The data available to states and school districts has exploded, creating new opportunities to develop measures that can be used at the student, educator, school, and system levels. But most states lack the capacity and resources to take full advantage of their data for diagnosis and improvement. Research-to-practice partnerships address this challenge, connecting educators and policymakers with researchers who provide analytic support and help education agencies build capacity to conduct their own analyses. This webinar highlights three partnerships between state and local policymakers and the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic that used existing data to develop new measures:
- A study with the School District of Philadelphia to use kindergarten entry assessments and third-grade state assessments to identify a threshold on the kindergarten assessment that predicts the proportion of students who will be proficient in reading by the end of third grade.
- Support for the District of Columbia Public Schools to use student survey data to develop a measure of the percentage of students who are "loved, challenged, and prepared," in support of one of the district's strategic goals.
- A study with the Maryland State Department of Education to assess the viability of using the state's kindergarten entry assessment to create a school-level student growth measure for grades K-3, in support of enhancing the robustness of the state's school accountability measures.
The presenters in this video are: - Chris Boccanfuso, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
- Jessica Harding and Mariesa Herrman, REL Mid-Atlantic
- Dallas Dotter, REL Mid-Atlantic
- Tim Kautz and Kathleen Feeney, REL Mid-Atlantic
- Joy Lesnick, School District of Philadelphia
