Implementing the New Race Ethnicity Standards in Virginia

Implementing the New Race Ethnicity Standards in Virginia Department of Education Office of Educational Information Management 2009 Webinars

Agenda • Background • Review New Standards – Retention • • Reporting to DOE Reporting to USED Resources for Implementation Group Discussion

Background • Final Guidance Released 10/19/2007 • 1997 Office of Management and Budget Revisions (10/30/1997) • 2000 U. S. Census collection method • USED was the last federal agency to adopt the new standards

Background • Current Racial/Ethnic Categories – – – – American Indian/Alaska Native Asian Black or African American, not of Hispanic origin Hispanic White, not of Hispanic origin Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Unspecified or Unknown (not a federal category) • An individual reported in ONE category

Race/Ethnicity Data are… • Collect on: – – – The Student Record Collection The Special Education Child Count The State Assessments Discipline, Crime and Violence The Instructional Personnel Collection Maybe more… • Reported on: – All federal reports, including AYP

The New Standards

Identification • Individuals may select more than one race – 6. 8 million people in 2000 • Self or Parent-identification encouraged – Observer id required if no self id • Re-identification strongly encouraged • Required 2 -part question

Identification Issues • “Race Unknown” not allowed for K-12 – Observer identification mandatory – Who is the observer? – Distance education issues – Re-identification (strongly encouraged) • Timing • Burden on school divisions

The Guidance • How educational institutions will collect and maintain racial and ethnic data from students and staff • How educational institutions will aggregate racial and ethnic data when reporting to USED

The Guidance • How data on multiple races will be reported and aggregated under NCLB • The implementation schedule • Required for 2010 -11 school year – September 30, 2010 Fall Membership

The 2 -part Question Please answer both questions 1 and 2. 1. Are you Hispanic or Latino? (choose only one) No, not Hispanic or Latino Yes, Hispanic or Latino 2. What is your race? (choose one or more) American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White

Retention • 34 CFR 74. 53 and 80. 42 • “Retain three years of financial, programmatic records, supporting documents…These would include records on racial and/or ethnic data and the individual responses. ”

Reporting to the Virginia Department of Education

Virginia’s New Codes • Reported as 2 different elements • Question 1: Are You Hispanic or Latino? – Y for Yes; N for No • Question 2: What is your race? – A number between 1 -32 that corresponds to the race or combination of races chosen by the student/parent

Virginia’s New Codes Hispanic One Race American Indian/Alaska Native Asian Black or African American White Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Race Y / N 01 Y / N 02 Y / N 03 Y / N 05 Y / N 06

Virginia’s New Codes Hispanic Race American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian Y / N 07 American Indian/Alaska Native and Black or African American Y / N 08 American Indian/Alaska Native and White Y / N 09 American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Y / N 10 Asian and Black or African American Y / N 11 Asian and White Y / N 12 Asian and Native Hawaiian Y / N 13 Black or African American and White Y / N 14 Black or African American and Native Hawaiian Y / N 15 Native Hawaiian and White Y / N 16 Combination of Two Races

Virginia’s New Codes Hispanic Race American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Black or African American Y / N 17 American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and White Y / N 18 American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Native Hawaiian Y / N 19 Asian, Black or African American and White Y / N 20 Asian, Black or African American and Native Hawaiian Y / N 21 Black or African American, White and Native Hawaiian Y / N 22 Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and American Indian/Alaska Native Y / N 23 White, Black or African American and American Indian/Alaska Native Y / N 24 White, Native Hawaiian and American Indian/Alaska Native Y / N 25 White, Native Hawaiian and Asian Y / N 26 Combination of Three Races

Virginia’s New Codes Combination of Four Races American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American and White Asian, Black or African American, White and Native Hawaiian Black or African American, White, Native Hawaiian and American Indian/Alaska Native White, Native Hawaiian, American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian Native Hawaiian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Black or African American Combination of Five Races American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, White and Native Hawaiian Hispanic Race Y / N 27 Y / N 28 Y / N 29 Y / N 30 Y / N 31 Y / N 32

Virginia’s Implementation Schedule • Data for the 2010 -11 School Year – – – Fall Student Record Collection (Fall Membership) Fall Testing December 1, 2010 Child Count 2010 -11 Discipline, Crime, and Violence Report Impacts 2011 AYP Can you think of more?

Reporting to the US Department of Education

The Reporting Categories • For reporting to USED, states and others will use these aggregate categories – Hispanic/Latino of any race – American Indian or Alaska Native – Asian – Black or African American – Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander – White – Two or more races

Federal Reporting Issues • Loss of Trend data • AYP categories may not change • If Hispanic, race select is required – Why selected if only Hispanic will be reported • Information systems must change – Major changes in data collections at VDOE – Assessment system and EIMS must be changed – SISs may require changes for data entry/storage

Resources

NCES Guidance • National Forum on Education Statistics, Race/Ethnicity Data Implementation Task Force. (2008). Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories (NFES 2008802). • http: //nces. ed. gov/pubs 2008/2008802. pdf

Questions • Bethann Canada – Director • Susan Williams • Jean Gray • Shannon Lacy • Vickie Mc. Crary • Cathy Zachmeyer • • Phone: 786 -3112 (4) Offices: 22 nd Floor Email: Results. Help Website: DOE Home Page Data & Reports Data Collections Student Record Collection

Discussion….

The Issues (Oregon & Texas) • Unfair to other ethnicities – Hispanic is the only ethnicity in the question • • Observer Identification is unworkable Hispanic trumps all races – Is it the most important? • Despite more options to self identify, some choose not to – New standards cannot accommodate

Scenarios • I am African American and Hispanic – Q 1: Y (Yes for Hispanic or Latino) – Q 2: 3 (Black or African American) – Federal Reporting: Hispanic of any race • I am African American and White – Q 1: N (No for Hispanic) – Q 2: 14 (Black or African American and White) – Federal Reporting: Two or more races

Scenarios • My mother is Hispanic, my father is Chinese – Q 1: Y (Yes for Hispanic) – Q 2: 2 (Asian) – Federal Reporting: Hispanic of any race • My family is Egyptian – Q 1: N (No for Hispanic) – Q 2: ? ? ? – Federal Reporting: ? ? ?

Scenario • My parents are white – Q 1: Y (Yes for Hispanic) – Q 2: 7 (American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian) – Federal Reporting: Hispanic of any race • Is this correct? – Yes, if this is how the student characterizes himself