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Working Draft 5/24/06

Working Draft 5/24/06. AARRGGHH!! Data Analysis! Just Do It For Me & Tell Me What It Says!. Laura Boudreaux Pitre Merry Jane Bourgeois WORKING DRAFT 5/24/06. Why is Data Analysis Important?. Successful changes cannot occur until you know what you are changing!.

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Working Draft 5/24/06

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  1. Working Draft 5/24/06

  2. AARRGGHH!! Data Analysis! Just Do It For Me & Tell Me What It Says! Laura Boudreaux Pitre Merry Jane Bourgeois WORKING DRAFT 5/24/06

  3. Why is Data Analysis Important? Successful changes cannot occur until you know what you are changing!

  4. How to Build Unsuccessful Schools Low % of Highly Qualified Teachers Large Classes POOR LEADERSHIP Large High Mobility Grade Segregated HighPoverty High Minority

  5. How to Build Unsuccessful Schools Low % of Highly Qualified Teachers Large Classes POOR LEADERSHIP FAILED SCHOOL Large High Mobility Grade Segregated High Poverty High Minority

  6. Your School’s Data What You Need to Know & How to Find the Answers

  7. Enrollment Trends Class Sizes Dropout Rates Retention Rates Attendance Rates Suspension Rates Expulsion Rates LEAP/GEE Test Scores The Iowa Tests Scores School Accountability Status Statistics You Should Know About Your School

  8. Enrollment Trends • Is your school getting larger? Smaller? • Are there trends by grade? Do you have a large class coming through? Resources may have to be reallocated accordingly. • These issues affect: • Class Sizes • Number of Teachers • School Resources ($$$ and Space)

  9. Class Sizes • Smaller class sizes are effective in improving student achievement because teachers can spend more quality time with individual students. • Did you know that larger class sizes are associated with more discipline problems in a school?

  10. Dropout Rates • What grade has the highest dropout rate at your school? • At the State level, it’s grade 12! • Followed by grades 9, 10, & 11, respectively • How does your dropout rate compare to other schools? The District? The State? • Who are your dropouts? • At the State level, black males drop out the most, followed by black females, white males, & white females. • Students with Disabilities dropout rates are increasing at a higher rate than any other student group.

  11. Retention Rates • What grade has the highest retention rates? • At the State level, • 4th • 9th • 8th • 1st • 10th • Kindergarten • What are the reasons?

  12. Attendance Rates • The State’s attendance rate is 93.7%. • This means that on any given day, 6.2% or approx. 45,000 students, are absent. • What does your attendance rate indicate about your school? • Class sizes average around 25 students per class? Does your school have a whole class of students absent on any given day?

  13. Suspension & Expulsion • Did you know that there are strong correlations between academic achievement in a SCHOOL and discipline rates? • Higher suspension/expulsion rates tend to go hand-in-hand with lower student achievement, school-wide! • How do your suspension/expulsion rates compare to other schools?

  14. Test Scores • What percent of your students are passing the LEAP? • How has this changed over the past five years? • How do your students compare nationally on The Iowa Tests? • How does your school compare to other schools? Districts? The State?

  15. School Accountability Status • How did your school perform? • How does your school compare to other schools in your district? • How does your school compare to similar schools? • How can you calculate your own School Performance Score before it is released?

  16. Accessing the Data You Need

  17. The Louisiana Department of Education Website A Wealth of Information www.louisianaschools.net

  18. WWW.LOUISIANASCHOOLS.NET

  19. Data & Reports Webpage

  20. State Education Progress Reports Available on LDE website 1997-1998 through 2004-2005

  21. District Composite Reports (DCR) Available on LDE website from 1996-1997 through 2004-2005 One report per district that contains up to 6 years of data

  22. AccountabilitySchool Report Card

  23. Similar Schools Link www.schoolmatters.com

  24. Annual Financial and Statistical Report (AFSR) Available on LDE website from 1979-1980 through 2003-2004 2004-2005 will be available in August

  25. LEA and School-Level: Public Student Counts and Percentages (AKA: the Multiple Statistics File) Available on the LDE website for school and district levels from 1999-2000 through 2005-2006 Includes several files related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the 2005-2006 school year.

  26. List Data Elements on Multiple Statistic File • Total Student Enrollment • Students by Gender • Students by Race/Ethnicity by Gender • At-Risk Students by Race and Gender • Special Education Students (Disabled & Gifted/Talented) • English Proficiency • Grade Placement • At-Risk by Grade Placement

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