DATA: Providing Focus

for the TEAM March 2005 Talent Development High SchoolsPolytechnic High SchoolSun Valley, Ca

Data

DATAWhat?

How?

Who?

When?

Data Drives the Team

As an Academy Coordinator,

You will need to utilize data (almost daily) in decision

making.

One of Your Roles as an Academy Leader is to

Find Your Team’s Data Person

If it’s NOT you… think about finding the skills in your team’s:

Math Teacher Science Teacher

Special Education TeacherPhysical Education Teachers

(people who deal with data and figures as part of their daily activities)

What Types of Data are we Talking About?

AttendanceClimateTest ScoresPassingPromotion

What Should We Think About Before Collecting and Using

Data?Purpose

Why Intended Audience

Who will get the data?How will they get the data?How is the data to be used?Accuracy

Official vs. Unofficial

What Are We Looking For When We Analyze Our Data?

Trends over TimeSimilaritiesDifferencesExpected/Unexpected Outcomes

ATTENDANCECollected:•Daily•Weekly•Monthly•Quarterly

Data disaggregated by:

• Advisory/

Homeroom• Team• Academy• Grade Level

ATTENDANCE

Don’t Forget About:Don’t Forget About:• Accuracy – Clean the Roll Sheets (Make it

someone’begin on day one – ask the kids about missing students)

• Lateness

Communicated / Displayed :Communicated / Displayed :• Everyone must talk about Attendance• Charts (in each homeroom / team/

academy space)• Numerically by homeroom/advisory in

daily bulletin or attendance bulletin• School-wide on daily announcements

ATTENDANCE

•Let’s look at some samples…

•Attendance Charts•Daily Bulletins•SASI Report

ATTENDANCE: A Final Word

Set goals as a TEAM, involving all adults and students

Everyone is an attendance monitor

Revisit your goals often and celebrate SUCCESS!

CLIMATE

What Can We Measure?# of Suspensions

# of Arrests

# of Detentions

# of Discipline Referrals

Teacher Attendance

Informal / Formal Climate Surveys

# of Fires / Serious Incidents

# and type of Referrals to “Alternative Educational Opportunities”

CLIMATE• Looking for trends by:

– Year– Month– Day– Time of Day– Male / Female– Time of Year– Location

TEST SCORES• Pre and Post Testing

– TDHS Courses (built –in)•Shows growth in each class/ by student•Can be used by teachers for improving or

continuing their “Best Practices”– Data can be used to re-evaluate placement

on the team• Standardized Test Scores

– Sometimes comparing Apples to Oranges– Data can be used to identify strengths and

weaknesses of students on the team – useful in creating strategies for IMPROVEMENT

Passing Rates / Promotion

• Don’t Forget About the Interim Report

• Gather Data on Passing rates by class and by course– Data will reveal any “trouble spots”

•Usually a particular course that everyone is having difficulty with or perhaps a course being taught by a sub…

• As a TEAM – check and re-check report card data for accuracy– Keep your own copies– Keep track of credits

Where do I get the DATA?What Poly can provide:List of absent students by

academy

School wide attendance printed weekly by district

Suspensions by month (student name, type of suspension, and # of days)

Where do I get the DATA?

What TDHS and Coaches can provide:Pre and Post test scores for 9th and 10th

Grade English and Math

Climate survey results for the whole school

Where do I get the DATA?

What your Academy Team needs to collect:

Daily/Weekly attendance from pink bubble sheets or form __’s

Lateness from bubble sheets or form __’s

Course passing rates from report cards or teacher’s grade sheets

Where do I get the DATA?

California Department of Education

Testing Coordinator

Let’s Play with some

DATA