[webinar] 90 for all: using high-quality data to ensure students are on track for success

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90 For All:

Using High-Quality Data toEnsure Students are On Track for Success

Thursday, March 28th

3:00-4:00pm ET


Brennan McMahon Parton

Associate DirectorState Policy and Advocacy

Data Quality Campaign


MEASURE WHAT MATTERSBe clear about what

students must achieve and have the data to ensure that all students are on

track to succeed.

MAKE DATA USE POSSIBLE

Provide teachers and leaders the flexibility,

training, and support they

need to answer their questions and take action.

BE TRANSPARENT AND

EARN TRUSTEnsure that every

community understands

how its schools and students are doing, why

data is valuable, and how it

is protected and used.

GUARANTEE ACCESS AND

PROTECT PRIVACYProvide teachers and

parents timely information

on their students and make sure it is kept safe.


There can be skepticism about the reliability of data and uncertainty

around how data can and should be used.

Can I trust the data I have access

to?

Is this data an accurate

reflection of reality?

Where can I go to find reliable

information?


BRIGHTSPOTS: Data to Support Graduation and Post-Secondary Success


[email protected]


Jenny Nagaoka

Deputy Director

UChicago Consortium on School Research


• Brief background on the Consortium on School Research and the To&Through Project

• Characteristics of effective indicators in general

Overview


• Launched in 1990, conducting place-based research focusing on Chicago Public Schools

• Mission: To build the capacity for school reform by conducting research that identifies what matters for student success and school improvement

• Basic research designed to be rooted in problems of practice

• Careful attention to defining the problem – not moving immediately to solving it

• Indicator development to guide complex improvement efforts

Background on the UChicagoConsortium on School Research


RESEARCH

TRAINING DATA

FreshmanOn Track

HS GraduationCollege

EnrollmentCollege

PersistenceCollege

Graduation

FIVE MILESTONES


• Clarify and define priority issues

• Identify students and schools for support

• Develop and evaluate school strategies

• Signal to school practitioners about priorities

• Signal to students and their families about where students and schools stand

Indicators Can Be Used for Improvement


Freshman OnTrack Indicator

What is it?

A 9th grader is on-track to graduate if he/she has:

At least 5 credits by the end of the year

No more than one semester failure in a core class

Why is it important?

Students on-track in the 9th grade are almost four times

more likely to graduate than off-track students.


An effective indicator:

• Addresses a problem or issue that is considered to be a priority by district leadership, school staff, students and their families.

• Is predictive of the outcome of interest.

• Provides information that school practitioners can take action on and have an impact on (e.g., it is both a malleable and actionable factor).

• Is available at the right time for practitioners to act.

• Is based on research evidence of a direct causal linkage to the outcome of interest.

Characteristics of an Effective Indicator


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Since 2003: OnTrackindicator included in

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OnTrack Rates in Chicago have Risen Dramatically

2009: Data reports introduced,

some schools receive staff or partners to help use new data


Cammy Lehr, Ph.D.

GradMinnesota

Project Manager

Minnesota Alliance

With Youth

Melany Wellnitz

Director

Southwest Prairie

Regional Center of

Excellence

Jackie Blagsvedt

School

Improvement

Program Specialist

MN Department of

Education

John Gimpl

Implementation

Specialist

MN Department of

Education


Questions & Answers


Visit these websites for more information about:

The GradNation campaign: http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/

The To&Through Project:https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/

The Minnesota Alliance With Youth and GradMinnesota: https://mnyouth.net/

The MEIRS System: http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/dse/drop/MEIRS/

http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/

https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/

https://mnyouth.net/

http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/dse/drop/MEIRS/