The Initiative For School Empowerment and Excellence i.4.see

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i4see Update January 30, 2008 Concord, NH
The Initiative For School Empowerment and
Excellence (i.4.see) Empowering teachers,
administrators, policy makers, and parents to
increase student achievement.
For more information www.ed.state.nh.us/i4see
or i4seeHelp_at_ed.state.nh.us
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What is driving the work we are doing
-- Why are we implementing i4see? --
i.4.see will improve the quality and scope of
data collections, provide easy access to
meaningful data for schools and reduce the
submission burden.

• Enable Sound Policy Decisions
• Identify Student and School Progress
• Reduce Drop-Out Rate

• Reduce Data Collection Burden
• Improve Data Accuracy Reliability

Principal Teacher Access
Policy Makers
Other Stakeholders
Citizens
What should I know about my students?
What should I know about my schools?
What should I know about NH schools, programs
and students?
Other questions?
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And, where are we in the implementation of i4see
-- How are we implementing i4see? --
Three Primary Components to Phase I
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A13
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Assign SASIDs
Collect Integrate Student Level Data
Provide District School Access
Dropout Counts
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Now that we have a collection process in place,
this data will have broad uses.
What Data is Collected?

• i4see Submissions
• Beginning of year enrollment information
• Free and Reduced status
• NECAP assessment results
• End of year attendance, suspension, graduation
  and post graduation plans
• Demographics race, gender, Title I involvement,
  advanced placement, student mobility, homeless
  information, etc.

• Integrated Data
• Migrant student status
• LEP / ESOL involvement
• Special Education status
• CTE and Other possibilities yet to come (e.g.
  K-16)

How is This Data Used?

• Follow The Child
• AYP Determination
• Equity Aid
• Drop-out Analysis, Policy Analysis, etc.

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Again, to emphasizing Data Quality, verification
checks and reports help ensure the data is
accurate
-- Data Submission Process --

• Step 1 School Verifications eg
• Race has changed since BOY
• Suspect grade given age of student

• Step 2 District Verifications Reports eg
• Student left one school but never arrived 2nd
  school in same district (W2 / R2)
• Attendance Reports

• Step 3 State Reports Sign-Off eg
• Student left one school but never arrived 2nd
  school in another district (W4 / R4)
• One student too many days (greater than 360
  half-days)
• ADM Sign-Off

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So what does i4see (data submission) look like
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The home page provides a variety of resources
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Now that we have collected valuable data, we have
partnered with Performance Pathways to help
districts and schools access the data access is
via the i4see Workbench.
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Performance Pathways Provides Access to
Assessment Information
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Educators in your school(s) can drill down to the
item detail and see who is having troubles with
fractions (for example) and there is more to
come
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We try to offer comprehensive support for
questions, suggestions, assistance
www.ed.state.nh.us/i4see

• i4see Home Page www.ed.state.nh.us/i4see
• Email support i4seeHelp_at_ed.state.nh.us
• Data Collection Mike Cote at 271-2775Support S
  andy Hyslop at 271-2831
• Data Analysis PD Centers at www.nheon.org/centers
  Support Ginny Clifford at 271-3868 1-866-4
  57-1990 x2 (cust. service)
• i4see Newsletters, Training Events, Tip Documents

-- Supports --
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So here is the year of i4see submissions at a
glance
February NECAP Alt Label Request (for
Alternative Portfolio) April NECAP Label
Request (for Spring Science Assessment) May
Trial run of EOY (End of Year) Enrollment July
15th EOY Enrollment EOY Academic Sped
Nonpublic Sped Public August NECAP Label
Request (for Fall Assessment) October BOY
(Beginning of Year) FR (Free and
Reduced) Ongoing Real-Time (for high schools,
following BOY submission) Security Course and
Class submissions SASID Requests