Educator Dashboard Early Warning System and Intervention Catalog

Educator Dashboard Early Warning System and Intervention Catalog 2017 9/6/2021 1

Educator Dashboard EWS & IC Educator Dashboard Early Warning System and Intervention Catalog • • • Purpose of the Educator Dashboard Project Overview Core Ed-Fi Dashboard Dropout Prevention Research Demo NOTE: All school and student data in this presentation was made by PDE for this presentation, no real student data is used in this presentation.

Educator Dashboard EWS & IC Purpose of the Educator Dashboard

Voluntary tool for LEAs The Educator Dashboard is a free, voluntary, commonwealth-wide tool offered to local education agencies § Building from existing PIMS functionality, the Educator Dashboard provides a specific lens through which the districts are able to: § § § Identify students at risk of dropping out Build a library of district specific interventions Increase community partnerships and support schools Set goals for student achievement Improve student success rates

Educator Dashboard EWS & IC Project Overview

Project Overview: Phased Approach Phase 1: • Ed-Fi Dashboard: Academics, Discipline, & Attendance Tabs • Development of the Early Warning System and Intervention Catalog Phase 2: • Additional Ed-Fi Dashboard functionality • Local and State Assessments Tabs • Student Transcript Tab • Additional Intervention Catalog Functionality Phase 3 (ongoing): • Commonwealth-wide rollout to school districts that apply to voluntarily participate

Educator Dashboard EWS & IC Core Ed-Fi Dashboard www. education. state. pa. us >

Ed-Fi Dashboard Metrics § § § Real Time Start at the student level Rollups, not averages District: Percent of Students at the District Meeting Target School: Percent of Students at the School Meeting Target Student: Individual Student’s Performance on a Metric

Intervention Catalog • • Intervention Name Intervention Contact Description of Intervention Parent Permission Duration Data Support Level 9/6/2021 9

Intervention Catalog • • Gender Targets Availability to students Location Population Grade Level Cost Eligibility 9/6/2021 10

Educator Dashboard EWS & IC Dropout Prevention Research

Early Warning Research Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Robert Balfanz has uncovered a series of indicators that he says can predict how likely a student is to drop out of high school: attendance, behavior and course performance, which he describes as the “ABCs. ” Absent effective intervention, there is a 75 percent chance that a sixth grade child in a high-poverty school will later drop out of high school if: • The student attends less than 80 percent of the time • Fails either English Language Arts or Math • Receives an unsatisfactory behavior mark in at least one class

Early Warning System Dr. Balfanz Five Early Warning Indicators: ABC’s Attendance: 1. Course and Daily Attendance Behavior: 2. State Offense 3. School Code of Conduct Course Grades: 4. Math 5. English Language Arts

It’s great to hear what others are saying… • • It is an amazing tool. EWS is an easy way to hit the ABC's and document that you've done it. – Mandi Figlioli, Burgettstown Area SD The EWS system is an integral part of our daily operation on how we use data to increase attendance, positive behavior and improving grades. Additional benefit of the EWS Dashboard is being able to view student history to look for root causes. – Carl Bezjak, Albert Gallatin Area SD Data submissions for the EWS Dashboard mimics the PDE PIMS submissions; therefore, allowing data stewards a more streamlined and familiar approach submitting data from the schools’ student information system. – Kathy Hershberger, Albert Gallatin Area SD Susquehanna Community School District has been using the EWS/Dashboard since the start of the 2015/16 school year. It has become a valuable tool for our SAP and RTII/MTSS teams. The Early Warning System provides us an avenue to track intervention implementation by teachers. - Mark Gerchman, Susquehanna Community SD 9/6/2021 14

Coming Soon. . Dashboard enhancements coming for school year 2017 -18: – Upgrade to Ed-Fi Version 2. 0 Dashboards – Dynamic Watch List – Watch List enhancement – Ability to add student to Watch List directly from student page – Automatic email notifications for incomplete Interventions – Embedded Help – External Resource Links 9/6/2021 15

Contact Us For more information on the Educator Dashboard EWS & IC please contact PDE’s Division of Data Quality at: RA-EDEWSINFO@pa. gov 9/6/2021 16

For more information on the (the topic of the presentation) please visit PDE’s website at www. education. pa. gov The mission of the department is to academically prepare children and adults to succeed as productive citizens. The department seeks to ensure that the technical support, resources and opportunities are in place for all students, whether children or adults, to receive a high quality education. 9/6/2021 17