1. Making Data Public Boston Public Schools Leadership Conference: Building Schools of Excellence July 1, 2010 9:45-11:15 AM

2. Connections to Acceleration Agenda Key Strategies Strengthen teaching and learning Replicate success Deepen partnerships Academic Targets Communicates data on Academic Targets Holds all publicly accountable for meeting Academic Targets

3. Accelerating Improvement through Inquiry (AI 2 ) 14 Schools in SY09-10, K-12 Goal: improve graduation rate Inquiry process focused on ELA, math, and attendance “Making data public” contest

4. Turn and talk Turn to the person sitting next to you and discuss: – why you chose to come to this presentation – what you hope to get out of this presentation

5. What does it mean to “make data public”? build shared ownership, accountability, and awareness of progress toward goals reinforce positive messaging to school community and instill healthy competitive culture IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES!

6. Self-assessment exercise Using rubric, take 5 minutes to assess where your school currently is on “making data public.” Focus on first section, public/community data walls.

7. Getting started I.What goals have been established for the school and individual grade levels? – Sources: Acceleration Agenda, WSIP, school teams – Data: attendance, tardiness, grades, formative assessments, and MCAS

8. Getting started cont. II. What data do you have about these goals? – Baseline: What is your starting point? – Interim: How will you measure progress? – Target: What will define success? III.How can this data be communicated? IV.What should people do in response to the data?

9. Ways you can make data public I.Public data walls II.Private/staff data walls III.Direct communications with families

10. I. Public data walls display of data intended to spur conversation about improvement toward goals dynamic and regularly updated messaging is informative and encourages action often supported with contests and recognition

11. Options for PUBLIC data walls What data? attendance, grades, assessments What level? student, grade, homeroom, school Where? hallways, lunchroom, classrooms What type? low-tech and high-tech both great! The best data walls identify a problem, an intervention, an effect, and a conclusion

12. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Communicating college readiness with GPAs New Mission HS Photo credit: David Binder

13. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Celebrating students’ successes Photo credit: David Binder New Mission HS

14. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Celebrating students’ successes Photo credit: David Binder New Mission HS

15. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Celebrating students’ successes Ellis ES

16. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Using school’s data in classroom lessons Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

17. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Students charting their own progress Marshall ES Photo credit: David Binder

18. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Encouraging competition Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

19. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Encouraging competition

20. Photo credit: David Binder New Mission HS

21. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Connecting national research to school results Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

22. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Connecting national research to school results Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

23. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Encouraging engagement & dialogue McKay K8

24. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Classroom data walls (or doors!) Photo credit: David Binder New Mission HS

25. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Classroom data walls Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

26. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Classroom data walls Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

27. Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPS Classroom data walls Marshall ES Photo credit: David Binder

28. Points to keep in mind for PUBLIC data walls Remove identifying information so students are not discouraged or embarrassed. – Use student IDs instead of names. – Names can be used for accolades (i.e. perfect attendance, honor roll). Make sure data is clear, labeled properly, and understandable by all. Keep it simple!

29. II. Private/staff data walls usually used to monitor individual assessment data key reference for inquiry and planning securely located in ILT/principal room dynamic and updated regularly (magnets/dry- erase)

30. Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS Measuring progress of each student Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

31. Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS Measuring progress of each student Examples Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

32. Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS Measuring progress of each student Gardner ES

33. Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS Measuring achievement of each student Gardner ES

34. Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS Encourage engagement & dialogue Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

35. Examples of STAFF data walls in BPS Celebrate successes Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

36. III. Direct communication with families Messaging should be child and/or parent friendly. – individualized letters to parents using mail merge – individualized performance contracts and progress reports – online portals (Snap Grade, Edline, Power School, etc.) – newsletters and assemblies highlighting data – student data books

37. Examples of communications with parents in BPS

40. Implementation Establish and build capacity of data team. Develop a year-long plan for what data will be shared, when, and with whom. Use external partners to support this work. Visit other schools to get ideas. Start small and keep it simple. Build in feedback mechanisms and monitor success!

41. Lessons from the winners of the “making data public” contest 1 st place: Marshall Elementary School 2 nd place: New Mission High School

42. Seeing results at the Marshall: increasing attendance Data source: BPS central data systems

43. Seeing results at New Mission: increasing GPAs Freshman GPAsSophomore GPAs

44. Discussion & share out What are some ways your school is already making data public? If you’re just getting started, what can your school do to create: I.public data walls? II.private/staff data walls? III.direct communication with families? If you were to choose one item from above, what is the highest leverage action your school could take right now?

45. Reflection & feedback Please take a few minutes to … – reflect on how you’ll apply what you learned today to your school next year, and – complete and hand back your session feedback form. THANK YOU!

46. Contact us with questions… Jennifer Amigone (BPE): jamigone@bpe.orgjamigone@bpe.org Katya Bezborodko (BPE): ebezborodko@bpe.orgebezborodko@bpe.org Katy Green (BPS): cgreen4@boston.k12.ma.uscgreen4@boston.k12.ma.us Teresa Harvey-Jackson (Marshall, principal): tharveyj@boston.k12.ma.us tharveyj@boston.k12.ma.us Shannon Connolly (Marshall, Grade 2): sconnolly2@boston.k12.ma.us sconnolly2@boston.k12.ma.us Tracey Lavin (Marshall, Grade 4): tlavin@boston.k12.ma.ustlavin@boston.k12.ma.us Naia Wilson (New Mission, headmaster): nwilson@boston.k12.ma.us nwilson@boston.k12.ma.us