Introducing Edwin

1. Introducing Edwin An integrated suite of teaching and learning tools

2. Our core strategies Prepare all students for success after high school by: • Strengthening curriculum, instruction, and assessment • Improving educator effectiveness • Turning around the lowest performing districts and schools • Using data and technology to support student performance Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

3. Model curriculum units • Curriculum mapping and Lesson planning tools • Aligned to Standards • Student profiles • An early warning indicator system • Dashboards & reports • High-quality digital resources to support instruction • Aligned to standards • Tools to assess student understanding of multiple standards • Competency Tracking System • Aligned to standards

4. Edwin Teaching & Learning • Online access Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks • Online access to curriculum tools including Model Curriculum being developed by the State, to customize and share electronically • Easy to use paper, online and clicker test administration options for teachers to determine what progress students have made and what help they need • Data analysis and reporting capabilities • A portfolio of every students’ work Edwin Teaching & Learning will enable teachers to accelerate and personalize the education experience by providing: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

5. Edwin Teaching & Learning Upcoming joint webinar series with Thinkgate to demonstrate the functionality of Edwin Teaching & Learning. Webinars will be conducted live on the following schedule and sessions will be recorded for offline viewing. • Edwin Teaching & Learning Executive Overview  – Wednesday, January 23 Noon – 1PMDemonstrate the benefits and functionality of the Edwin Teaching & Learning Register to attend at: http://bit.ly/W425q9 OR www.thinkgate.net/OHMA • Assessment Creation and Administration – Wednesday, January 30 Noon – 1PMDemonstrate creating and administering assessments and reporting http://bit.ly/Uo8Hkw • Curriculum, Instruction and Resources – Wednesday, Feb 6 Noon – 1PMDemonstrate curriculum, instruction tools and integration with learning resources http://bit.ly/VYdquY Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

6. What is Edwin Analytics? • Data Warehouse Merged into Edwin • Login roles for Edwin Analytics remain the same as the EDW: • DW – (210) District User • DW – (211) School User • DW – Evaluator • URL for Edwin Analytics remains the same as EDW • No need to update Trusted Sites • Security Portal • Edwin Analytics link added

7. What is Edwin Analytics? • New Security Portal Link • Data Warehouse v3.0 link will be gone. • Edwin Analytics (EDW) will have Data Warehouse content. • Data Warehouse Announcement will explain the move. • New Content in Edwin Analytics • EWIS reports on the Student tab • College Readiness reports on the Student tab

8. Accessing Edwin

9. What is in Edwin Analytics? • What is the SAME: EDW reports are still available • What is NEW and available by the end of January: • Identify current students in grades 1-12 who may be at risk of missing key educational targets (Early Warning Indicator System (EWIS) reports) • Identify how your former students did after they graduated from your school/district (Postsecondary Readiness and Success)

10. Early Warning Indicator System

11. What are Early Warning Indicators? Methodological way of looking at students and their likelihood of meeting specific academic goals Traditionally implemented at the high school level to help predict which students are most likely to drop out Tool for educators to better design and target student interventions in a timely way

12. MA EWIS Background • Department previously provided Early Warning Indicator Index (EWII) to predict the likelihood grade 9 students would graduate • Department worked with American Institutes for Research (AIR) to develop the new risk models • District feedback, e.g., focus groups and webinars • Rollout of EWIS in September via Security Portal

13. Key Concepts Massachusetts EWIS is for grade levels 1-12 Based on four grade-level groupings that are connected to key academic goals along the academic trajectory that are designed to be relevant to and actionable for educators As a state, currently at different levels of achieving these four academic goals Three EWIS risk levels: low, moderate, high A student that is “low risk” is predicted to be likely to meet the academic goal

14. Grade Groupings & Goals

15. Key Concepts, continued • Provides risk level information for all students based on prior year data • The risk levels are not based on a student’s relative likelihood for reaching an academic goal when compared with other students • Individual indicators in the risk model are not reflective of the level of risk - taken together, the indicators (data points) collectively form a risk level • Only includes data from existing statewide collections (SIMS and SCS) and state assessments (MCAS and MEPA)

16. EWIS is / is not…

17. Statewide EWIS Findings

18. Edwin Analytics: EWIS Reports • There are three EWIS reports in Edwin: • EWIS Student List (EW601) • EWIS District View (EW301) • EWIS Graphical View (EW302) • All can be filtered numerous way (e.g., selecting specific schools, grade levels, student subgroups)

19. EWIS Student List (EW601) • What are the current risk levels of my students? • What are the prior risk levels of my current students? • What data points (indicators) went into the calculation to determine the risk level?

