Hanover Overview

A New Model for Information Services

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Introduction and Capabilities Independent School Administration Practice


AGENDA

WHO IS HANOVER?

WHAT ARE OUR CORE CAPABILITIES?

HOW DOES OUR RESEARCH PROCESS WORK?

WHY A PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM?

HOW DOES HANOVER INTERACT WITH OUR PARTNERS?

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


OUR K-12 NETWORK

Hanover helps K-12 administrators achieve enduring results by providing a research offering that is unparalleled in its combination of services, flexibility, and affordability. Launched in 2014 as an expansion from our traditional K-12 education service, the Independent School Administration Practice (ISAP) is designed to meet the specific needs of private and independent schools. We serve over 250 organizations across the educational spectrum and country, including:

• State Education Agencies (SEAs) • Regional Education Agencies (REAs) • Local School Districts (LEAs)

• Charter Networks • Private and Independent Schools • Educational Service Providers


REPRESENTATIVE PARNTER LISTING

Past and present partners include:

Independent Schools Affiliated Education Organizations

• Archbishop Hoban High School (OH) • Bellarmine Prep (WA) • Chaminade College Prep (CA) • Christ School (NC) • Episcopal High School (FL) • Eton Academy (MI) • Flintridge Prep (CA) • Fusion Academy (MI) • Gilmour Academy (OH) • Groton School (MA) • International School of the Peninsula (CA) • Isidore Newman School (LA) • Lake Forest Academy (IL) • Lawrenceville School (NJ) • Milton Academy (MA) • Nerinx Hall (MO) • Philips Academy at Andover (MA) • Riverdale Country Day School (NY) • Shorecrest Prep School (FL) • St. Christopher’s School (VA) • Stuart Hall School (VA) • The Blake School (MN) • The Brearley School (NY) • The Park School (MA) • Trevor Day School (NY) • Xavier High School (NY) • Yavneh Day School (CA)

• California County Superintendents

Educational Services Association

• Chief Council of State School Officers

• Delaware Department of Education

• Independent School Management

• International Baccalaureate (IB)

• Iowa Area Education Agencies

• Massachusetts Department of Elementary

and Secondary Education

• Michigan Department of Education

• Mississippi Department of Education

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• The National Society of High School Scholars

• Virginia Department of Education


CORE CAPABILITIES

Heads of school, senior administrators, and board trustees enlist our ISAP services to address the unique challenges faced by private schools, such as evaluating tuition elasticity, forecasting student enrollments, improving stakeholder perceptions, and assessing curricular effectiveness in 21st century skill development.

Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis

Mine program data

Run statistical data analysis

Determine quantitative results and charts

Provide thoughtful narrative and descriptive analysis

Identify peer comparison group

Review scholarly journals and peer review articles

Summarize and synthesize information

Provide case study examples

Design survey instrument

Identify stakeholder groups

Calculate response rate

Administer survey tool

Provide qualitative feedback on summarized answers with full appendix

Identify peer comparison group

Contact group for participation

Design instrument to gather topical information

Provide comparative analysis

Q3


Best Practices and Literature Review

Survey Design, Administration, and Analysis

Benchmarking and Primary Research


EXAMPLES OF CLIENT WORK

Hanover’s ISAP research solutions draw from our experience not only in the K-12 sector, but across the higher education, for-profit, and non-profit sectors. The following examples highlight the ways in which we have applied our full range of capabilities to address the needs of our private school partners.

Q2

Q3


Best Practices and Literature Review

Survey Design, Administration, and Analysis

Benchmarking and Primary Research

ERB Performance Cohort and Longitudinal Analysis

Measuring the Effects of a Tablet PC Program

Math and Science Course Sequence

Identifying Metrics to Determine Academic Program Success

Blended Learning and Technology Integration

Best Practices in International Student Recruitment

Planning, Management, and Design for K-12 School Libraries

Identifying and Accommodating “Highly Gifted Students”

Multi-stakeholder “Pulse Check” to Inform Self-study and Re-accreditation

Open-ended Qualitative Analysis of Alumni Survey

Parent Giving Survey

Admissions Survey Analysis – K and Upper School

Tuition Elasticity: Demographic Trends Analysis and Sustaining an Optimal Student Population Size

Best Practices in Marketing Catholic High Schools

Scan of Competitor Grade 6 Admissions

Employee Rewards and Recognition


RESEARCH SOLUTIONS

STRATEGIC PLANNING


PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM

Your Two Dedicated Points of Contact

Content Director

Optimizes your research initiatives

Relationship Director

Ensures service excellence

PARTNER

Research Specialists Your Content Director delegates projects leveraging Hanover’s agile pool of expert market researchers, analysts, and statisticians.

Market Analysts Conduct: market segmentation and evaluation; labor and demographic trends and forecasting assessments; program evaluations; and vendor and product reviews.

Qualitative Researchers Conduct: conjoint analyses; survey designs; qualitative data coding; and text and word cloud analyses.

Primary Researchers Conduct: in-depth interviews; benchmarking reports.

Quantitative Analysts Conduct: data segmentation, mining, and analyses; descriptive analytics; tuition sensitivity and elasticity analyses; regression analyses; and longitudinal and cluster analyses.

Partnership Terms: 12 months from the start date, renewable annually All research solutions are available to the organization’s executives in unlimited amount within the confines of one (1) sequential project queue for the fixed annual cost of $38,500.


Independent School Administration Practice A New Model for Information Services

Contact: Carlos Bortoni Director 202.559.0055 [email protected] www.hanoverresearch.com

“ “ Hanover’s survey was our guiding document all summer. It helped us channel the work and the direction we needed to go into the next year. We do not have research staff at the department, so having Hanover’s assistance is something we critically need. -Dr. Kathleen Smith Director, Office of School Improvement Virginia Board of Education

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