Digital Learning and Information Systems Moving Forward Statewide

Kurt KieferAssistant State Superintendent

WI Department of Public Instruction

• Standards & Instruction• What and how should kids learn?• How do we support innovation

learning?• How are digital technologies integrated

into learning?• Assessments and Data Systems

• How do we know if they learned it?• School and Educator Effectiveness

• How do we ensure that students have highly effective teachers and schools?

• School Finance Reform• How should we pay for schools?

Wisconsin State Superintendent Tony Evers:

Agenda 2017

Wisconsin Statewide Digital Learning Strategic Plan

DLAC Action ItemsImplement statewide systems:

• WISEdata open data collection system• WISEdash data warehouse/dashboard• WISE Learn Educational resource portal, content

repository, Learning management system (LMS) with high quality content, and virtual PLCs

• Individual learning plan (ILP) system - being implemented as Academic & Career Plans (ACPs)

• WDLC - Online, virtual and blended learning

Early Childhood

PostsecondaryAssessmentsLocal, state, national

Educator Licensing OnlineAcademic &

Career Plans

Collaboration Cloud

Content RepositoryLearning Management

System

• The largest 26 of the total 445 districts (6%) represent 40% of the total state student enrollment

• The smallest 335 of the total 445 districts (75%) represent 40% of the total state student enrollment

• The median sized district (half of the 445 districts are above the median and half are below the median) is 902 students

• Bottom line: Wisconsin has a large number of small school districts

WISEdash is and will…

• Statewide dashboard and reporting system

• Public & secured reporting

• Allow any SIS vendor to interoperate

• Reduce operational costs

Resources to Guide Data Inquirywith WISE Tools

Academic and Career Plans Individual Learning Plans

• Endorsed by Governor’s task force• Focus on students’ personalized learning and

career pathways “Where are you headed? What learning will get you there?”

• Tools to work on career interest inventories, resumes, applications, etc.

• Connect students with workplace & employers• Build a body of evidence -- an e-portfolio• Integrate with open data collection system• Funded in recent state budget beginning FY14

Personalized LearningCESA #1 The Institute

CCSSO Innovative Lab Network

Builds on Two Concepts

• Social networks - places where educators collaborate, share, and learn from and with each other, professional learning communities (PLCs)

• Resource portals - places where educators find content for their instructional work

The “gateway” to the tools and functions

Collaboration Cloud

Teacher - student, teacher - teacher, student - student, teacher - parent

Content Repository

e.g., Customized PBS

LearningMediaVideo, web sites, documents, audio, assessments, etc.

Learning Management

SystemShared courses,

units and lessons; by Common Core

and more

Curriculum Content Development & Technical Support

WISE Learn creates...

• Online and blended learning platform for ALL WI students

• Efficient tool for searching for quality content• A platform for digital “textbooks”• Professional learning communities, events

calendar• Crowdsourcing option where teachers rating

quality of content, e.g., Yelp, Trip Advisor, etc.• Creates instructional feedback loops when

combined with algorithms• Partnerships across WI ed organizations

Digital Learning

Collaborative

Supplemental

Local Control and System Hub

Communications/Quality

Wisconsin Statewide Digital Learning Strategic Plan

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Readiness - Online testing▪ SBAC says schools will need 10-20 kbps / student on average and

50kbps/student for peaks.

✓ Critical to handle peak loads without latency/response delays in a high stakes testing environment

✓ SBAC readiness is defined as 50 kbps/student or greater

Digital Learning Readiness - Driven by 1:1 Devices▪ SETDA recommends 100 kbps/student to be digital learning

ready today

✓ SBAC clearly states that the bandwidth standards for the assessment alone (above) will not be sufficient for digital learning

Two Levels of Digital Ready

SBAC ReadinessSchool Speed Tests (Fall 2012)▪ 33% of schools are SBAC ready (>50 kbps/student)

▪ 29% of schools are on the fence (10-20 to 50 kbps/student)

▪ 37% of schools are below SBAC minimums (<10-20 kbps)

Digital Learning ReadinessSchool Speed Tests (Fall 2012)