Lenawee Cradle to CareerData Committee Meeting

April 14, 2015

Ground Rules

• Decision Making toward consensus building• Deliverables

o Collect and disaggregate baseline data by key subpopulations for the core indicators

o Prioritize a subset of core indicators

• Meetings held face to face and share electronic correspondence• Stan serves as Point person for committee

From Individual Action to Collective Impact

• A group working towards the same outcome, • Looking at student level data, • To continuously improve practices over time

• Individual practioners working on specific issues• Collecting qualitative and quantitative data• To demonstrate impact with individual students

• A group working on the same issue, • Sharing program level data• To identify best practices and align efforts

Collective Impact

Coordinated Impact

Individual Impact

Meeting Agenda

2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Kindergarten Readiness Update

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Post-Secondary Update

3:00 –3:30 p.m. Reading by Third Grade Update

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Contributing IndicatorsAttendanceLCEF scholarships

Updates on Student Success Networks

Domain and Assessment Targets for Kindergarten Readiness Data Collection

Domain Assessment TargetAcademic/ Cognitive Knows Personal InformationLanguage Development Names Parts of the Body

Physical Development Gross Motor SkillsPhysical Development Visual Motor SkillsPhysical Development Prints Personal InformationAcademic/ Cognitive Literacy Recites Alphabet

Academic/ Cognitive Mathematics Sorts Objects by size, color, and shape

Academic/ Cognitive Mathematics Counts by Rote

Academic/ Cognitive Mathematics Matches Quantities with Numerals

Academic/ Cognitive Mathematics Determines Total of Two Sets

Academic/ Cognitive Literacy Reads Uppercase Letters

Academic/ Cognitive Literacy Experience with Books and Text

Language Development Verbal Fluency and Articulation

Kindergarten Readiness Update

• Roundups occurring with schools• Spanish version of Brigance ordered• Send data collection template to building

principals, CC to Superintendents• Recruitment for June 26th standard setting– Point person invited

Updates on Student Success Networks

Lenawee Cradle to Career Student Success Network – Reading by 3rd Grade

• Linda Albig, DHS Assistance Payments Program Manager

• Bob Barringer, Blissfield Public Library• Ruth Benge, Sand Creek Community Schools• Debbie Brighton, Clinton Community Schools• Cathy Chesher, Adrian Public Library• Marcia Cole, Jackson College• Marsha Evenson, Hudson Area Schools BOE• Susan Hammersmith, Lenawee Community

Foundation• Shirley Harris, Clinton Community Schools BOE• Ann Hinsdale-Knisel, Lenawee ISD• Kellie Krall, Tecumseh Public Schools• Amy Leffel , Hudson Area Schools• Sister Carleen Maly, Rea Literacy Center• Cindy Marcum, Adrian Public Schools• Dianne Marsh, Tecumseh Public Schools

• Mary Martin, Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee• Heidi Miller, Madison School District• Heather Perez, Communities In Schools -

Tecumseh • Mary Beth Reasoner, Tecumseh Public Library• Carma Roesch, Clinton Community Schools• Ann Smart, Adrian Public Schools• Vicki Strang, Sand Creek Community Schools• Lauren Sugg, Lenawee District Library• Carol Turner, Hudson Area Schools• Andrea Wheeler, Sand Creek Community

Schools• Mellissa Wilson, Lenawee ISD• Cheri Wolf, Onsted Community Schools• Eleanor Wollett, Adrian College• Paula Trentman, Lenawee County Foundation

Data Sets Criteria

• population based at the community level • valid measure outlined on the pathway• easily understandable to local stakeholders• reasonably similar across school districts• produced by a trusted source• have the ability to be compared• need to be affordable to gather and report• available consistently over time• changeable to a significant degree by local action • useful in the work of the partnership

Lenawee Reading School Assessments, Grades 1-3Observations

• Different tests• Different skills, even with same test• Different number of times a year• Four schools choose one piece of data• School has multiple ways to measure reading within a year• Teachers can collect at benchmark; reading specialist may work with teacher in

some schools but not across district.• Holes in answers in this data collection• More eyes looking at the students and data in some schools• A benchmark score is identified in some cases, with scores identified in others.• More NWEA used starting in grade 3.• Assessments are identified, but the data is not available/reported• Separate data bases for housing data• Three forms are mainly given: DIBELS Next (new and former goals) & NWEA• Different goals for different grades• Lower scores as grade level increases.

Lenawee Reading School Assessments, Grades 1-3Inferences

• Is there an attitude or a value demonstrated in the data collection

• There may be more supports/data meetings in some schools

• Who completes the data collection?• Is there a reasonable difference between grade 2 and 3?• What is being added in DataDirector?• Why are those assessments chosen?• Is there more consistency with just one test?

Updates on Student Success Networks

Post Secondary Enrollment Update

• Leadership Meeting focusing on new grant cycle for baseline data– Define valuable credential– Define first generation student

• Currently “neither parent graduated from a college”

– Baseline data to look at data on a regular basis• Need for schools to collect data on first generation

students• Technical centers reporting students who have received

valuable credentials• Mentoring program with 20 students at Jackson College

Contributing Indicators

•“Drivers” identified that align to the associated outcome and the prioritized Core Indicators, but are not the direct or main metric being used to track progress on improving the outcome.

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Indicators Identified & Prioritized

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Students with 10% or more School Absencesas of December 17, 2014

Absences Update

• Relationship of absences with 3rd grade reading scores

• 10% of days absent as a threshold• Increase of students moving to online schools• Superintendents meet April 17 to decide on

recommendations on codes and policies

LCEF Scholarship

LCEF Update

• Data from scholarship winners from 2012, 2013, and 2014 provides:– School District, University, Field of Study

• Data sets will be added to DataDirector to produce reports about– Post-secondary enrollment– Post-secondary persistence– Post-secondary completion

• Job readiness conversations to connect with Cradle to Career and LCAN

Next Meetings Leadership Team Meeting• April 20, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., WJRESCData Committee• Watch for survey link