Presenting, Pondering, and Planning with Minnesota Student Survey Data

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Presenting, Pondering, and Planning with
Minnesota Student Survey Data

• Spring 2005 Regional Workshops

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Morning Meeting

• At your tables, spend time answering the
  following questions (next slide).
• Use the talking piece to guide who is speaking in
  turn.
• Select three responses to each question you want
  to share with the larger group.
• Identify someone to record these responses.
• Put these responses on the large white paper on
  your tables.

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Questions to Ponder

• What do you need in order to be inspired today?
• What do you hope to take home from todays
  workshop?
• Whats the most critical question you have about
  the Minnesota Student Survey?

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Overview of Today

• Minnesota Student Survey Overview
• 30 Key Indicators
• Examining and Giving Meaning
• Comparing Data
• Presenting and Collaborating with Data
• Using Data for Planning, Assessment
• Sharing Resources
• SDFS E-Application

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Resource Materials

• Teal packet
• Agenda, presentation slides, worksheet materials,
  copies of MSS, MSS use examples, statewide data
  tables, trends report, evaluation, funding flyer,
  training flyer, information gathering
• Additional materials
• Attendance certificate, county tables, prevention
  region tables, MPRC materials

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Minnesota Student Survey Basics

• Population-based youth survey for grades 6, 9
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• 2 versions of the survey
• Paper-pencil bubble survey
• Brief one class period
• Uniform instructions, site administration
• Administered every three years since 1989, spring
  administration

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Content

• Demographics
• School academics, plans, relationships, safety
• Family relationships, risk factors
• Health/risk behaviors physical activity,
  nutrition, ATOD, sexual behavior, injury and
  violence
• Stress, coping and mental health

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Involvement

• Traditional public schools
• Including charter schools, tribal schools
• Alternative schools/area learning centers
• Juvenile correctional facilities/detention
  centers
• Residential behavioral treatment facilities

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Participation

• Student participation rates
• Statewide, the 2004 MSS data represent these
  percentages of regular public school students
• 6th grade 76 48,131
• 9th grade 72 49,210
• 12th grade 55 34,521
• Districts 88
• Special populations
• Alternative schools/area learning centers 3,508
• Juvenile correctional facilities 798
• Residential behavioral treatment facilities 228

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Sharing Results

• www.mnschoolhealth.com
• Click on the BLUE Data button
• Statewide tables, trend report, county reports
• District reports e-mailed to each district
  directly
• www.health.state.mn.us/alcohol
• ATOD trends, 1992-2004
• Planning materials
• Regional meetings, special presentations
• Future work
• Content specific briefs, associations analysis
• Release of dataset

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30 Key Indicators

• Student-centered framework

Student (Individual)
School
Family
Community
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Setting the Stage

• Who took the survey?
• Which young people are the focus of our data
  sharing?
• What are important characteristics to share?
• Total number of youth participating
• Gender
• Age
• Race/ethnicity
• Which adults youth live with
• Mental or physical health problems of youth

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Demographics

• Table 1, page 1 of data tables
• Questions
• 1 What is your sex?
• 2 What is your grade in school right now?
• 3 How old are you?
• 4 How do you describe yourself? (Mark all that
  apply)

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Total Numbers
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Gender
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Age
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Race/Ethnicity
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Living Situation

• Question 5 Which adults do you live with? (Mark
  all that apply)
• Table 9, page 11 of data tables

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Living Situation
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Mental/Physical Health

• Question 28 Do you have a mental or physical
  condition or other health problem that has lasted
  at least 12 months?
• Table 15, page 17 of data tables

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Mental/Physical Health Problem
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Reflecting on Your Data

• As we review key indicators,
• Use the first four pages of your worksheet packet
  to select four key indicators you want to explore
  further using your own data
• Student, school, family, community
• In a manner similar to the presentation, graph
  your own key indicator data
• Select an indicator, identify the appropriate
  legend/key
• Graph the values (remember to add up across
  categories!) for your data

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Individual (Student)Indicators
Student (Individual)
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Group Brainstorming

• What are the key pieces of information you would
  like to know and share about students?
• Behaviors? Attitudes?
• In what areas?

