data: friend or foe? bob bardwell monson high school monson, ma
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Data: Friend or Foe? Bob Bardwell Monson High School Monson, MA Thanks to Trish Hatch & Sheila Deam for slide sharing. Who Is Here?. Secondary school counselors Guidance directors Graduate students Community Based Organizations Independent counselors College Admission Counselors - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Data: Friend or Foe?
Bob BardwellMonson High School
Monson, MA
Thanks to Trish Hatch & Sheila Deam for slide sharing
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Who Is Here?• Secondary school counselors• Guidance directors • Graduate students • Community Based Organizations• Independent counselors• College Admission Counselors• Other
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Why Are You Here?• Professional development• Your school made you come• Nothing else to do• Didn’t like the other sessions during this time slot
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What Can I Offer?• 20 year School Counselor and K-12 Director of School
Counseling• Leader – local, state, regional & national• Advocate for students, school counselors and our
profession• Not a data geek but I know enough that data is the
key to the continuation of school counseling as we know it
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Why is Data Important• It improves our programs and the services for
students and families• Students benefit from it
– Achievement & Opportunity Gaps• You probably already have it• Others are using it• We are accountable• Why not?
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Turn to a neighbor• What kinds of data are important to
school/independent counselors in 2013?• How are you using that data in your school/college
counseling program?
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Challenges of using dataMost school counselors
• are not comfortable using data• do not have the training or resources to collect
and analyze data• Think that working with data is too time
consuming considering everything else they have to do; not important enough
• Are uncomfortable reporting data to and advocating with policy makers
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Types of College Admission Data
Student-Achievement Data • Standardized Test Data
– SAT/ACT, PLAN/PSAT, AP Scores• Grade Point Averages
– Weighed/unweighed– Recalculated
• Completion of College Preparation Requirements (Graduating college eligible)
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Types of College Admission Data (continued)Achievement – Related Data• Course enrollment patterns• Number of students taking PSAT/SAT/PLAN/ACT/AP • Discipline referrals• Extracurricular activities
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Types of College Admission Data (continued)• Standards and Competency-Related Data
– Percentage of students who demonstrate: • Belief (attitude) in importance of taking
rigorous courses• Skill to set goals• Knowledge of college requirements
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Collecting data• Commercial programs
– Naviance • www.naviance.com• http://workspacek12.naviance.com
– Connectedu• www.connectedu.net
– PrepHQ• www.myfootpath.com
– State portals• MA- www.yourplanforthefuture.org • OR - http://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/home
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Data From Other Sources• College Board/ACT
– SAT/ACT– PSAT/PLAN – AP Potential– AP Exam Scores
• State testing results• Colleges & Universities• Regional Higher Education Consortia
– WICHE
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Other Options to Organize College Admission data
• Access• Excel• Create your own method of record keeping
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Access Database fields
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Analyzing Data• EZ-Analyze
– www.ezanalyze.com• Using Access or Excel• State education department• Locally developed program
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Reporting of Data
• Scattergrams– Grade Point Average (x axis) vs. SAT’s (y axis)
• Other reports– Access Report– Placement percentages
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Scattergram ExampleWestfield State College
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AcceptDeny
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Placement Report Example
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Evaluation of your College Admission Counseling Program
• Surveys, questionnaires– Online vs. paper
• Google Drive - www.google.com • www.suverymonkey.com• www.counselingtechnology.net
• Pre & post surveys– Gives immediate feedback about the need or impact of your
program/intervention
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Program Evaluation Data • Three types
– Process data– Perception data– Results data
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Process data
• “What you did for whom” • Evidence that event occurred
• Example: Counselors taught students how to fill out a college application
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Students Know Language Requirements
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Perception Data
• Attitudes or Beliefs– 32% believe they will succeed in college – 42 % believe they have enough money to attend college
• Competency Achievement (Skills) – Every student in grades 9-12 completed a 4 year plan – Every 10th grade student completed an interest inventory
• Knowledge Gained– 89% of students demonstrate knowledge of college entrance
requirements
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What type of question?
• “I believe” is an Attitude so use a scale• Application/Demonstration = Skill• Information or answer = Knowledge (clear
answer – not scale)
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What Do Students Believe (Attitude)?
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PrePost
I believe that understanding the college preparation requirements will help me be successful in school…
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What Can Students Demonstrate? (Skills)
What is your GPA based on a 4.0 weighted scale?
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Students Understand Options After High School (Knowledge)
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Results Data• So WHAT” data• Hard data – application data• Have your activities contributed to students
ability to utilize the knowledge, attitudes and skills to effect behavior?– Attendance– Behavior– Academic achievement (graduating college eligible:
College going rate improved 14% over three years)
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# of AP Exams Has Increased!
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number of students number of exams
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4 Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rates are UP!
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Increased College Post Secondary Plans!
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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Results ReportHow are students different as a RESULT of what
you do?
• What does the data tell you?• Was the program successful?• What worked?• What did NOT work? • What needs to be changed?
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Data Over Time• Immediate
– Change course offerings• Intermediate
– Change course selection pattern• Long range (Impact Over Time)
– Improve college placement rates
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Sharing Your Data• Celebrate what you find
– School Profile– Accountability Report Card
• MARC of Excellence• http://www.masca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti
cle&id=116&Itemid=117SPARC• www.sparconline.net
– Press release, faculty meeting or school board presentation, parent programs, etc.
– NCLB Report Card– Data bulletin board
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Cautions About Using Data
• Data doesn’t always give you the information you want
• College admissions is not an exact science• Data shouldn’t take the place of human
connection/intervention
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Important Questions..
• What is the purpose of the college admission counseling program at your school?
• What are the desired outcomes or results?• What is being done to achieve results?• What evidence is there that the objectives have been
met?• Is the program making a difference?
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Resources to assist you with data• Evidence-Based School Counseling: Making a Difference With
Data-Driven Practices– Dimmitt, Carey & Hatch
• Making Data Work: An ASCA National Model Publication– Kaffenberger & Young
• Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap: How to Measure Equity in Our Schools – Johnson
• Using Data To Focus Instructional Improvement– James-Ward, Fisher, Frey & Lapp
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Resources to assist you with data (continued)
• Center for Excellence in School Counseling & Leadership– www.cescal.org
• Ronald Frederickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation– www.cscor.org
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Next steps– Create an action plan
• Pick one item to do upon your return to school– Educate your colleagues about what you learned– Get other stakeholders on board– Attend further training about using data– Celebrate your accomplishment(s)– Use your results to improve your program!
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Questions & conversations
• What is not clear?• What more do you need?• How can we help each other?• Who wants to share a success with data?
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Contact info
Bob BardwellSchool Counselor & Director of School CounselingMonson Innovation High School55 Margaret StreetMonson, MA 01057413.267.4589x1109www.bobbardwell.com [email protected]