Council of Intown Neighborhoods & Schools (CINS)

December 11, 2013Rubye K. Sullivan, PhD

WHO AM I AND WHY AM I HERE?Researcher, parent, product, teacher

Data Available to You

• College & Career Ready Performance Index (was scheduled for release in October, then November…)

• Governors Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) Annual Report Card

• 2013 Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate (up 6.2 percentage points for the cluster to 84.6%)

• Student Growth Percentiles for 2012-13 (Student Reports)

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Data as an Iceberg

Common Knowledge

Actionable Data

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The Grady Cluster is a High Performing Cluster, Overall

Individual Acts, Not Systemic

Common Problem to Solve, Cluster-

Wide

Just Imagine…

• Given the overall high performance of the Grady Cluster ,– What if everyone in the cluster pulled together to

synergize around a collective issue?– What if the effective practices within one school

or one classroom were identified, understood, and replicated across the cluster?

• What might the future of our cluster look like?

Computer Adaptive Assessment System

(CAAS)

• Tests students from grades K-9 in September and January.

• K-2 also tests in May for an end of the year assessment.

• Subjects: Math and Reading.• Test adapts to students ability on a continuous

scale.

CAAS Fall 2013 Cluster Data

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91500

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2100

2400

2700

3000 Average CAAS Math Scale ScoreGradyNorth AtlantaMaysJacksonTherrellWashingtonSouth AtlantaDouglassCarver

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Grady is not the Problem… Right?

• Close battle between Grady and North Atlanta for highest performing cluster (in these data).

• Grady cluster schools ranks high in the state (CCRPI).

• Grady ranks high in the nation (NAEP, national recognition).

• Overall averages can hide deeper problems…

APS vs. Grady

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91500

1700

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2100

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2700

2900 Social Economic Status (SES)Grady Free LunchGrady Full Pay LunchAPS Free LunchAPS Full Pay Lunch

Grade

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age

Fall

2013

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Grady

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91500

1700

1900

2100

2300

2500

2700

2900 Social Economic Status (SES)Grady Free LunchGrady Full Pay Lunch

Grade

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age

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2013

CAA

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ath

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Grady

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91500

1700

1900

2100

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2900 Social Economic Status (SES)Grady Free LunchGrady Full Pay Lunch

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K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-300

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0(Baseline Average Grady Student Full Pay Lunch)

Free LunchFull Pay Lunch

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Scores

Grades Behind in Math

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90

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Grades Behind in Math

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90

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Grades Behind in Math

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90

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f(x) = 0.372505413328576 x − 0.347493208413742R² = 0.984670706935522

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At Kindergarten how many grades is the average Grady student who

receives free lunch behind???

0.0382 GradesOr

~ 7 Days of Quality Instruction

Grades Behind in Math

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90

0.5

1

1.5

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f(x) = 0.372505413328576 x − 0.347493208413742R² = 0.984670706935522

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How should schools be addressing the Gap?

• Band Aid?• Duct Tape?• Reboot the Computer?• What problem? I see no problem.• OHHH look a shiny object!!!

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Data Team Process

Performance Series, K – 9 (Students, Teachers, Instructional Coach, Principal)Instructional Management System, K – 12 (Students, Teachers, Instructional Coach, Principal)

State Longitudinal Data System (Teachers, Instructional Coach, SELT, Registrars, Principal) Student Growth Data (Teachers, Instructional Coach, Principal)Teacher Effectiveness Dashboard (TED) (Principal)

Post-Secondary Outcomes (Counselor, Graduation Coach, Principal)Suspension Data (Assistant Principal, Principal)Attendance Data (Social Worker, Principal)

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Turn to Progress & Productivity for Actionable Results

Equitable Achievement

Value Growth

Understand Post-Secondary Outcomes

Leverage Response to Intervention (RTI)

How Can We Address the Gap?

• Support strategic staffing of K – 2 teachers.• Support the strategic staffing of grade 6 teachers.• Support the ways in which schools leverage the RTI pyramid to

meet individual student needs.• Support the ways in which schools leverage Title I funds,

designed specifically to address the SES disparities.• Design community approach to convergence of

neighborhoods into Inman.• Leverage your power to rally district-level support to address

the gap.

Use your power for good!