Data Mining An Administrator’s Task

Level One Coal Case Study #1 Enrollment The yearly budget is due and you need to order supplies per child. Predict the enrollment for your K to 4 school. What data needs to be unearthed? What process will you use to gather this data? How will you predict the enrollment?

Data for K-4 enrollment 2009/2010 Grade2009/2010 enrollment 2010/2011 enrollment K Do you have enough information to predict the enrollment for the following year?

Drilling down to the details GradeMove in Move out K Use this data to finish the enrollment table from the previous slide. K Enrollment

Level Two Oil Case Study #2 Attendance  A parent mentions to you that she saw a teacher at the local grocery store during schools hours with her child. She also mentioned that this wasn’t the first time. The teacher’s child also goes to your building. You as the principal take it upon yourself to look at the number of sick days and personal days the teacher has been using and is it being abused by this teacher?  Questions to ask based on data:  What are the usual days of absence?  Is there a pattern?  Are the absences legal? What data do you need?

Data StudentTeacherStudent Ex.Teacher Ex. Jan1/8 1/11 1/22 1/8 1/11 1/22 Illness appointment Personal day Sick day Feb2/5 2/8 2/5 2/8 2/19 Family Emergency Unexcused Sick day March3/5 3/19 3/5 3/8 3/19 Unexcused illness Sick day

Excavating the Data What conclusions did you draw from the data? What steps will you take next? What are some other forms of data for which you may drill further?

Level 3 Gold Case #3 4 sights scores vs. PSSA scores The school board has asked you for a comparison chart of the schools third quarter PSSA scores and the 4sights scores. They would like to compare the growth over time of the benchmark scores of the 4sights to the PSSA tests if taken over time.

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Level Four Diamonds Case #4 School Board Report Your school Board has asked for a comparison of the progress you have made since your hiring in 2007, to that of the previous administrator and surrounding districts.

Statistics to compare  PSSA scores for reading and math  the teacher to student ratio  the free and reduced lunch program  Ethnicity  Anything else of importance in your professional opinion

Use the following site to find data needed for this comparison.