Data and Analysis for School Leadership

DASL – Data and Analysis for School Leadership

Published Date:

Data and Analysis for School Leadership is an online tool from CASE and the National Association of Independent Schools. It’s a powerful, one-stop shop for U.S. independent school data collection. In it, school leaders can find actionable data on all aspects of their school operations, including admission, enrollment, salaries, and more. 

Access Data and Analysis for School Leadership
Log into DASL

About DASL 

DASL is an online tool from CASE and the National Association of Independent Schools (and over 40 other school associations)—a powerful, one-stop shop for U.S. independent school data collection. In it, school leaders can find actionable data on all aspects of their school operations, including admission, enrollment, salaries, and more.  

Since April 2022, CASE and NAIS have been partners on DASL, drawing in CASE’s Global Reporting Standards to the tool to give schools access to consistent advancement data across the sector. For schools, this means: 

  • Access to comprehensive, standardized data. School leaders can use DASL to more comprehensively benchmark against their global peers and have a complete snapshot of their schools’ financial and engagement health. 
  • More data, less time and effort. Now, through the enhanced DASL, you can enter advancement and operations data in just one place. You’ll be able to access your DASL data through CASE’s AMAtlas and Data Miner tools, where you can pull reports.  
  • Deeper insights. CASE will release analysis and insights to help schools navigate and use data. 
  • Assurance that the data adhere to the highest industry standards in terms of transparency, ethics, and consistent reporting.

 

DASL Schedule  

  • Data entry opens: August 2022
  • Data entry closes: Fall 2022 
  • Data released: Early 2023 

 

CASE Member Access 

CASE members get access to the full suite of DASL resources, including being able to see data in CASE’s AMAtlas and Data Miner.   
 

DASL Frequently Asked Questions

Visit https://dasl.nais.org/ to log into the survey. Log in with your NAIS/DASL credentials. 

Yes! Through our partnership with NAIS, CASE has enriched the advancement section of DASL to align with our Global Reporting Standards, our standard worldwide counting methodology for advancement, ensuring consistent reporting and analysis. Schools can use DASL to more comprehensively benchmark against their peers and gain a complete snapshot of their school's financial and engagement health. 

No; any school can access DASL and there is no cost.

No. But CASE and NAIS member institutions have access to the full suite of DASL benefits and insights. Moreover, CASE members will enjoy deeper advancement insights and an additional dataset that is unavailable to non-members.

Become a CASE member.

As an NAIS member, you will have access to DASL and to the CASE-designed advancement dataset. However, CASE members will have access to a more comprehensive dataset as a member benefit. 

Become a CASE member.

Your data entry process will be the same! The only thing that will change are the questions being asked within the advancement section of the overall survey.

The questions in DASL around advancement will now align with the Global Reporting Standards, and the Core Philanthropy Metrics survey. CASE is making a copy of Standards available to each institution entering data into DASL, free of charge. You can access Standards and your Guidance Document before data collection begins.

Access your data in DASL and pull reports directly through the tool. CASE members can also access data through Data Miner.

Data collection opens in August and closes in the fall. Analysis is released the following winter.

Now, schools do not need to complete the VSE. Instead, you should use DASL. The dataset for advancement within DASL contains aspects of the VSE and Core Philanthropy Metrics.

Tags

AMAtlas Survey US/Canada K-12 Research and Data Enrollment Talent Management Resource Series: AMAtlas

Other resources in Resource Series: AMAtlas

VSE Findings cover image

VSE Summary Findings 2021

Since 1957, the Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) report has been the comprehensive and definitive source of data on fundraising outcomes in higher education and a sample of precollege institutions in the United States.

AMAtlas Survey