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

Parents: you can’t escape them… D 11/21/2018

Changing the Culture around Data in Education Helping Educators view Data Not as a Hammer But as a Flashlight 11/21/2018

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) 11/21/2018

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? 11/21/2018

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 11/21/2018

State of the Nation

State Progress: Elements by Elements

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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Typical Data Reporting

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 10/21/2008

Colorado – Growth Model

Kansas – Dashboard

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State of the Nation: 10 Actions*

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.

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

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

Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Executive Director Contact the DQC: Aimee Rogstad Guidera, Executive Director Data Quality Campaign www.DataQualityCampaign.org Aimee@DataQualityCampaign.org 952-476-0054 11/21/2018