Professional development in the use of disaggregated data analysis to examine the achievement gap directly responds to the second and third goals of the Wallace LEAD Project:

2) Strengthening the abilities of principals and superintendents to improve student learning.
3)  Creating conditions that facilitate and support leadership for successful schools.

Director Kay Mehas, Assistant Sharon Tabor, and Principal Stella Dadson discuss report needs.

Principals Nancy Pollard and John Sappington, and administrators Jeff Johnson and Denise Gudger help brainstorm evaluation needs.

Betty Shoemaker, Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, charts data collection sources.

Data collection sources:

Grade levels K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 REPORTS                           individual student:                           reading subsets 4J 4J 4J 4J/OSA 4J 4J/OSA 4J 4J 4J/OSA * */OSA     math subsets       OSA   OSA     OSA off OSA off off writing           OSA     OSA   OSA     science                 OSA   OSA     ELL (see Abby) *                           SpEd/Sp Programs *                           TAG *                           Attendance *                           Ethnicity (parent report)                           Free/Reduced *                           Parent Ed (student report)                 X   X     Gender Cohort KEY: 4J = district info; OSA = state testing; off = off year testing;* = no reliable report system yet

 

Evaluation and Reports Needed:

Sample Data Questions to Ask:

• Who are the students in the bottom quartiles?
• What does your disaggregated data reveal?
• Are there patterns of strengths/weaknesses?
• How is your intact group doing?
• Who receives services/acceleration?
• How will you measure ongoing progress?

Kay Mehas and elementary principal Stella Dadson examine preliminary evaluation reports to determine if they meet their needs.

Middle school principal Rick Gaultney examines evaluation reports available electronically.