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Indicator 1 Feelings About School(Like school
very much or quite a bit)

• Question 8 How do you feel about going to
  school?
• Table 2, page 2

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Indicator 1 Feelings About School(Like school
very much or quite a bit)
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Indicator 2 Skipping School(Skipped 1 times
in past 30 days)

• Question 10 During the last 30 days, how often
  have you skipped or cut full days of school?
• Table 2, page 2

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Indicator 2 Skipping School(Skipped 1 times
in last 30 days)
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Indicator 3 1 Hours in Activities

• Question 22 During the school year, how many
  hours in a typical week do you spend doing the
  following?
• Band, choir, orchestra, music lessons, or
  practicing voice or an instrument
• Clubs or organizations outside of school
• Playing sports on a school team
• Table 7a, page 7

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Indicator 3 1 Hours in Activities
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Indicator 4 1 Hours in Work

• Question 22 During the school year, how many
  hours in a typical week do you spend doing the
  following?
• Volunteer work or community service
• Chores at home/babysitting for family
• Work for pay (including babysitting for others)
• Table 7c, page 9

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Indicator 4 1 Hours in Work
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Indicator 5 Use of Internet at Home

• Question 24 Do you use the Internet at home? If
  yes, what do you use the Internet for at home?
  (Mark all that apply)
• E-mail
• Chat rooms
• Homework or other research
• Table 8, page 10

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Indicator 5 Use of Internet at Home
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Indicator 6 Physical Activity(5 of last 7
days, 30 minutes)

• Question 31 On how many of the last 7 days were
  you physically active for a combined total of at
  least 30 minutes?
• Table 17, page 19

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Indicator 6 Physical Activity(5 of last 7
days, 30 minutes)
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Indicator 7 Use of Seat Belts Always Wear When
Riding

• Question 25 How often do you wear a seat belt
  when you.ride in a car?
• Table 19, page 21

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Indicator 7 Use of Seat BeltsAlways Wear When
Riding
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Indicator 8 Suicidal Thoughts in Past Year

• Question 53 Have you ever thought about killing
  yourself?
• Table 23, page 25

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Indicator 8 Suicidal Thoughts in Past Year
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Indicator 9 Physical Fights at Least Once in
Past Year

• Question 68 During the last 12 months, how
  often have you hit or beat up another person?
• Table 26, page 28

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Indicator 9 Physical Fights at Least Once in
Past Year
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Indicator 10 Smoked Cigarette on at Least One
Day in Past Month

• Question 74 During the last 30 days, on how
  many days did you smoke a cigarette?
• Table 28, page 30

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Indicator 10 Smoked Cigarette on at Least One
Day in Past Month
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Indicator 11 Drank Alcohol at Least Once in
Past Month

• Question 79 On how many occasions (if any) have
  you had alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, wine
  coolers, or liquor) to drink during the last 30
  days?
• Table 31, page 33

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Indicator 11 Drank Alcohol at Least Once in
Past Month
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Indicator 12 Used Marijuana at Least Once in
Past Month

• Question 85 On how many occasions (if any) have
  you used marijuana (grass, pot) or hashish (hash,
  hash oil) during the last 30 days?
• Table 34, page 36

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Indicator 12 Used Marijuana at Least Once in
Past Month
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Indicator 13 Sources of Information for
Alcohol/Other Drugs

• Question 37 Where have you received most of
  your information about alcohol and other drugs?
  (Mark all that apply)
• Table 20, page 22

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Indicator 13 Sources of Information for
Alcohol/Other Drugs
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Indicator 14 Ever Had Sex

• Question 111 Have you ever had sexual
  intercourse (gone all the way)?
• Table 42a, page 45

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Indicator 14 Ever Had Sex
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Indicator 15 Talked about Preventing Pregnancy
(At Least Once with Each Partner)

• Question 113 Have you talked with your
  partner(s) about preventing pregnancy?
• Table 42b, page 46

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Indicator 15 Talked about Preventing Pregnancy
(At Least Once with Each Partner)
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School Indicators
School
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Group Brainstorming

• What are the key pieces of information you would
  like to know and share about schools?
• School environment? School staff?
• About what issues?

