Schools Data Collection

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• Schools Data Collection
• for
• National Partnerships Agreements (NPA)

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Policy Context

• Policy guiding the implementation of the National
  Partnership Agreements (NPA) is being directed by
  the New South Wales Implementation plans for
  National Partnerships
• http//www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/
  national/index.htm

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NEW SOUTH WALES IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR SCHOOLS
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS (LITERACY AND NUMERACY)
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NEW SOUTH WALES IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR SCHOOLS
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Schools data collection

• Student performance on NPA assessment and NAPLAN
• SMART analysis
• Targeted School Self Evaluation
• Data Analysis Skills Assessment (DASA)

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EMSAD support for NPA

• Provision, processing and analysis of NPA
  assessments and NAPLAN
• Guidelines and extensive support materials for
  schools conducting self-evaluations
• SMART analysis training
• Integrating the school self-evaluations process
  within reporting in the Annual School Report
• Support in modifying the school plan for
  improvement and setting targets
• NPA webpage on EMSAD website for school self
  evaluation materials and link to DASA

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EMSAD NPA intranet page
https//detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/emsad then
choose NPA from the menu
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EMSAD NPA internet page
http//www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/emsad/ then
choose NPA from the menu
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NPA Assessments
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NPA Assessments

• The NPA assessments are based on the BST and all
  items are mapped onto the BST bands.
• These assessments can be used to track
  performance of students (in Years 2,3 and 4 in
  2009) over time.
• The second round of testing is planned for April
  2010.

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NPA Assessments

• Feedback will be provided to schools after each
  round of testing.
• The first round of analysis has been delayed
  slightly while all schools complete the tests.
• Feedback on testing is due to schools by the end
  of August

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SMART data analysis
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SMART

• The decision to use 2008 NAPLAN as baseline data
  was determined by the Commonwealth at the
  Measuring Improvement workshop. This meeting was
  held 29 April 2009, prior to the NAPLAN tests,
  with representatives from all states and
  territories. An expert group from the Australian
  Council for Educational Research (ACER) outlined
  the need to use student data from 2008, as this
  data was gathered prior to any knowledge of the
  implementation of the National Partnership in
  Literacy and Numeracy.

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SMART

• A full day workshop will be provided for
  Principals and others in the school improvement
  teams
• Workshops will be conducted by School Development
  Officers in the government sector and relevant
  officers in the Catholic and Independent sectors
• Principals need to come to these workshops with
  their own NAPLAN SMART data loaded onto a laptop
  (or laptops)

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SMART

• The SMART data course will be presented by
  personnel who have a close working knowledge of
  their schools.
• Each presenter has the flexibility to navigate
  through the SMART training module, emphasizing
  aspects deemed most appropriate for the
  participating schools.

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Timeline for SMART training
Sectors will be in contact with schools to advise
of dates for training. Some regions may have
training after 2009 data is released on September
11. Although SMART training using the schools
own data is mandatory and forms part of the
School Self Evaluation module, it can be
conducted at various times within term 3 to suit
regional arrangements.
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Targeted School Self-Evaluation
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Phase 1 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible
Selection of area for school self-evaluation Schoo
l chooses area for school self-evaluation
(literacy (reading) or numeracy)
Principal
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Phase 1 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible

• School self-evaluation (SSE)
• School will undertake self-evaluation on chosen
  area (literacy or numeracy)
• 1. School undertakes online surveys for teachers
  and students on chosen area
• . School undertakes NAPLAN 2008 and (when
  available) 2009 school performance analysis
  (using SMART)
• . School undertakes focus groups or interviews of
  students and staff based on data collected from
  online surveys and NAPLAN school performance
  analysis

Principal and school self-evaluation team members
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Phase 1 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible
School self-evaluation (SSE) The online surveys
are available from August 17 to October 16.
Usernames, passwords and the link to access the
surveys will be emailed to all school principals
during the week beginning 17 August. The survey
questions can be viewed on the EMSAD websites but
the surveys are not completed through these
websites.
staff and students
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Phase 1 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible
School self-evaluation report School will
prepare a report from analysis of their
self-evaluation area using the school
self-evaluation report template. School
prepares draft modification to school plan.
Principal and school self-evaluation team members
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School Tasks for SSE Team
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Phase 2 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible

• Following the creation of the school
  self-evaluation report (SSER), a support team
  will work with the Principal to
• Confirm the school self-evaluation report.
• Confirm the Principals choice of documentation
  in relation to the chosen area (may be school
  policies, procedures and/or teaching programs,
  for example).
• The school may choose to conduct lesson
  observations.
• The support team will ideally include a partner
  Principal, the School Education Director, a
  School Development Officer or Regional team
  leader, or similar leaders in the non-government
  sector.
• The support team consultation is done over a
  period of one day

Principal and school self-evaluation team members
with SED, partner Principal and SDO or
non-government school support team
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Phase 2 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible

• Targeted school self-evaluation improvement
  report
• The support team will prepare a concise report.
  The report will contain
• Findings
• Recommendations and strategies
• to assist the school improve in the chosen area

Principal and school self-evaluation team
members with SED, partner Principal and SDO or
non-government school support team
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Tasks for Support Team
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Phase 3 School self-evaluation
Staff Responsible
Principal School Education Director
Evaluation completed for the Annual School Report
School plan is modified based on recommendations
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Examples of Support Materials
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Timeline for targeted SSE
The SSE process should begin as soon as possible
following these 2 day training courses. For some
schools the SMART training will be conducted
after these days, for others it has already been
conducted using 2008 data.
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Timeline for targeted SSE
The targeted SSE should be completed by the end
of term 3 or as early as possible in term 4. The
SED or senior officer sign off on the revised
school plan is related to release of further
funding to schools.
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Data Analysis Skills Assessment
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DASA

• The data analysis skills assessment is a quick
  online survey based on the CLAS MyMap for ITC
  model
• It is designed to capture information about the
  profile of a whole school, SEG or region with
  regard to data analysis skills and awareness
• It does not identify results of individuals

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DASA

• DASA is suitable for teachers and school
  executive
• The tool provides feedback to individual users by
  placing their results for each of 8 domains onto
  a matrix
• DASA also provides links to resources to assist
  staff to increase their awareness of, and skills
  in, data analysis

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Timeline for DASA

• First use is planned for term 4 to inform the
  Principal and the school improvement team
• All teachers in the school should complete the
  survey
• The DASA could be completed again in 2010 to see
  if the profile of the school has changed

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Data Analysis Skills Assessment for government
schools

• http//detwww.dasa.det.nsw.edu.au
• Not yet live
• the link to DASA will be put onto the EMSAD
  intranet page once it is live mid September

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Data Analysis Skills Assessment for
non-government schools

• http//www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/emsad/
• The online surveys are available from August 17
  to October 16.
• Usernames, passwords and the link to access the
  surveys will be emailed to all school principals
  during the week beginning 17 August.
• The survey questions can be viewed on the EMSAD
  websites but the surveys are not completed
  through these websites.

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