Using Data…Programs of Study…Anne

OCCRL  Programs of Study under the new Perkins….

• IL agreement w/ U.S. Dept of Ed
• Programs of Study…what are the key factors?  6 critical categories and self-assessment tool???
• Data and Accountability
  • how to deal with data for program improvement
• #6 is Program improvement and Accountability
  • what must you include?
    • inform culture
    • multiple assessments including PD
    • partnerships
    • labor market data (Perkins only) fore real world
    • data collection system–IL longitudinal data collection system, track students from entrance to college to work place
    • collecting reliable data at the education level….
    • requires setting performance targets–”they” decide and inform “us”
    • gap analysis data
  • Labor Market Element #4
    • need to look at the labor markets…
    • use that to examine the curriculum…should we walk away from a long-standing traditional program for something new and up-coming
      • e.g. Ag classes…should we move “green” rather than status-quo
    • Consider investing in re-newed training for CTE teachers which may be more expensive/out of state, etc., to specialize these courses….do we offer health care and technical areas?  yes, through GAVC
    • Should the district have a data team?  content teachers, Admin team, math teachers drive the team….ID students have low PLAN scores, taken ACT prep, taken an pre-ACT and examine if the intervention helped…so teams of teachers looking at “stuff”
    • Consistency of pulling data is HUGE….who should do it?
    • Evidence Data through Project Lumina?????
    • Element 8..
      • collected data are disaggregated and cohort based to provide gap analysis on different student groups of purposes of equity
      • grade distribution data….who sees it?
        • how many A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s, F’s…..compare to discipline and attendance data as well as other classes.
        • maybe looks like “bad teachers” but really data analysis will show what the concentration of students in a class of high failures shows us in relation to a larger picture…NOT BAD teacher…but what about the students
        • changing software programs or adding programs…change the data is captured…does MM and PS show the same info….
      • Formulation of the Problem is far more essential than it’s solution.
      • The ability to raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.

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