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Indicator 16 All/Most Students in School
Friendly

• Question 13 How many students in your school
  are friendly?
• Table 4, page 4

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Indicator 16 All/Most Students in School
Friendly
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Indicator 17 All/Most Teachers Interested

• Question 14 How many of your teachers are
  interested in you as a person?
• Table 4, page 4

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Indicator 17 All/Most Teachers Interested
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Indicator 18 All/Most Teachers Show Respect

• Question 14 How many of your teachers show
  respect for the students?
• Table 4, page 4

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Indicator 18 All/Most Teachers Show Respect
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Indicator 19 Feel Safe at School (Strongly
Agree/Agree)

• Question 15 How much do you agree or disagree
  with the following statements? I feel safe at
  school.
• Table 5, page 5

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Indicator 19 Feel Safe at School (Strongly
Agree/Agree)
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Indicator 20 Insulted, Threatened, Assaulted at
School(At Least Once in Past Year)

• Question 16 During the last 12 months, which of
  the following has happened to you on school
  property? Has a student insulted you? Threatened
  you? Pushed, shoved or grabbed you?
• Table 6, page 6

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Indicator 20 Insulted, Threatened, Assaulted at
School(At Least Once in Past Year)
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Family Indicators
Family
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Group Brainstorming

• What are the key pieces of information you would
  like to know and share about families?
• Behaviors? Attitudes? Connections with youth?
• In what areas?

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Indicator 21 Talk with Father(Most/Some of
Time)

• Question 6 Can you talk to your father about
  problems you are having?
• Table 9, page 11

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Indicator 21 Talk with Father(Most/Some of
Time)
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Indicator 22 Talk with Mother(Most/Some of
Time)

• Question 7 Can you talk to your mother about
  problems you are having?
• Table 9, page 11

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Indicator 22 Talk with Mother(Most/Some of
Time)
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Indicator 23 Parents Caring(Very Much/Quite a
Bit)

• Question 39 How much do you feel your parents
  care about you?
• Table 10, page 12

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Indicator 23 Parents Caring(Very Much/Quite a
Bit)
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Indicator 24 Family Alcohol Use Problems

• Question 57 Has alcohol use by any family
  member repeatedly caused family, health, job or
  legal problems?
• Table 12, page 14

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Indicator 24 Family Alcohol Use Problems
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Indicator 25 Family Drug Use Problems

• Question 58 Has drug use by any family member
  repeatedly caused family, health, job or legal
  problems?
• Table 12, page 14

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Indicator 25 Family Drug Use Problems
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Community Indicators
Community
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Group Brainstorming

• What are the key pieces of information you would
  like to know and share about communities?
• Community environment? Connection to community?
  Caring by members?
• About what issues?

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Indicator 26 Feel Safe Going To and From
School (Strongly Agree/Agree)

• Question 15 How much do you agree or disagree
  with the following statements? I feel safe going
  to and from school.
• Table 5, page 5

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Indicator 26 Feel Safe Going To and From
School (Strongly Agree/Agree)
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Indicator 27 Friends Caring(Very Much/Quite a
Bit)

• Question 39 How much do you feel your friends
  care about you?
• Table 11, page 13

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Indicator 27 Friends Caring(Very Much/Quite a
Bit)
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Indicator 28 Church/Spiritual Leaders
Caring(Very Much/Quite a Bit)

• Question 39 How much do you feel church or
  spiritual leaders care about you?
• Table 11, page 13

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Indicator 28 Church/Spiritual Leaders
Caring(Very Much/Quite a Bit)
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Indicator 29 Police Officers Caring(Very
Much/Quite a Bit)

• Question 39 How much do you feel police
  officers care about you?
• Table 11, page 13

