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People Behind the Inclusivity Index, the history and motivations

To help children at school develop their whole selves; feel safe, secure, and INCLUDed, and have a POSITIVE experience in a community they respect.

Five diverse minds with complementary experiences who share a common aim.

 Andy Abbott, Head of School, John Burroughs School

Committed leader of diversity, equity, and inclusivity efforts in secondary education

“Guided the Inclusivity Index approach to ensure that the survey would be useful for schools”

 Daniel Harris, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity & Engagement, John Burroughs School

Founding Director of The Equity Exchange and passionate developer of principles and practices in the field

“Created the content, the qualities, statements and demographics, that form the substance of the Inclusivity Index”

 Tiffany Khang, former diversity leader in K-8 school

Committed and experience thought leader in lower and middle school education

“Drove the development of the Grades K-4 and 4-8 versions of the survey”

 Casey O’Donnell, Manager, Sales Strategy and Analytics, Tableau

Exceptional data modeling and presentation skills

“Conceived the data structure/graphical interfaces including the most revered tool, the Experience Lens”

 Charlie Peters, retired businessperson and former Trustee President, John Burroughs School

Decades of market research experience and familiarity with alternative survey research methods

“Invented the Positive-Negative Most Least MaxDiff survey design and scoring approach”

Key advances in the Inclusivity Index history.

2015 The Equity Exchange created at John Burroughs School

2016 Trustees decide to attempt to “measure diversity”

2017 First MaxDiff “Positive Negative Most Least” survey

2018 Tableau data analysis toolset built by Tableau Foundation

2018 Inclusivity Index, Inc. formed as a non-profit

2018 Inclusivity Index offered to other schools, public and private

2019 4-8 survey conceived and piloted

2020 Analyzer toolset added expanding insight of lower scoring groups

2021 K-4 survey conceived and piloted

2021 First K-12 schools combine lower, middle and upper surveys

2022 Identity analysis work started

2023 “Support and Risk Analysis” added using logistic regression

2023 Dialogue with the Inclusivity effort launched with forum and blog