Transcript MakingDataPublicPD - Boston Plan for Excellence

Making Data Public
Boston Public Schools Leadership Conference:
Building Schools of Excellence
July 1, 2010
9:45-11:15 AM
Connections to Acceleration Agenda
Key Strategies
• Strengthen teaching and learning
• Replicate success
• Deepen partnerships
Academic Targets
• Communicates data on Academic Targets
• Holds all publicly accountable for meeting
Academic Targets
Accelerating Improvement through
Inquiry (AI2)
• 14 Schools in SY09-10, K-12
• Goal: improve graduation rate
• Inquiry process focused on ELA, math, and
attendance
• “Making data public” contest
Turn and talk
• Turn to the person sitting next to you and
discuss:
– why you chose to come to this presentation
– what you hope to get out of this presentation
What does it mean to “make data public”?
• build shared ownership, accountability, and
awareness of progress toward goals
• reinforce positive messaging to school community
and instill healthy competitive culture
IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES!
Self-assessment exercise
• Using rubric, take 5 minutes to assess where
your school currently is on “making data public.”
• Focus on first section, public/community data
walls.
Getting started
I. What goals have been established for the
school and individual grade levels?
– Sources: Acceleration Agenda, WSIP, school teams
– Data: attendance, tardiness, grades, formative
assessments, and MCAS
Getting started cont.
II. What data do you have about these goals?
– Baseline: What is your starting point?
– Interim: How will you measure progress?
– Target: What will define success?
III. How can this data be communicated?
IV. What should people do in response to the
data?
Ways you can make data public
I. Public data walls
II. Private/staff data walls
III. Direct communications with families
I. Public data walls
• display of data intended to spur conversation
about improvement toward goals
• dynamic and regularly updated
• messaging is informative and encourages action
• often supported with contests and recognition
Options for PUBLIC data walls
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What data? attendance, grades, assessments
What level? student, grade, homeroom, school
Where? hallways, lunchroom, classrooms
What type? low-tech and high-tech both great!
The best data walls identify a problem,
an intervention, an effect, and a conclusion
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Communicating college readiness with GPAs
Photo credit: David Binder
New Mission HS
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Celebrating students’ successes
Photo credit: David Binder
New Mission HS
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Celebrating students’ successes
Photo credit: David Binder
New Mission HS
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Celebrating students’ successes
Ellis ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Using school’s data in classroom lessons
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Students charting their own progress
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Encouraging competition
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Encouraging competition
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Encouraging competition
Photo credit: David Binder
New Mission HS
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Connecting national research to school results
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Connecting national research to school results
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Encouraging engagement & dialogue
McKay K8
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Classroom data walls (or doors!)
Photo credit: David Binder
New Mission HS
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Classroom data walls
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Classroom data walls
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS
Classroom data walls
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Points to keep in mind for PUBLIC
data walls
• Remove identifying information so students are
not discouraged or embarrassed.
– Use student IDs instead of names.
– Names can be used for accolades (i.e. perfect
attendance, honor roll).
• Make sure data is clear, labeled properly, and
understandable by all.
• Keep it simple!
II. Private/staff data walls
• usually used to monitor individual assessment
data
• key reference for inquiry and planning
• securely located in ILT/principal room
• dynamic and updated regularly (magnets/dryerase)
Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS
Measuring progress of each student
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS
Measuring progress of each student
• Examples
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS
Measuring progress of each student
Gardner ES
Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS
Measuring achievement of each student
Gardner ES
Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS
Encourage engagement & dialogue
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS
Celebrate successes
Photo credit: David Binder
Marshall ES
III. Direct communication
with families
• Messaging should be child and/or parent friendly.
– individualized letters to parents using mail merge
– individualized performance contracts and progress
reports
– online portals (Snap Grade, Edline, Power School, etc.)
– newsletters and assemblies highlighting data
– student data books
Examples of communications with
parents in BPS
Examples of communications with
parents in BPS
Examples of communications with
parents in BPS
Implementation
• Establish and build capacity of data team.
• Develop a year-long plan for what data will be
shared, when, and with whom.
• Use external partners to support this work.
• Visit other schools to get ideas.
• Start small and keep it simple.
• Build in feedback mechanisms and monitor
success!
Lessons from the winners of the
“making data public” contest
1st place: Marshall Elementary School
2nd place: New Mission High School
Seeing results at the Marshall:
increasing attendance
Data source: BPS central data systems
Seeing results at New Mission:
increasing GPAs
Freshman GPAs
Sophomore GPAs
Less t han 1. 0
GPA
(6 st udent s)
1. 0-1. 99 GPA
(7 st udent s)
3. 0 + GPA
(31 st udent s)
1. 0-1. 99 GPA
(11 st udent s)
2. 0-2. 99 GPA
(21 st udent s)
3. 0 + GPA
(32 st udent s)
2. 0-2. 99 GPA
(24 st udent s)
Discussion & share out
• What are some ways your school is already
making data public?
• If you’re just getting started, what can your
school do to create:
I. public data walls?
II. private/staff data walls?
III. direct communication with families?
• If you were to choose one item from above,
what is the highest leverage action your school
could take right now?
Reflection & feedback
• Please take a few minutes to …
– reflect on how you’ll apply what you learned
today to your school next year, and
– complete and hand back your session feedback
form.
THANK YOU!
Contact us with questions…
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Jennifer Amigone (BPE): [email protected]
Katya Bezborodko (BPE): [email protected]
Katy Green (BPS): [email protected]
Teresa Harvey-Jackson (Marshall, principal):
[email protected]
• Shannon Connolly (Marshall, Grade 2):
[email protected]
• Tracey Lavin (Marshall, Grade 4): [email protected]
• Naia Wilson (New Mission, headmaster):
[email protected]