Just for the Kids School Improvement Model

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Just for the Kids School Improvement Model

• June 2004
• Presented to
• Education Commission of the States
• Leader Forum on Educational Accountability
• By Susan Bonesteel and Jean Rutherford

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NCEA Sponsoring Organizations
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NCEAs Mission
To promote higher student achievement by

• Improving state data collection to improve
  decision making
• Using data to improve schools by creating the
  Just for the Kids and School Information
  Partnership websites that focus communities on
  the potential of every school
• Identifying the practices that distinguish
  consistently high-performing schools from other
  schools and publishing the findings
• Implementing the JFTK model tools as a state
  school improvement strategy
• Conducting research on school improvement issues
  and assisting in the evaluation of effective
  strategies.

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Todays Highlights

• Just for the Kids website
• School Information Partnership website
• Best Practice - State Studies

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Overview of the Just for the Kids school
improvement model
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www.just4kids.org publishes results for more than
one standard of performance, providing
stakeholders a higher standard to measure their
schools performance against.
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www.just4kids.org offers every school a clear
picture of their potential for improvement based
on results in top performing schools with similar
student populations from across the state.
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After seeing bar 3, people always ask . . .

• Just who are those schools and how do they
  achieve that level of success?!

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www.just4kids.org provides demographic and
performance data for the selected school and the
highest performing comparable schools.
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www.just4kids.org gives local policy makers a
view of a schools performance by grade and
subject allowing them to assess the effect of
their programs over time.
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Data Acquisition Mexico
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State Affiliate Structure
NCEA
JFTK Affiliate Organization
State College(s) of Education
Business/EducationCoalition Partner
State Department of Education
State Advisory Committee
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National JFTK Model Expansion
States with affiliate
Arkansas California Colorado Hawaii
Tennessee Texas Washington
Florida Massachusetts New Jersey Oklahoma
States with affiliate in development
Maryland Michigan
Alabama Arizona
Illinois Louisiana
Minnesota New Mexico
States where affiliate targeted
Connecticut Delaware Georgia
Idaho Indiana Mississippi
Oregon New York North Carolina
Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia
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Data Acquisition Status
www.just4kids.org
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Data Acquisition Status
www.schoolresults.org
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Website Progress

• Website page hits on www.just4kids.org are
  averaging over 300,000 per month.
• Just for the Kids now has 17 states on
  www.just4kids.org website (2 password
  protected). 3 additional states are in process
  and 3 more are committed to the model.
• There are currently 9 states live on
  www.schoolresults.org and 10 additional states
  are currently password protected in data preview
  process.
• All tolled (on JFTK and SchoolResults.org site)
  there are 22 states. According to NCES most
  recent projected enrollment for 2003, these
  states represent 65.2 of total public school
  enrollment. (31.4 million of 48 million total
  students)Just for the Kids website

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NCEA/JFTK State Partners
Arizona Arizona Business Education
Coalition Arkansas Arkansas Business Education
Alliance Arkansas Department of
Education University of Arkansas California Bay
Area School Reform Collaborative Cal State
University System Education Voice Business for
Education Excellence Foundation San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce Colorado Colorado
Partnership for Educational Renewal Public
Education and Business Coalition Colorado
Forum Colorado Association of School Boards Rose
Community and Donnell Kay Foundation
Florida Florida Group of 100 Council for
Educational Change Hawaii Hawaii Business
Roundtable Hawaii Department of
Education Illinois Illinois Business
Roundtable ILSU School of Education Louisiana Loui
siana Association of Business Industry Council
for a Better Louisiana Baton Rouge Chamber of
Commerce
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NCEA/JFTK State Partners (cont.)
Massachusetts Massachusetts Business Alliance for
Education MA Office of Education Quality
Accountability Michigan Michigan Business Leaders
for Education Excellence Mississippi
Mississippi Public Education Forum New Jersey New
Jersey Chamber of Commerce Business Coalition for
Excellence in Education New Mexico New Mexico
Business Roundtable for Education
Excellence Greater Albuquerque Chamber of
Commerce
Oklahoma Oklahoma Business Education
Coalition Education Policy Forum Tulsa Chamber of
Commerce Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce Tennessee Tennessee Tomorrow Tennessee
Department of Education Tennessee State
University Texas Texas Business and Education
Coalition University of Texas at
Austin Washington Research Center at Seattle
Pacific University Partnership for Learning
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Major Funders of NCEA/JFTK
ATT Foundation The Atlantic Philanthropies Bank
of America Bank One Corporation Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Foundation The Broad Foundation The Business
Roundtable Michael and Susan Dell
Foundation Houston Endowment IBM
The Meadows Foundation The ODonnell
Foundation The Priddy Foundation RGK
Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation State Farm
Insurance Companies Texas Instruments
Foundation US Department of Education The Walton
Family Foundation Washington Mutual
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NCEA Board of Directors

