1. February GATE Equity Webinar
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Recorded
Available next week on website
Exploring topics related to equity in graduation success
Kefi Andersen – OSPI Graduation and Equity Specialist

2. Growing with Assessment: Using Data to Support Equity for All Students
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GATE Equity Webinar series
February 8, 2017

3. Every student ready for career, college, and life
OSPI Vision
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4. To provide funding, resources, tools, data and technical assistance that enable educators to ensure students succeed in our public schools, are prepared to access post-secondary training and education, and are equipped to thrive in their careers and lives.
OSPI Mission
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Providing resources, tools, data and technical assistance is a service we can provide to those of you who are much closer to the front lines of impacting student performance than we are.
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5. Introductions Presented by: In collaboration with:
Learning and Teaching –Marissa Rathbone, Director of Operations and Aira Jackson, Director of English Language Arts/Literacy
In collaboration with:
Title Programs – Paula Moore, Director; Reed Rawlings, Data Analyst
Office of Student and School Success (OSSS) – Serene Cook, Instructional Services, Assessment, and Professional Learning Coordinator; Saleena Butler, Data Analyst Coach
Student Information – Deb Came, Assistant Superintendent; Erica Ferrelli, Lance Sisco, and Ashley Colburn, Data Analysts
Data Governance – Tim Stensager, Director & Susan Canaga, Data Coaching Program Manager
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Modeling the importance of collaborating across departments in considering how data and equity conversations can serve one another.
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6. Aira
Be honest about our conversations and why we are introducing this picture, now and we will come back to it….
What's the Difference Between Equal and Equitable poster from VIF International Education | © The Center for International Education. All Rights Reserved.
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7. Today’s Goals How to use data to inform equity conversations
Demonstrate OSPI’s new ways of presenting data
Show how to access and use the new data platform
Explore ways you can use performance indicator analytics
Invite conversations about how to use this data in your work
Aira
Address the whole child so all students can be successful!
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8. Measuring Success
Measures of Success
Increase four- and five-year high school graduation rates
Increase enrollment and completion rates and decrease remediation rates in post-secondary training and education
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9. Measuring Success Performance Indicators We must help students:
Enter kindergarten with expected skills in all six areas identified by the Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKIDS).
Meet standard on the 3rd-, 8th-, and 11th-grade statewide English language arts (ELA) and math assessments, and the 8th-grade statewide science assessment.
Grow toward proficiency in ELA and math, as determined by Student Growth Percentiles, in 4th and 6th grades.
Enroll in Algebra I/Integrated Math I by the end of 8th or 9th grade and earn high school credit.
Enroll in college-level courses and earn dual credit.
Take the SAT and ACT and earn college-ready scores.
Access financial aid for post-secondary learning.
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10. Measuring Success We must help students avoid
9th-grade course failure.
Suspensions and expulsions.
Chronic absenteeism.
Measuring Success
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Our students need to be in school and supported through their transitions…
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11. Defining Proficiency Aira
Different ways to consider student “proficiency”
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12. Aira
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13. How to be “Proficient” Perform well on state assessments
Demonstrate success in a variety of areas
On track to graduate
Aira
More comprehensive approach and considerations
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14. Proficiency for Today’s Presentation
Performance Indicators:
Grow toward proficiency in ELA and math, as determined by Student Growth Percentiles, in 4th and 6th grades.
Meet standard on the 3rd-, 8th-, and 11th-grade statewide English language arts (ELA) and math assessments, and the 8th-grade statewide science assessment.
Aira
Proficiency as it is named in performance indicators
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15. State Assessment Data Points
Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA)
Math and ELA – Grades 3rd through 8th & 11th
End of Course (EOC) Exams
Math (Algebra 1 or Geometry) & Biology
Measurements of Student Progress (MSP)
Science – Grades 5th & 8th
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List
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16. Measurement of Student Progress (MSP)
Testing Timeline by Grade
Kindergarten
End of Course (EOC)
Math (Algebra I or Geometry)
Biology
Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA)
Annual Math & ELA
Measurement of Student Progress (MSP)
Science
Math & ELA
WAKIDS*
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Reflects list from previous slide
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17. Who is included in the Data? Who’s Not?
School districts, buildings, students in Washington State
Not Included
To avoid publishing identifiable information, districts with fewer than 10 students are filtered out. This data is still available through building data files in EDS.
Non-continuously enrolled students
Transitional Bi-Lingual Students
Students with Individual Educational Plans
*See overview tab for more information
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18. Graduation Requirements
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19. Assessment Graduation Requirements
Class of
Smarter Balance Assessment (SBAC):
English
One Math End of Course (EOC):
Either Algebra I/Integrated Math or Geometry/Integrated Math 2
Or high school math SBAC
End of Course (EOC):
Biology
(Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) Assessments, once developed, will be phased-in to replace the Biology EOC. The timeline for implementing the NGSS Assessment has yet to be established (or state-approved alternative).
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Assessment-related graduation requirements
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20. Assessment Analytics Allows easier comparisons across: Schools
Districts
ESDs
Student Sub-Groups
Multiple Year Review
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21. Why report assessment data in this way?
Invite conversations about equity
Provide a user-friendly way to identify disparities between student groups
Expand conversations that often focus only on proficiency to also include student growth
Reveal places where achievement is notable
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22. Questions & Polling
Are you currently using proficiency data in your work?
A. YES! Extensively
B. Sometimes
C. Very little
D. NO! Not at all
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23. Accessing the Data How to find these resources and
Marissa
How to find these resources and
what to do with them when you get there
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24. What is Tableau? Marissa
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25. Actually…
Tableau is a data visualization software tool that helps people see and understand their data.
Similar to Excel, but with greater flexibility
Works better across platforms and devices
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26. How can you utilize the data dashboard?
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27. To the Data Dashboard commons.wikimedia.org Marissa
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28. Questions & Polling
How do you feel about using the analytics to better understand equity in your assessment scores?
A. I can find places where my district has work to do
B. I have a basic understanding but I’m still struggling
(Please use the chat box so we can help!)
C. I’m confused, but once I get in the tool I think I can figure it out.
D. I could use some one on one help
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29. Equal vs Equitable What is the difference between equal and equitable?
What ways does your district provide equitable experiences and instruction for your students?
How does this relate to assessment?
Marissa
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30. What About My District Guiding Reflection Questions Review your data.
How do your student sub-group populations compare to others?
What trends do you notice over time?
How do you compare to similar districts?
Using the key performance indicators, (such as: 9th Grade Course Failure, Chronic Absenteeism, Discipline), are there any crossover issues?
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31. Ladder of Inference Impulsive Action Speculation Assumption Fact
Let’s revamp our 10th grade Math curriculum
Impulsive Action
Speculation
What if we revamped our 10th grade math curriculum?
We obviously don’t have the right focus in our 10th grade Math curriculum
Assumption
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70% of our 10th graders scored below proficient on the statewide Math assessment
Fact
Adapted from the 5th Discipline Fieldbook, Peter Senge, 1994

