Juan DBrot Executive Director, Office of Assessment and Accountability Data Portal for 21 st Century Success

Origins of DP-21 –Conversations Around Data on Demand –Supporting the Goal of Promoting Continuous Improvement –Useful for Title I and Schools in Improvement –A Place to Provide Information on Specific Indicators

–Interactive Data Portal –Localized data analysis School and student success Repackaging data efficiently Utilizing current data approaches What is DP-21?

What are the Objectives of DP-21? –Provide a High Level System of Analysis –Identify Strengths and Weaknesses –Make Diagnoses for More Detailed Conversations Around Data –Identify Symptoms

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Monthly Indicators –Attendance –Discipline –Dropouts/Entries –Child Nutrition –TechSteps –Acuity –WV Writes

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Formative Indicators –DIBELS

Semester/Annual Indicators –Course Failures –AP Exams

Intended Uses – Complementary vs. Supplementary Complements current systems Complements current approaches – Look at monthly data to determine areas of success/concern Baseline/previous month compared to current month Data context (different for each indicator) Degrees of change instead of absolute change (color coding) Met/Did not meet normative benchmark (flagged indicator)

Intended Uses – Assumptions: Interactive – Intended to promote information-seeking discussion and behaviors Driven by collaboration – Intended to support collaboration around data analysis Should drive further analyses – Intended to promote drill down

Logical Next Steps –Considerations Context defines areas of focus Within-school vs. Between-school Indicators supplement current approaches to define areas of best practice and areas of need –High-level vs. Ground-level Planning Day-to-day attendance logs WVEIS on the Web

Logical Next Steps –Future Dates: DP-21 limited release: Initial training: Beta test feedback: through Additional training: DP-21 state-wide release (tentative): Evaluation and Feedback Requests: Ongoing

Questions?

Thank You Questions? Juan DBrot Executive Director Office of Assessment and Accountability