Vision to Know and Do: A Data Driven Decision Making Partnership

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Vision to Know and Do A Data Driven
Decision Making Partnership

• Friday, February 25, 2005945 to 1045 AM 18th
  Annual MIS Conference New Orleans, LA

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PANEL PARTICIPANTS

• Irene K. Spero, Vice President, CoSN, Moderator
• Wayne Odom, Title I Director, Escambia Co, FLA

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Learning about CoSNs Data-driven Decision Making
  Initiative Vision to Know and Do
• Hearing from Escambia Co, FLA about their data
  driven decision making process
• Engaging the audience with questions

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VISION TO KNOW AND DOwww.3d2know.org

• Launched in 2003 by CoSN to help educators use
  data effectively. This initiative is
• a highly-respected source of up-to-date,
  unbiased information
• an easy to use mechanism for educating school
  leaders
• a nationally-recognized framework for sharing
  knowledge
• Supported by Founding Partners ETS, IBM and SAS
  with additional support from Co-nect, Dell,
  Pearson Education, Plato Learning PowerSchool ,
  SchoolNet, and Texas Instruments. Scholastic
  Administr_at_tor is the Media Partner.

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VISION TO KNOW AND DO

• Released Vision to Know and Do The Power of Data
  as a Tool in Educational Decision Making, an in
  depth examination of the issue
• Developed a self assessment tool to estimate a
  districts readiness to use data-driven decision
  models
• Convened a Congressional Seminars in Washington,
  DC
• Issued quarterly newsletter, Vision to Know and
  Do newsletter

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VISION TO KNOW AND DOTHE POWER OF DATA AS A
TOOL INEDUCATIONAL DECISION MAKING

• Highlights school districts using data analysis
  systems to improve student outcomes
• Identifies factors for successfully integrating
  data into decision making processes
• Calls for more emphasis on data-driven decision
  making as a way to prepare students with 21st
  century educational skills

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CURRENT CONTEXT

• Data collection, analysis and reporting are
  critical components of No Child Left Behind
  (NCLB).
• School districts must collect more data, in more
  detail and disaggregate them.
• State-level systems and support are being
  developed for collecting and integrating student
  assessment data with demographic information.

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NATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY PLAN

• Toward A New Golden Age in American Education
  calls upon states, districts and schools to
• establish a plan to integrate data systems
• use data from both administrative and
  instructional systems to understand
  relationships
• ensure interoperability  and
• use assessment results to inform instruction.

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MOVING BEYOND THE MANDATE

• Current environment is an opportunity to
• use data to transform teaching, learning and
  administration.
• inform decisions about everything from class
  schedules to textbook reading levels to
  professional development budgets.
• provide a rationale for decisions that parents,
  teachers, taxpayers, and students can understand.

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DEFINITION

• Data-Driven Decision Making
• A process of making choices based on appropriate
  analysis of relevant information

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Data-Driven Decision Making
Districts That Employ A Data-driven Decision
Making Process (Digital Leadership Divide
CoSN/Grunwald Survey)
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NEW!!

• From Vision to Action How School Districts Use
  Data to Improve Performance
• for school district leaders and K-12 educators
  seeking ways to implement a data-driven decision
  making process

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KEY THEMES

• Implementing a successful school district
  data-driven decision making process requires a
  collaborative team approach.
• The process is continual and cyclical moving from
  the collection of data , to reporting and
  analysis and finally to using data for targeted
  interventions.
• Technology tools can be effectively utilized in
  the process.

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TEAM APPROACH TO SUCCESS

• design and implementation involves the IT
  department, curriculum and instruction,
  assessment ,evaluation, and professional
  development with oversight by the superintendent.
  
• integration into classroom practice requires the
  buy-in of teachers, principals and site-based
  support staff

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DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING PROCESS

• A process of three functional areas
• collection, integration and dissemination of
  data
• analysis and reporting of data and
• process and procedures for acting on the data.

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Components of a Data Based Decision Making System
School Interoperability Framework IMS
Reporting and Analysis ServicesTurning data into
useful information
Dissemination Sharing data with the community
(ie report cards)
Data Warehouse
Reports
State and Federal Reporting Meeting reporting
compliance
Training Learning how to use data to make
informed decisions.
Personalized Instruction
Source US Department of Education, 2003.
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PROGRESS IN DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING

• Majority of districts are making progress in
  collection of data and most are working towards
  analysis and reporting.
• Challenging task remains providing teachers with
  proven strategies for targeted interventions in
  the classroom.

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DATA COLLECTION AND INTEGRATION CHECKLIST

• Is a data warehouse in place?
• Are the technical and human support tools in
  place to move data from warehouse to schoolhouse?
• Are systems developed to integrate data into
  instruction?
• Are teachers using assessments to measure
  progress?
• Are curriculum and assessments aligned to
  standards?

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DATA ANALYSIS CHECKLIST

• Do teachers have access to data in an easy-to-use
  format soon after assessment?
• Does the district support the process with
  analytical tools and trained staff to give
  decision makers confidence in the data and tools?
• Are teachers trained to use item analysis to
  understand student outcomes and instructional
  effectiveness?

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USING DATA CHECKLIST

• Does the district provide the tools and training
  to interpret and query data?
• Have data teams developed a process for
  identifying, recommending and implementing
  intervention based on data?
• Do district and school-site change agents support
  teachers and their use of targeted interventions?

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ONLINE ASSESSMENT TOOL

• Take a simple 10-question assessment is available
  at 3d2know.cosn.org/assessment/survey.cfm
• Receive an immediate response
• Learn where you are in the process of becoming a
  data rich district

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• Publications
• Best Practices
• Other Resources
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ABOUT COSN

• CoSN Mission
• To promote the use of information technologies
  and the Internet to ensure technology has a
  positive effect on learning by focusing on
  leadership development, coalition building,
  advocacy and emerging technologies.
• Audience
• Key technology leaders at the school district,
  state and national level

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CoSN GOALS

• Leadership Development supporting school leaders
  to ensure technology has a positive effect on
  learning
• Advocacy creating an effective voice on
  education technology issues
• Coalition Building building partnerships and
  collaborative efforts around the use of
  technology in schools
• Emerging Technology exploring meaningful uses
  for new technologies in education

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COSN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

• New!! Accessible Technologies for All Students
  Project
• http//www.accessibletech4all.org/
• increasing achievement and success for all
  students through the unlimited and effective use
  of accessible technologies
• Taking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to the
  Classroom http//classroomtco.cosn.org/
• Helping School Leaders Budget More Accurately
  for Education Technology
• Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse
• http//safewiredschools.cosn.org/
• Resources to Help School Administrators
  Understand Internet Safety Strategies
• 3D Vision to Know Do
• http//3d2know.cosn.org/
• Enabling Educators to Think Strategically about
  the Use of Data Driven Decision-Making
• Cyber Security for the Digital District
• http//securedistrict.cosn.org/
• Ensuring Security of School Networks

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Irene K. Speroirene_at_cosn.orgVice
President202-861-2676 x112 1710 Rhode Island
Ave., NW 900Washington, DC 20036www.cosn.org