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Indicator 29 Police Officers Caring(Very
Much/Quite a Bit)
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Indicator 30 Other Adults Caring(Very
Much/Quite a Bit)

• Question 39 How much do you feel other adults
  in your community care about you?
• Table 11, page 13

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Indicator 30 Other Adults Caring(Very
Much/Quite a Bit)
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Time for Your Indicators

• Select one of the key student, school, family and
  community indicators that you find especially
  relevant for your community
• Graph the values from your data (district data,
  county data, regional data) on the worksheets

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30 Key Indicators
Student (Individual)
School
Family
Community
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Break Time!
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How to Examine the Data

• Whats the best way to think about all of these
  data?
• Using various frameworks, based upon the audience
  and consumers of the data
• You may need to consider using multiple
  frameworks, one for each of your audiences, or
  one for each of your consumers

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Theoretical Frameworks

• Student-centered perspective
• Similar to our 30 key indicators, focusing on
  student, and the student interaction with the
  school environment, the home/family environment,
  and the larger community
• Mirrors the concepts of individual student
  factors and interacting support factors (learning
  environment, family/parent support, community
  support)

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Theoretical Frameworks

• Assets and risks
• Examining each indicator or question from the
  perspective of whether its a protective factor
  or a risk factor
• Withholding value judgments on indicatorsand
  examining them from both perspectives
• 37 of 12th grade boys binge drink!
• 63 of 12th grade boys dont binge drink!

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Stages of Development

• Boys and Girls
• Examining indicators by gender is critical,
  especially for certain behaviors
• Sex, ATOD initiation, mental health issues,
  physical aggression

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Stages of Development

• Grades
• Examining indicators by grade is also important,
  especially as it gives an opportunity to notice
  changes over time, dips and peaks
• Theres a clear dip in the ability of 9th grade
  females to talk with either parent, compared to
  their 6th and 12th grade peers

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Content Areas

• Traditional perspective, often based on our own
  professional silos
• MSS Trends report uses this approach
• Our categories
• Academics school connectedness
• School safety
• Violent and anti-social behavior
• Mental health, gambling
• ATOD
• Other health behaviors
• Sexual behavior
• Families

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Giving the Data Context

• What do these data reflect about your school,
  your district, your community, your county?
• Do they reflect significant changes in
  programming over the past school year? Several
  years? New community coalitions addressing
  adolescent prevention issues? A significant
  historical event?

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Consideration of Participation

• What sort of participation do these data reflect?
• Total students responding by grade/total
  enrollment by grade gives a by-grade
  participation figure

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Think, Pair, Share

• What was going on in your school, school
  district, community or county at the time of the
  survey?
• The year or two before the survey?
• The month or two before the survey?
• How has your school, district, community or
  county experienced changes since the survey was
  administered? In what way(s)?

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Giving the Data Meaning

• What does the number mean?
• Is it more than or less than half of the
  students?
• How many of 10 students does it represent? 5
  students? 60 is 3 out of every 5 students

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More Meaning

• How do we apply the percentage to the population?
  
• Although a prevalence may be low (3, 5),
  applying it to the full student body (1,000), may
  mean youd expect 30 or 50 students with this
  experience.
• How can we tell stories with the numbers?
• Draw upon your experiences to share real-life
  stories of young people

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Data, Data Everywhere!

• If you have district data, you have at least 3
  comparison options
• County, prevention region, statewide
• Which comparison is most appropriate, given your
  community and interests?
• Would it be appropriate to compare your data to
  other school districts?

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What to Do with All These Data?

• If you have county data, you have at least 2
  comparison options
• Prevention region, statewide
• Again, which comparison is most appropriate,
  given your community and interests?
• Would it be appropriate to compare your data to
  other counties, not a set of counties?