• Executive Committee
• Tom Luce, ChairmanFounder, Just for the Kids
• Terry Kelley, Vice-Chairman Former Bank One
  Regional Chairman and CEO
• Dr. Barbara Byrd-BennettChief Executive Officer
  of the Cleveland Municipal School District
• Dr. Larry FaulknerPresident of The University of
  Texas at Austin
• The Honorable Jim HuntFormer Governor of North
  Carolina
• Dr. Ted SandersPresident of the Education
  Commission of the States
• Board Members
• John Anderson Former IBM Exec. and Vice Chairman
  of New American Schools
• Carolyn BaconExecutive Director of The ODonnell
  Foundation
• Lee BlitchFormer ATT Executive and President of
  the San Francisco C.O.C.
• The Honorable Bill BrockFormer U.S. Secretary of
  Labor and Chairman of Bridges Learning Systems
• Ken DubersteinPresident of The Duberstein Group,
  Inc. and Former Chief of Staff for President
  Reagan
• The Honorable Jim EdgarFormer Governor of
  Illinois

• Charley EllisManaging Partner, Partners of 63
• Tom EngibousChairman and CEO of Texas
  Instruments
• John HittPresident of the University of Central
  Florida
• Dr. G. Thomas HoulihanExecutive Director,
  Council of Chief State School Officers
• Roberts JonesPresident Education Workforce
  Policy, LLC
• Dr. Manuel J. JustizDean of School of Education
  at The University of Texas at Austin
• Kerry KillingerPresident, Chairman and CEO
  Washington Mutual
• Charles B. Reed Chancellor, California State
  University System
• Marilyn ReznickVice President of Education
  Programs for the ATT Foundation
• The Honorable Richard RileyFormer Secretary of
  Education
• Ed Rust Jr.Chairman and CEO of State Farm
  Insurance Companies
• Dr. Sara Martinez TuckerPresident of the
  National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• Robin Willner Director of Corporate Community
  Relations, IBM Corporation
• Larry YostChairman and CEO of ArvinMeritor, Inc.

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Best Practice State Studies
http//staging/highperforming
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Best Practice State Studies

• Studies currently at website
• Florida Council for Educational Change, Florida
  Atlantic University
• Massachusetts Mass Insight Education
• New Jersey Business Coalition for Educational
  Excellence, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce,
  Rutgers University
• Texas The University of Texas at Austin
• Washington Washington School Research Center

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Best Practice State Studies
September 2004 Presentation Arkansas University
of Arkansas California Bay Area School Reform
Collaborative, Cal State University
Colorado CO Partnership for Educational
Renewal, CO State University Illinois NCEA,
College of Education at IL State
University Tennessee Tennessee Tomorrow,
Tennessee State University
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Best Practice State Studies
States projected for 2004-2005 study

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Illinois
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota

• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• Washington

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Best Practice State Studies
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Best Practice State Studies
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Best Practice The Audits

• The Website

Self-Audits