1. Federal Grant Programs Conference May 30, 2018
Equity in ESSA: How to use the Student Learning Experience (SLE) Report
Federal Grant Programs Conference
May 30, 2018

2. Next steps and resources for equity strategies
Contents 01
Report overview 02
Next steps and resources for equity strategies 03
Federal grants applications
CONTENTS

3. Report overview
Report overview 01

4. What is a “student learning experience”?
Student learning experience = each time a student is assigned to a teacher

5. What is an equity gap?
When students who are
economically disadvantaged,
students of color,
English learners, or
students with disabilities
are at least 1.5 times as likely as their peers to be assigned to teachers who are
inexperienced (<3 years)
out-of-field
rated Needs Improvement/Unsatisfactory

6. Why is the report important?
Districts will report in federal grants application:
Any district or school equity gaps
Summary of how they will address the gaps
Use the data to identify root causes of gaps in student outcomes  help close outcome gaps

7. How do we access the report?
Summary report
Detailed report

8. How do we interpret the report?
79 percent of the time, District A students were assigned to experienced teachers (3+ ye
ELs are 1.61 times as likely as non-ELs to be assigned to a teacher rated NI/U

9. How do we interpret the report?
We can also view equitable access data as a bar graph. These graphs compare across schools.

10. What else does the report show?
The detailed report provides more filters, such as:
Across-school comparisons
Student level
Grade level
Specific racial/ethnic groups
Student performance levels
Combinations of student subgroups
Class subject
1–5 years of data

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12. Using additional data (including and beyond the SLE Report)
What are the next steps?
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Using additional data (including and beyond the SLE Report)
Asking self-assessment/stakeholder engagement questions to explore root causes
Developing strategies
Monitoring progress

13. What additional data would you want to see?
What are the next steps?
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If you were in a district where economically disadvantaged students are more likely to have inexperienced teachers…
What additional data would you want to see?
What are some potential root causes? Which stakeholders would you want to involve in root cause analysis?
What strategies might you use to address the gaps? How would you measure your strategies’ progress?

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15. What about the federal grants application?
Be sure to include all school and district equity gaps that appear in the SLE Report, for student groups’ assignment to:
Inexperienced teachers
Out-of-field teachers
Teachers rated NI/U
Summarize how you are addressing/will address gaps
Some approaches may address multiple equity gaps
One-pager on equity gap reporting and monitoring

16. Upcoming enhancements to the report
Available next week:
One-year summary report view
Data for % of experiences with in-field teachers
In detailed report, English learners’ % of experiences with core academic teachers who were SEI endorsed

17. Meagan Steiner, Center for Instructional Support
Thank you
THANK YOU
Meagan Steiner, Center for Instructional Support
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148