA pages) and invited the community to review materials by arranging a viewing. The committee’s technology lead confirmed the dashboard link is currently available from the district homepage via a dedicated button and that staff will look at ways to make access more prominent when the district website is redesigned.

The presentation underscored the district’s intent to provide transparent, accessible data to families and the public while the board asked staff to add clarifying text and consider navigation changes to make the dashboard easier to find and interpret.