32. Essential Elements
Transformational Leadership – Vision and relational trust. Planning and actions that engage staff, students, families, and communities
Collaborative Inquiry – Practices that engage staff in action research to improve
Tiered Support System – Integrated supports for behavior (PBIS), achievement, and social emotional needs
Data – Evidence based processes that monitor and connect to supports
*Based on conversations with outlier districts with high graduation and attendance rates
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33. For Further Discussion
When you look at your data, what results make you wonder, “hmm…..”?
What factors are affecting student performance, and how can your district impact them?
What can you do to engage in conversations about these data in your district?
Who would you want to share this information with? Who should be part of the conversation?
What would you want to learn from other districts that are getting better results?
What can you do to learn from another district?
What can the ESD do to help districts learn from each other?
How can you use these new ways of looking at data to inform your district’s efforts to improve equity?
Marissa
We leave you with some thoughts about what you might do after you’ve had a chance to explore your own data. We hope that these new ways of looking at your district’s data will give you new opportunities to learn more about the performance of your students, and that it will become a catalyst for conversations in your district, schools, and community.
Here are some questions you might consider today, or take back to your districts to dig deeper into the stories your data is telling. We’ll pause to let you read the questions.
We’ll conclude with two comments. First, the question, “What factors are affecting student performance, and how can your district impact them?” is easy to ask, but very complex to answer. It could engage people in a continuum of systems-level conversations, from the more profound (e.g., what are your district’s core beliefs and values?) to the eminently practical (e.g., what instructional strategies and materials do we use?). You have to decide how deep you want to go.
Second, implicit in these questions is the urgency to learn. We may not have answers for you, but we hope that these resources will invite you to explore the big questions.
We leave you today in your regions to begin exploring your data and start the conversation. Thank you for tuning in!
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34. Resources GATE Website Other OSPI Webpages GATE Equity Webinar
Outlier fact sheets
Graduation Equity tools
Other OSPI Webpages
ELA Assessments
Math Assessments
Science Assessments
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35. For Technical Information
Susan Canaga, Data Governance Program Manager Questions about access to data and today’s presentation | Tim Stensager, Director of Performance Management Questions about OSPI’s performance indicators | Ashley Colburn, Data Analyst, Student Information Questions about SGP data and charts | Erica Ferrelli, Data Analyst, Student Information Questions about Tableau assessment analytics |
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36. Graduation Highlight Districts:
Next Month
Graduation Highlight Districts:
Districts Finding Graduation Success
with Low Income Students
March 8, 2017
10-11AM
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