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Cookies, Data & Silver
Bullets
Data as an Agent of Change
Why
• Only 81% received free meals
• 20 counties (more than 20%) doubled in
the number of HCY identified
• 58% of HCY receive out of school
suspensions, while the state average was
only 46%
Benefits
• Justify your actions
• Tailor TA and monitoring activities
• Get buy-in from the skeptical
• Advocacy
Types
• CSPR
• Other state collections
– Graduates
– Dropouts & reasons
– Special Education
– Suspensions & Expulsions
– Alternative Education
Who & How
• EDFacts Coordinator
• Data Collections
– Designers
– Door keepers & cleaners
– Analysts
• Data systems are as varied as people
Resources
• Partner Support
– http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/eden/contacts.html
• File Specs
– http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/sy-11-12-nonxml.html
Things to Remember
• Population size matters
• Success is relative
• % change = (new-old)/old x 100
– http://www.percent-change.com/
Special Populations
ISTEP Pass Rate
Number of HCY
Special Education
Suspensions
Expulsions
Reason Stated for Expulsion over Past 3 Years
24%
7%
21%
Weapons Possession
Alcohol, Drugs or Tobacco
11%
Aggression
15%
23%
Defiance
Attendance
Other
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% Students in Meals Programs
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