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Continued Reflection on Data

• Use the next four pages of your worksheet packet
  to compare your four local key indicators to
  another set of data
• Graph your own key indicator data next to the
  other data selected
• Local school district and county
• County and prevention region

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Limitations on Data

• Consider LIMITING the amount of data you present
• Male and female separately
• Separate grades presented
• Only a portion of the data

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Comparisons for Indicator 7 Male Seat Belt Use
When Riding
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Comparisons for Indicator 7 Female Seat Belt
Use When Riding
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Innovative Ways to Present

• WHY present the data?
• Denial breaker and myth buster
• Planning and prioritization
• Persuading communities, grantmakers,
  policymakers, media
• Using the data to spark collaboration and
  communication

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Innovative Presentation

• HOW to present the data?
• Traditional presentations to the school board,
  school teachers, administrators
• Teaching with the data (part of prevention
  curricula)
• Other examples

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Presentation Considerations

• Who is the audience? Law enforcement? School
  administrators? PTA members? Liquor store owners?
  Clinic health care staff?
• Whats important to the audience? Which issues?
  Which age groups? Which perspectives?
• How can you involve young people?
• How can we take care in our judgments?

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When Presenting, Remember

• Your audience can only take in 5 new pieces of
  information before they need a break and time to
  process.
• Use simple blocks to build complexity.
• Allow for reflection, processing, or action after
  each building block.
• Weve tried to expose you to opportunities for
  reflection, processing and action today.
• Cooperative learning, reflection and sharing,
  active presentations..

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Practice in Presenting

• In your small groups (based on your morning
  meeting), select ONE indicator comparison you
  would like to share with the greater group.
• Prepare a short (3 minute) presentation about
  that indicator for..
• Your regional safe drug free schools
  coordinators
• Members of your schools parent advisory board
• Your county commissioners
• A 10th grade health education class at the HS
• Nurses and doctors from the local hospital
• Community liaison officers from the local
  police/sheriffs office

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Discussing Collaboration

• How have you used student survey data to spark
  collaboration in your community?
• What can you imagine about how you might use
  student survey data for collaboration? What
  unique groups might you ask to the table that you
  have not previously considered?

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Lunch Time!
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Using the Data.

• Apart from using the data to spark collaboration,
  entice interest in prevention, and challenge
  perceptions, the data can be used specifically
• For needs assessment
• For prevention planning
• For program evaluation

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Needs Assessment

• Minnesota Student Survey data can serve as a set
  of social indicator data as you conduct a needs
  assessment

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Benchmarks

• Consider the benchmarks against which you want to
  compare the data
• Healthy People 2010, Healthy Minnesotans
• CHS plans and other planning documents
• Community conversations about what is
  acceptable and desirable
• Other national surveys
• Monitoring the Future www.monitoringthefuture.org
  
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey www.cdc.gov/healthyyou
  th

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Program Planning

• OSDFS Principles of Effectiveness
• www.ed.gov
• Minnesotas Four Principles of Prevention
• www.health.state.mn.us
• www.health.state.mn.us/alcohol (Alcohol Plan)
• School Improvement Planning Tool Stages
• www.k12.wa.us
• Western CAPT Program Planning
• http//casat.unr.edu/westcapt/
• CDC Framework for Program Evaluation in Public
  Health
• http//www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm
• CDC Planned Approach to Community Health PATCH
• http//www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/patch/index.htm
• NACCHOs Mobilizing for Action through Planning
  and Partnerships
• http//mapp.naccho.org/MAPP_Home.asp

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Program Planning

• Where these models and tools call for assessment
  of need and evaluation to assess strategies,
  student survey data can fit the bill

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Use Minnesota Student Survey data here
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Program Evaluation
Process
Impact
Outcome
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Program Evaluation Yes

• Minnesota Student Survey data can be considered
  outcome data, especially if your program or
  intervention was comprehensive and broad-based
• All or almost all students were included as part
  of the program

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Program Evaluation No

• These data cannot be considered process data or
  impact data for program evaluation
• You should be complementing student survey data
  with other data (e.g., administrative records,
  participant information, pre-post surveys) to
  tell the full story about your program or
  intervention

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Small Group Brainstorming

• What other local, regional or statewide data are
  you using to complement student survey data?
• How are you using these data to inform needs
  assessment, program planning and/or program
  evaluation?

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Time for a Transition. and Some Resources