Perspectives on Delawares Capacity to use Educational Data

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Perspectives on Delawares Capacity to
useEducational Data

• Mike Stetter
• Director of Curriculum
• Delaware Department of Education
• September 10, 2008

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The Paradigm Shift in Educational Data Usage
P.A. and D.D.A.

• Pre-Accountability Era
• School System Data uses-
• Sort/Track Students
• Manage School Finances
• Document need for more
• Justify Management or Contractual Decisions (e.g.
  hiring, layoffs, school closings)
• Reinforce protected space between system and
  stakeholders

• DEEP DIVE Accountability Era
• School System NEW Data uses-
• Customization of instruction
• Proof of Program Impacts
• School Accountability for Results to USDOE SEA
• Teacher Quality
• Access Adequacy of instruction for at-risk
  groups

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Delaware Discoveries

• Infrequent, decontextualized use of data
• Minimal local data expertise
• Subjective decisions in absence of data analysis
• Data phobia
• No compelling reason to consider data (missing
  policy lever)

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Understanding the Dilemma, Pt. 1
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Understanding the Dilemma, Pt. 2
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Building capacity the right way depends on
involving your critical friends in SEA,
Districts, higher education, project thought
partners, foundations, and, most importantly,
school and business leaders.
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Delaware Capacity-Building Strategies for Data
Literacy
WHY? WHAT ?
HOW?

• Construct DOE Comprehensive Data Warehouse of
  student and school data
• Data Sets
• SEC Data
• School Climate
• Student Achievement
• Student Wellness

Establish requirement for data based School
Improvement plans linking to Funds
Construct Online School Success Plan Application
Train DOE staff and district staff on Data
Analysis with Student data Align State, District,
and School Reporting via Balanced Scorecard
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More on Capacity Building

• Work with early adopter districts (PDAs, data
  retreats)
• Work with schools U.S.I. to strengthen
  self-assessment skills and monitoring of The Main
  Thing
• (Hint Its Instruction)
• Modeling strategic planning with common core data

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Delaware Capacity BuildingStatus

• 1998-2005- Early versions of online state
  assessment database with data inquiry features
• August 2006- DOE Data Warehouse launch
• 2006-08- Delaware Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
  Studies in ELA/Reading, Mathematics, Social
  Studies, Science
• August 2007-Delaware Recommended Curriculum
  website launch
• Fall 2007- Delaware Balanced Scorecard with
  Common Measures launch
• August 2008-Online School Success Plan tool
  launch
• Fall 2009 (projected)- Online verification of
  Special Education programming and IEPs for all
  districts

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Next Steps

• In-state Turnaround Leader Program
• SEC use with schools USI
• Classroom Instructional Micro-analysis training
  for principals
• Formative assessment and CAT (Computer-adaptive
  testing) with immediate teacher access

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