1. Aimee Rogstad Guidera April 7, 2010
Transforming Education into an Information-Based Sector Ed Week’s Making Data Matter Leadership Forum
Aimee Rogstad Guidera
April 7, 2010

2. Parents: you can’t escape them…D
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3. Changing the Culture around Data in Education
Helping Educators view Data Not as a Hammer But as a Flashlight
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4. Moving along the Accountability Spectrum
Compliance Reporting Accountability (rearview mirror view—what we did well/not so well) Continuous Improvement (looking out the front window)
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5. Do you want to know…..?
Which schools produce the strongest academic growth for their students?
What achievement levels in middle school indicate that a student is on track to succeed in rigorous courses in high school?
The % of 9th graders who successfully receive a high school diploma 4 years later?
Which high school performance indicators (e.g., enrollment in rigorous courses or performance on state tests) are the best predictors of students' success in college or the workplace?
The %of high school graduates who go on to college take remedial courses?
Which teacher preparation programs produce the graduates whose students have the strongest academic growth?
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6. The Power of Longitudinal Data
Longitudinal Data — data gathered on the same student from year to year — makes it possible to:
Follow individual student academic growth
Determine the value-added of specific programs
Identify consistently high-performing schools/classroom/systems worthy of study
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7. State of the Nation

8. State Progress: Elements by Elements

9. DQC 10 State Actions to Ensure Effective Data Use
Changing the Culture Around Data Use and Maximizing States’ Investments in Longitudinal Data Systems for Continuous Improvement
CHANGING and enriching the type of information stakeholders can get…
Link Systems
Ensure Access and Use
CHANGING the way stakeholders get information…
Build Capacity
CHANGING the ability for stakeholders to use data

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12. Typical Data Reporting

13. Potential Performance Report
A PPR will be produced for every student in 8th-12th grade
The report includes a student header…
...and individual records by grade and school
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14. Colorado – Growth Model

15. Kansas – Dashboard

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17. State of the Nation: 10 Actions*

18. Critical Context to Operationalize Data Systems
The challenges that policy leaders need to focus on:
Develop a governance structure across the P-20/W spectrum and prioritize policy questions for data access and use.
Establish common data standards and architecture to ensure that systems are interoperable.
Ensure that privacy is protected while ensuring appropriate and timely access.
Build understanding and demand for this information by providing value to all stakeholders.
Plan for sustainability of these systems’ infrastructure maintenance and growth in tight fiscal times.

19. States are Well-Positioned to Focus on the USE of Data
States are well on their way to building the critical infrastructure necessary to be able to provide timely, accessible data to all stakeholders
Growing political will and commitment to building and using these systems
Policy issues considered “untouchable” are now being discussed & addressed

20. An Information-Based Sector: An Attainable Goal?
Strategic Window of Opportunity provided by the unprecedented focus and resources dedicated to the development and use of these systems-ARRA & ESEA.
Sustainability based on building demand for this data by all stakeholders
Defining success: not a checklist but results:
Improving student achievement
Increasing system performance
Best Practices/Lessons:
Not an IT but a policy issue
Leadership is essential

21. Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Executive Director
Contact the DQC:
Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Executive Director
Data Quality Campaign
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