While we appreciate CDE's proposal to disaggregate student subgroup data in achievement (not just growth, as was the case in previous frameworks), as well as the Department's commitment to ensuring transparency of
subgroup performance data in reporting, we strongly encourage CDE to reconsider the adoption of a combined subgroup for accountability purposes, which would have significant implications for educational equity.
By considering
subgroup performance data from 2001 - 2004, the research team sought to determine which schools, including those not making Adequate Yearly Progress, were, in fact, making significant progress toward closing the gap.
Not exact matches
We would argue that authorizers should require and actively monitor enrollment and
performance data, disaggregated by
subgroup, in line with the spirit of state laws.
Summative designations: While ISBE will report multiple
data points in the school report card, such as
subgroup performance, each school will receive a single summative designation to indicate school quality.
Overall, while questions remain, the regulations make clear that the graduation rate and
performance data of students in foster care must be reported on, and can not be lumped in with other
subgroups as part of a «super-subgroup» to conceal its outcomes.
This regulation builds on ESSA's protections for youth in foster care, including its requirement that states report graduation rates and
performance data for this
subgroup.
According to the piece, states will now be accountable for: • Tracking the
performance of public and charter schools • Track
data that allows for comparison of student
subgroups • Promote increased academic
performance and graduation rates
The district used
data - warehousing technology to disaggregate longitudinal
data that addressed the teams» questions about the
performance of different student
subgroups.
In fact, the most recent Texas Academic
Performance Report
Data indicates these underserved
subgroups are outperforming their peers at school districts in reading, writing, and math, demonstrating that public charter schools are working.
The administration also failed to fully address other concerns: For example, it granted Georgia a waiver in spite of concerns that it didn't include graduation rate
data for poor and minority kids into its proposed accountability system, the College and Career Ready
Performance Index, which effectively meant that «a school could earn a high CCRPI with low graduation rates for some
subgroups».
Student demographic and assessment
data has long been shared as part of the accountability process; it's how states gauge their
performance and the
performance of demographic
subgroups against each other and national norms.
In response, I have attempted to produce a repository of
data reports that more fully and accurately visualize 3 years of student
performance in Math and ELA across
subgroups and years for Silicon Valley school districts.
As Dropout Nation has reported over the past year, the Obama waiver gambit is already allowing 37 states and the District of Columbia to ignore poor and minority kids, rendering them invisible altogether, through such subterfuges as lumping all of
subgroups into a so - called super
subgroup category that obscures
data on the
performance of districts and schools in helping each and all kids.
Data for
subgroups, such as children qualifying for free and reduced price lunch, children with disabilities, and children who are learning English, show lower
performance at Whitney than for similar children statewide, and Whitney's overall test based
performance and growth measured by tests is much lower than state averages.
Easily filter
data by demographics,
subgroup, Early Warning, or custom filters to create reports that demonstrate all factors involved in student
performance.
School classification systems should use multiple years of
data to calculate
performance on each indicator for the whole school and for individual
subgroups.
It has been clear long ago that the Obama waiver gambit allows states to ignore poor and minority kids, rendering them invisible altogether, through such subterfuges as lumping all of
subgroups into a so - called super
subgroup category that obscures
data on the
performance of districts and schools in helping each and all kids.