1. 1 Harnessing the Power of Data: Effecting Improvement in Schools Please answer our survey at www.zellerandassociates.com/IL-TCEwww.zellerandassociates.com/IL-TCE. Its zeller and associates as all one word with dot com… Forward slash… And IL-TCE must be in CAPS!

2. 22 Harnessing the Power of Data: Effecting Improvement in Schools Dr. Leslie R. Wilson Gerry Zeller June 2009

3. 33 Agenda I.Beginnings II.Illustrative Story III.The Cycle IV.Bernhardts Four Lenses V.Tools VI.CAI Tools VII.Solutions VIII.Reflection and Evaluation

4. 4 Protocols for this Academy

5. 55 Survey Results How much experience is in the room? How involved are you with data? What do you hope to learn today?

6. 66 Know and be able to do School Improvement = Problem Solving Problem Solving = Process Bernhardts Four Lenses Demographics Student Learning School Processes Perceptions

7. 77 Story

8. 88 Area of Concern

9. 99 Targeted Concern There were approximately 15 students out of total student population of 1,000 that were dropping out of school when they reached their 16 th birthday.

10. 10 Generate Hypotheses: Answer the Why?

11. 11 Hypotheses Generated Young men leave school. Low income students do not value education. Students who get discipline referrals want out. The lower the GPA, the more likely one is to walk. Parents didnt finish high school, children wont. Single parent families and similar find it difficult to shepherd students through school. These students come to us with poor test scores. These students earn too few credits. These students are frequently tardy or leave early.

12. 12 Determine, Collect, Disaggregate and Analyze Needed Data Gender GPA SES Discipline Parental Background Family Makeup Entry Test Scores Credits Attendance No Yes

13. 13 Develop Solution Criteria 1. Diploma/GED (Rigor) 2. On Campus Program (Relationships) 3. Quick Successes (Relevance) 4. Non-traditional School Day (Relevance) 5. In-depth Knowledge of/Caring for Students (Relationships)

14. 14 Investigate Solutions Brainstorm: What ideas do we have? SBR: What does research suggest? Best Practice: What are other schools doing?

15. 15 Select Best Match to Criteria: Late School Diploma/GED On Campus Program Quick Successes Non-traditional School Day In-depth Knowledge of/Caring for Students

16. 16 Implement Solution Human Resources Material/Facility Resources Policies/Procedures

17. 17 Communicate Solution Constituencies Formally Informally

18. 18 Monitor Progress

19. 19 Monitor Progress Method Frequency Responsibility

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22. 22 What Does Your Improvement Model Look Like?

23. 23 Mission Why do we exist? Vision What promise have we made to our community?

24. 24 How well are we keeping our promises? Student Learning Lens Are all students meeting standards? Are they in-step with their peers nationally? Internationally?

25. 25 Meeting Standards Interactive Illinois Report Card Performance Over Time By Grade Level By Subject Area By Cohort Comparison To Others Scatter Plots Compare Tool

26. 26 Meeting Standards Nationally College Board http://www.collegeboard.com/splash ACT http://www.act.org/ Advanced Placement Newsweek

27. 27 Meeting Standards Internationally PISA Program for International Student Assessment TIMMS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

28. 28 How well does what we do help us keep our promises? School Processes Lens Do they get enough instruction? Do we put them in the right place?

29. 29 State Report Card

30. 30 Special Educ. Profile

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33. 33 How well are we keeping our promises to ALL students? Enrollment Mobility Drop out/Retention Ethnicity Gender Grade Discipline Referrals Suspensions/ Expulsions

34. 34 How well does the WHOLE community perceive we are doing? Staff Students Parents Alumni Community

35. 35 Bernhardt Perception Surveys Social – Emotional Measures When I am at school, I feel:

36. 36 On-line Survey Tools Survey Monkey http://www.surveymonkey.com/ Zoomerang http://info.zoomerang.com/ Profiler Pro http://www.profilerpro.comhttp://www.profilerpro.com/

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38. 38 Do We Have the Whole Picture?

39. 39 How well are we keeping our promises? Do some areas need attention?

40. 40 Generate Hypotheses 1. Eighth graders cannot do Math. 2. Eighth grade teachers cannot teach Math. 3. We do not use the appropriate eighth grade textbook. 4. The test is too hard. 5. … 20. Its the drinking water.

41. 41 Correlations Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Reading and Writing

42. 42 What is it that we are doing that might contribute to our results?

43. 43 HoPs are explanations That come from school and classroom factors About practices that can be altered

44. 44 HoPs should not be about Characteristics of students Unalterable factors

45. 45 HoPs Instead of These students are poor. Use Students of poverty are not gaining ample access to reading materials from our school.

46. 46 Data Ground Rules No blaming students No blaming teachers Data are just information Use data for instructional purposes De-emotionalize data

47. 47 Analyze Data

48. 48 The Five Gets 1. Get Data 2. Get Them Electronic 3. Get Them Disaggregated 4. Get Them Graphical 5. Get Talking (Bias and Consensus)

49. 49 Get It Graphical: 1869

50. 50 Get It Graphical: 2009 http://www.wordle.net/

51. 51 Graph the data OR Highlight patterns 345 2003-04 546050 2004-05 8255 2005-06 786854 Get It Graphical

52. 52 Analysis Tools

53. 53 Analysis Tools Databases such as MS Access Spreadsheets such as MS Excel Inspirations InspireData Key Curriculum Press Fathom Data Warehouse

54. 54 SEC: Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development

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56. 56 See Workbook Investigate Solutions

57. 57 Caweltis Research Cawelti, Gordon. Handbook of Research on Improving Student Achievement (3 rd Ed.). Arlington, VA: Educational Research Service, 2004. Meta-analysis by Subject Area

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59. 59 Six Types of Involvement 1. Parenting 2. Communicating 3. Volunteering 4. Learning at Home 5. Decision Making 6. Collaborating with the Community A Team A Plan

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61. 61 In Summary School Improvement = Problem Solving Problem Solving = Process Bernhardts Four Lenses Demographics Student Learning School Processes Perceptions

62. 62 Reflection Reflect Share Use

63. 63 Thank-you Dr. Leslie R. Wilson Wilson Educational Consulting, Inc. drlrwilson@aol.com 312.335.9526 Mr. Gerry Zeller Zeller and Associates gzeller@zellerandassociates. com 847.828.4606 Zeller and Associates