21. EWIS District View (EW301) • Which grade levels or schools have the most students that need targeted support in order to be on track to meet the next academic goal? • What is the breakdown of high, moderate, and low risk levels in a particular student subgroup (e.g. among students with disabilities)? • Where does the district need to focus additional resources to get students back on track for meeting the next academic goal?

23. EWIS Graphical View (EW302) • How does a selected group of students compare to the district and state? • What are the previous risk levels of the currently enrolled students over the past 5 years? • E.g., what are the previous risk levels of my current 4th grade male ELL students? • What are the risk levels of a specific student group over the past 5 years? • E.g., what are the risk levels of 4th grade male ELL students each year over the last 5 years?

25. Postsecondary Enrollment and Outcomes

26. How did our students do after graduating? Three new reports: • Postsecondary Outcomes of Public HS Graduates: All Institutions (CR301) • Postsecondary Outcomes of Public HS Graduates: MA Public Institutions Only (CR302) • Postsecondary Outcomes of Public HS Graduates: Academic Preparation (CR303) … but each is really several reports in one!

27. How many public high school graduates enroll postsecondary? • … at MA public institutions? • On top: data from CR301; on bottom: data from CR302

28. Where did students enroll? (Anywhere in the USA) • This data from CR301 • See CR302 for MA Public Institutions Only

29. How many return for a 2nd year? • What does persistence look like across subgroups? • Data from CR301; See CR302 for MA Public Institutions Only

30. How many of your graduatesobtain a degree? • How does that vary by subgroup? • How does that vary by the type of institution where students enroll? (4-year, 2-year, public, or private) • Data from CR301; See CR302 for MA Public Institutions Only

31. What are enrollment rates of students who complete AP or Mass Core coursework? • Data from CR301; See CR302 for MA Public Institutions Only

32. Which type of institutions do they attend? • Data from CR303

33. Of those in MA public postsecondary, what % enroll in remedial courses? In which subjects? • Data from CR302

34. What are the MCAS scores of students who take remedial courses? • Data from CR302

35. How many credits do graduates • earn in their first year of college? • What about developmental credits? • Data from CR302

36. … and this is just the beginning of what we can do! We could also explore… • What is the relationship between MCAS scores and the type of institution where students enroll? (4-year, 2-year, public, or private) • What is the postsecondary experience of students from a specific subgroup (CVTE, ELL, students with disabilities, high needs, etc)?

37. How did our students do after graduating? Three new reports: • Postsecondary Outcomes of Public HS Graduates: All Institutions (CR301) • Postsecondary Outcomes of Public HS Graduates: MA Public Institutions Only (CR302) • Postsecondary Outcomes of Public HS Graduates: Academic Preparation (CR303) … but each is really several reports in one!

38. Comparing the Three Reports

39. Comparing Reports

40. CR303: Postsecondary Outcomes by Academic Preparation For each of the following high school metrics: • MassCore Completion • AP Course Completion • MCAS 10th Grade ELA • MCAS 10th Grade Math • MCAS High School Science ...we can look at the following outcomes: • Postsecondary Enrollment, Persistence, and Degree Obtainment (all postsecondary institutions) • MA Public Postsecondary Enrollment, Persistence, and Degree Obtainment • MA Public 1st Yr. Avg Credit Obtainment • MA Public 1st Term Developmental Enrollment • MA Public 1st Yr Avg. Developmental Credit Obtainment

41. Refining your search

42. What else is coming? • Spring 2013: • Postsecondary Readiness and Success for Adult Basic Education (ABE) graduates • Classroom-level reports for educators • School readiness reports for K-3 educators • Fall 2013: • Educator evaluation reports • District financial analysis

43. For more information… Watch the Edwin website for updates, including materials and professional development opportunities: www.doe.mass.edu/Edwin Follow Edwin on Twitter! @ Edwin_DESE Questions can be submitted to: Edwin@doe.mass.edu If you need access to Edwin Analytics – contact your district directory administrator (List is available at http://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/data/diradmin/list.aspx )