The Initiative For School Empowerment and Excellence (i.4.see) “Empowering teachers, administrators, policy makers, and parents to increase student achievement.” i4see – Update January 30, 2008 Concord, NH For more information: or

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 2 i.4.see will improve the quality and scope of data collections, provide easy access to meaningful data for schools and reduce the submission burden. What is driving the work we are doing… Enable Sound Policy Decisions Identify Student and School Progress Reduce Drop-Out Rate -- Why are we implementing i4see? -- Principal & Teacher Access Reduce Data Collection Burden Improve Data Accuracy & Reliability What should I know about my students? Citizens What should I know about my schools? Policy Makers What should I know about NH schools, programs and students? Other Stakeholders Other questions?

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 3 Assign SASIDs Collect & Integrate Student Level Data Provide District & School Access 123 And, where are we in the implementation of i4see… -- How are we implementing i4see? -- Three Primary Components to Phase I A3 A13 Dropout Counts

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 4 Now that we have a collection process in place, this data will have broad uses. i4see Submissions Beginning of year enrollment information Free and Reduced status NECAP assessment results End of year attendance, suspension, graduation and post graduation plans Demographics – race, gender, Title I involvement, advanced placement, student mobility, homeless information, etc. Integrated Data Migrant student status LEP / ESOL involvement Special Education status CTE and Other possibilities yet to come (e.g. K-16) What Data is Collected? How is This Data Used? Follow The Child AYP Determination Equity Aid Drop-out Analysis, Policy Analysis, etc.

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 5 Again, to emphasizing Data Quality, verification checks and reports help ensure the data is accurate… -- Data Submission Process -- Step 1: School Verifications – eg: Race has changed since BOY Suspect grade given age of student … Step 2: District Verifications & Reports – eg: Student left one school but never arrived 2 nd school in same district (W2 / R2) Attendance Reports … Step 3: State Reports & Sign-Off – eg: Student left one school but never arrived 2nd school in another district (W4 / R4) One student too many days (greater than 360 half-days) ADM Sign-Off …

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 6 So what does i4see (data submission) look like…

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 7 The home page provides a variety of resources…

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 8 Now that we have collected valuable data, we have partnered with Performance Pathways to help districts and schools access the data – access is via the i4see Workbench.

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 9 Performance Pathways Provides Access to Assessment Information…

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 10 Educators in your school(s) can drill down to the item detail and see who is having troubles with fractions (for example)… and there is more to come…

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 11 i4see Home Page: Data Collection Mike Cote at Support:Sandy Hyslop at Data Analysis PD Centers at Support:Ginny Clifford at x2 (cust. service) i4see Newsletters, Training Events, Tip Documents -- Supports -- We try to offer comprehensive support for questions, suggestions, assistance…

Initiative for School Empowerment and Excellence 12 February: NECAP & Alt Label Request (for Alternative Portfolio) April: NECAP Label Request (for Spring Science Assessment) May: Trial run of EOY (End of Year) Enrollment July 15 th : EOY Enrollment EOY Academic Sped Nonpublic Sped Public August:NECAP Label Request (for Fall Assessment) October: BOY (Beginning of Year) F&R (Free and Reduced) Ongoing:Real-Time (for high schools, following BOY submission) Security Course and Class submissions SASID Requests So here is the year of i4see submissions at a glance…