Making Data Public

Making Data PublicBoston Public Schools Leadership Conference:

Building Schools of Excellence

July 1, 2010 9:45-11:15 AM

Connections to Acceleration Agenda

Key Strategies• Strengthen teaching and learning• Replicate success• Deepen partnerships

Academic Targets• Communicates data on Academic Targets• Holds all publicly accountable for meeting

Academic Targets

Accelerating Improvement through Inquiry (AI2)

• 14 Schools in SY09-10, K-12• Goal: improve graduation rate • Inquiry process focused on ELA, math, and

attendance • “Making data public” contest

Turn and talk

• Turn to the person sitting next to you and discuss:– why you chose to come to this presentation– what you hope to get out of this presentation

What does it mean to “make data public”?

• build shared ownership, accountability, and awareness of progress toward goals

• reinforce positive messaging to school community and instill healthy competitive culture

IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES!

Self-assessment exercise

• Using rubric, take 5 minutes to assess where your school currently is on “making data public.”

• Focus on first section, public/community data walls.

Getting started

I. What goals have been established for the school and individual grade levels?

– Sources: Acceleration Agenda, WSIP, school teams– Data: attendance, tardiness, grades, formative

assessments, and MCAS

Getting started cont.

II. What data do you have about these goals?– Baseline: What is your starting point?– Interim: How will you measure progress?– Target: What will define success?

III. How can this data be communicated? IV. What should people do in response to the

data?

Ways you can make data public

I. Public data wallsII. Private/staff data wallsIII. Direct communications with families

I. Public data walls

• display of data intended to spur conversation about improvement toward goals

• dynamic and regularly updated• messaging is informative and encourages action• often supported with contests and recognition

Options for PUBLIC data walls

• What data? attendance, grades, assessments• What level? student, grade, homeroom, school• Where? hallways, lunchroom, classrooms• What type? low-tech and high-tech both great!

The best data walls identify a problem, an intervention, an effect, and a conclusion

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSCommunicating college readiness with GPAs

New Mission HSPhoto credit: David Binder

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSCelebrating students’ successes

Photo credit: David Binder New Mission HS

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSCelebrating students’ successes

Ellis ES

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSUsing school’s data in classroom lessons

Photo credit: David Binder Marshall ES

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSStudents charting their own progress

Marshall ESPhoto credit: David Binder

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSEncouraging competition


Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSConnecting national research to school results


Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSEncouraging engagement & dialogue

McKay K8

Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSClassroom data walls (or doors!)


Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSClassroom data walls


Examples of PUBLIC data walls in BPSClassroom data walls

Marshall ESPhoto credit: David Binder

Points to keep in mind for PUBLIC data walls

• Remove identifying information so students are not discouraged or embarrassed.– Use student IDs instead of names.– Names can be used for accolades (i.e. perfect

attendance, honor roll).• Make sure data is clear, labeled properly, and

understandable by all.• Keep it simple!

II. Private/staff data walls

• usually used to monitor individual assessment data

• key reference for inquiry and planning• securely located in ILT/principal room• dynamic and updated regularly (magnets/dry-

erase)

Examples of STAFF data walls in BPSMeasuring progress of each student



• Examples



Gardner ES

Examples of STAFF data walls in BPSMeasuring achievement of each student

Gardner ES

Examples of STAFF data walls in BPSEncourage engagement & dialogue


Examples of STAFF data walls in BPSCelebrate successes


III. Direct communication with families

• Messaging should be child and/or parent friendly.– individualized letters to parents using mail merge– individualized performance contracts and progress

reports– online portals (Snap Grade, Edline, Power School,

etc.)– newsletters and assemblies highlighting data– student data books

Examples of communications with parents in BPS

Implementation

• Establish and build capacity of data team. • Develop a year-long plan for what data will be

shared, when, and with whom.• Use external partners to support this work.• Visit other schools to get ideas.• Start small and keep it simple.• Build in feedback mechanisms and monitor

success!

Lessons from the winners of the “making data public” contest

1st place: Marshall Elementary School2nd place: New Mission High School

Seeing results at the Marshall: increasing attendance

Data source: BPS central data systems

Seeing results at New Mission: increasing GPAs

3.0 + GPA(31 students)

2.0-2.99 GPA(21 students)


Less than 1.0 GPA

(6 students)

3.0 + GPA (32 students)



Freshman GPAs Sophomore GPAs

Discussion & share out• What are some ways your school is already

making data public?• If you’re just getting started, what can your

school do to create:I. public data walls?II. private/staff data walls?III. direct communication with families?

• If you were to choose one item from above, what is the highest leverage action your school could take right now?

Reflection & feedback

• Please take a few minutes to …– reflect on how you’ll apply what you learned

today to your school next year, and– complete and hand back your session feedback

form.

THANK YOU!

Contact us with questions…• Jennifer Amigone (BPE): [email protected]• Katya Bezborodko (BPE): [email protected]• Katy Green (BPS): [email protected]• Teresa Harvey-Jackson (Marshall, principal):

[email protected] • Shannon Connolly (Marshall, Grade 2):

[email protected]• Tracey Lavin (Marshall, Grade 4): [email protected]• Naia Wilson (New Mission, headmaster):

[email protected]

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