The J'A' and Kathryn Albertson Foundation

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The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation
Welcomes the Spring Steering Committee
of Education Commission of the States
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To Improve Education in Idaho
Our Mission
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Our History and Values

• Joe and Kathryn Albertson
• Commitment to people
• Integrity
• Measurement and Results
• Whats best for Idaho students

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Facts About Idaho

• Profile
• 247,000 students
• 13,854 teachers
• 688 schools
• 66 Title I schools
• 11.7 Individualized Education Programs
• 36 free, reduced lunch
• 7.4 limited-English
• 85.4 White
• 11.2 Hispanic
• 0.8 Black
• 1.3 Asian/Pac. Islander
• 1.3 American Indian/Alaskan

• Strengths
• Average to above average on NAEP
• Statewide standards
• Statewide computerized achievement testing

Source NCES, 2000-2001 school year
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Idahos Education System
We all have a part to play.
National Congressional Delegation
CoordinatedAction
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Our Strategies
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Creating High Performance Schools (CHPS)

• 15 School districts
• 47 of Idaho students
• Systems thinking
• Collaboration
• Data-driven instructional decisions
• Continuous improvement

Core Business of Schools
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The Open Book Initiative (TOBI)

• Teacher skills
• 90 at grade level
• Statewide
• Pilot year in eastern Idaho

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Teaching With Technology (TWT)

• More than 3,900 teachers
• Year-long training/mentoring
• Engaged learning models
• Track record of success

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Idaho Student Learning Kick-off Incentive
Program

• Reward for of students meeting Growth Goals
• Open to public, charter, private schools
  administering ISAT
• Rewards use of data for instructional decisions
  and collaboration
• Goal increase student learning
• Results 363 Idaho schools received 1.2 million
  total their strategies will be shared this spring

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Statewide Idaho Student Information Management
and Reporting System
Idahos one-stop, web-based resource for
real-time information and tools for education
stakeholders.
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Partnership to Make Centralized Statewide ISIMS a
Reality

• Governor
• Legislature
• State Board of Education
• State Superintendent of Public Instruction
• All Educators
• All Stakeholders
• J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation

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ISIMS Background

• Governor signed HB 367 on April 15, 2003
• Defines ISIMS as a secure, centralized data
  system where public school information is stored,
  accessed and analyzed.
• Requires Agencies and Districts to use ISIMS to
  the full extent of its availability.
• Provides for ongoing funding by the State for
  operation and maintenance of the system. (7
  million per year)
• The State Board of Education shall ensure that a
  state operated Idaho student information
  management system which provides real time,
  appropriate access to educational data, is
  available and used by all Idaho school districts

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J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will

• Commit 35 Million over five to six years
• Control project supervision, design and
  expenditures of funds during the building phase.
  Input and direction from ISIMS Stakeholders
  Committee
• Turn the system management over to the State
  Department of Education when system is
  substantially complete
• Provide funds for on-going system costs,
  training, etc., up to a maximum payout of 35
  Million
• Reserve the right to not proceed or to cease
  funding if partner commitments are not meet.
• Cease funding if the State and JKAF mutually
  agree to terminate project

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State Board of Education

• Approve policy for a common course code system
• Approve policy for a unique student identifier
• Approve policy for security of student data

State Department of Education

• Assist in building and providing technical
  support
• Employee FTEs funded by Foundation grant
• Work with all education agencies associations
• Provide ongoing training and support
• Execute long-term contracts for state
• Develop annual ISIMS budget

School Districts

• Provide adequate bandwidth from district/school
• Access to a modern computer for every teacher
• Make staff available for training

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Statewide ISIMS Mission

• To equip the Idaho educational system
  stakeholders with the most efficient and
  effective student information management and
  reporting system.

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Project Goals

• Indirectly improve student achievement
• Drive alignment of curriculum to standards,
  lesson planning grading, and standards based
  reporting.
• Reduce the cycle time between delivery of
  assessments and evaluation of the results to
  facilitate instruction.
• Increase parent and student involvement.
• Enhance data driven decisions
• Real time access to consistent, statewide,
  detailed data.
• Eliminating data collection processes (Title I,
  NCLB).
• Standardizing data definitions and quality
  standards.
• Provide data analysis and reporting tools.
• Provide information on impact of programs
• Assessing the correlation between programs and
  results.
• Secure, online access to all student data in the
  state.

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Project Impact

• Students

Teachers
Parents
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Students and Parents

• On-line progress reports/grades
• Standards based report card
• Enhanced parental involvement
• Homework assignments
• Attendance
• Discipline information
• Graduation progress
• Comparison data with student groups
• Better school/parent communication

Governor Legislature
Educational Agencies
Schools Districts
Teachers
Students Parents
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Teachers

• Information to improve teaching learning
• Data driven decisions
• Individual instruction
• Curriculum lesson plans
• Teaching resources
• Class assessment progress reports
• Grade book
• Better communication with parents
• Online homework, attendance, etc.

Governor Legislature
Educational Agencies
Schools Districts
Teachers
Students Parents
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Schools and Districts

• Student growth to standards
• Information to establish targets
• Disaggregated data for decisions
• State National comparisons
• School program performance information
• Early intervention
• Administrative management information

Governor Legislature
Educational Agencies
Schools Districts
Teachers
Students Parents
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State Educational Agencies

• Student growth towards State standards
• Disaggregated test data
• State and National comparison
• District/School report cards
• Focused Assistance
• State/Federal/NCLB related reporting
• Administrative reporting
• Student course information
• Information for program improvement

Governor Legislature
Educational Agencies
Schools Districts
Teachers
Students Parents
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Governor Legislature

• Information for educational leadership
• Demographic information
• Track progress to meet State standards
• Student achievement information
• Data driven decisions
• Program accountability
• District and School report cards
• Setting goals and state budgets

Governor Legislature
Educational Agencies
Schools Districts
Teachers
Students Parents
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ISIMS is a Statewide Solution
A centralized, uniform system that includes a
host of web-based resources and tools for
education stakeholders
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ISIMS System Architecture
ISIMS STATEWIDE PORTAL
Plato Learnings Orion CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT Ac
ademic Standards Aligned Curriculum Lesson
Plans Electronic Grade Book Standards-Based Report
Card
AALs eSIS STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Student
Demographics Grades/Attendance Schedules Teacher
Information Class Roster Test History ------------
-------------- Special Populations
CRI Advantages Academic Accelerator DATA
WAREHOUSE REPORTING ANALYTICS Assessments Dis-a
ggregation NCLB Reports Research Program Reporting
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION LAYER (SIF)
INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER HARDWARE NETWORK
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ISIMS STATEWIDE PORTAL

• User access to all applications within ISIMS will
  be through a web portal. Portal technology will
  provide the following benefits
• Single Sign On to ISIMS Applications (role and
  security based)
• Customized user experience (role and security
  based)

• Allows components to communicate to one another
  and to run as one system

• SIF system interoperability framework allows
  components to communicate to one another

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION LAYER (SIF)
INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER HARDWARE NETWORK
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Solution Design Integration
Vendor Negotiations
Reporting/Analytics
IEP Solution
Go/No Go
Prototype
Implementation Planning Execution State,
District, School
Pilot
Production
Go/No Go
Business Process, Policies, Standards, and
Procedures
User Focus Groups
Professional Development and Stakeholder Relations
Network Infrastructure Planning and Implementation
Oct 1, 03
Jan 31, 04
Jun 30, 04
Sept 1, 03
Sept 2006
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www.isimsproject.org
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Statewide Idaho Student Information Management
SystemConverting a Dream to a Reality