This video series provides insight from Pacific region education leaders on the topics of data culture, data integrity, and data quality. The themes and resources presented in these videos were the focus of discussions in the Pacific Data Culture Community of Practice facilitated by REL Pacific in 2023.

Data Culture (Video 1)

Data culture describes the collective behaviors and beliefs of educators who value, practice, and encourage the use of data to improve decision-making. This video shares elements of a healthy data culture and interviews with education leaders who share their perspectives on data culture in the region.

Video 1 Contributors: Margarita Cholymay (Chuuk State Department of Education), Deeleeann Daniel (College of Micronesia–Federated States of Micronesia), Patrick Tellei (Palau Community College), Sermina Namelo (Chuuk State Department of Education), and Leo Pangelinan (narrator, Northern Marianas Humanities Council)

Data Integrity (Video 2)

Data integrity is the reliability of data, ensuring that data are complete, unchanged, and accessible when needed. This video lists features of data integrity and examples from leaders about what data integrity looks like in Pacific education systems.

Video 2 Contributors: Margarita Cholymay (Chuuk State Department of Education), Roland Merar (Northern Marianas College), Walter Kahumoku III (University of Hawai'i at Manoa), and Leo Pangelinan (narrator, Northern Marianas Humanities Council)

Data Quality (Video 3)

Data quality refers to the accuracy, validity, reliability, timeliness, cost-efficiency, and utility of data. Quality data are essential for educators who are focused on and promote data-driven decision making. This video shares interviews with leaders who discuss examples of quality data in their education systems.

Video 3 Contributors: To'oto'o'ole'a'ava Evile Fa'atauao Feleti (American Samoa Community College), Margarita Cholymay (Chuuk State Department of Education), Sermina Namelo (Chuuk State Department of Education), Tulensru Waguk (Kosrae State Department of Education), Mae Lynn Tiningidow (Dalipebinaw Elementary School, Yap State), and Leo Pangelinan (narrator, Northern Marianas Humanities Council)