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Data Portal for
Century Success
Juan D’Brot
Executive Director, Office of Assessment
and Accountability
Origins of DP-21
– Conversations Around “Data on
Demand”
– Supporting the Goal of Promoting
Continuous Improvement
– Useful for Title I and Schools in
Improvement
– A Place to Provide Information on
Specific Indicators
What is DP-21?
– Interactive “Data Portal”
– Localized data analysis
• School and student success
• Repackaging data efficiently
• Utilizing current data approaches
What are the Objectives of
DP-21?
– Provide a High Level System of
Analysis
– Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
– Make Diagnoses for More Detailed
Conversations Around Data
– Identify Symptoms
Wild n’ Wonderful High
Charleston, WV 25305
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COMMON ELEMENTS
Data representative of menu selection…
Monthly Indicators
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Attendance
Discipline
Dropouts/Entries
Child Nutrition
TechSteps
Acuity
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Wild n’ Wonderful High
Charleston, WV 25305
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September 2010
Formative Indicators
– DIBELS
Semester/Annual
Indicators
– Course Failures
– AP Exams
Intended Uses
– Complementary vs. Supplementary
• Complements current systems
• Complements current approaches
– Look at monthly data to determine areas
of success/concern
• Baseline/previous month compared to
current month
• Data context (different for each indicator)
• Degrees of change instead of absolute
change (color coding)
• Met/Did not meet normative benchmark
(flagged indicator)
Intended Uses
– Assumptions:
• Interactive
– Intended to promote information-seeking
discussion and behaviors
• Driven by collaboration
– Intended to support collaboration around data
analysis
• Should drive further analyses
– Intended to promote drill down
Logical Next Steps
– Considerations
• Context defines areas of focus
• Within-school vs. Between-school
• Indicators supplement current
approaches to define areas of best
practice and areas of need
– High-level vs. Ground-level Planning
• Day-to-day attendance logs
• WVEIS on the Web
Logical Next Steps
– Future Dates:
• DP-21 limited release: 10.20.10
• Initial training: 10.20.10
• “Beta test” feedback: 10.20.10 through
11.18.10
• Additional training: 11.18.10
• DP-21 state-wide release (tentative):
11.22.10
• Evaluation and Feedback Requests:
Ongoing
Questions?
Thank You
Questions?
Juan D’Brot
(jdbrot@access.k12.wv.us)
Executive Director
Office of Assessment and Accountability