The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization that bridges youth policy, practice and research for professionals at the national, state, and local levels. With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, AYPF is working with a number of other national organizations, including the Data Quality Campaign, to facilitate a series of field trips for state policy leaders to learn more about high school redesign. The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) is a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve the collection, availability and use of high-quality education data and to implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement.
This field trip provided participants the opportunity to experience the many facets of creating and using a longitudinal data system by visiting schools and meeting with leaders of promising efforts in Virginia. Virginia has built one of the most complete longitudinal data systems in the country and has found innovative ways to ensure that data can be shared between its local districts’ data systems and the state system. The trip focused on, but not be limited to, Virginia’s efforts to create a longitudinal data system that can inform decision making at the state, district, and classroom levels, as well as explore how districts with robust data systems can inform future development of the state system. Participants had an opportunity to visit a school that is using data effectively, interact with leadership from a large and a small district, and hear from Virginia’s state education data leadership. In addition, some sessions during the trip will be structured so that state teams can learn about the efforts of their peers who have been grappling with using data systems in their own work.
Resources
Find out how your state is doing against the 10 essential elements of a longitudinal data system.
Creating a Longitudinal Data System: Using Data To Improve Student Achievement
How Can My State Benefit from an Educational Data Warehouse?
Reporting and Analysis Tools: Helping Mine Education Data for Information Riches
Next Generation State Data System: What is Needed for Next Generation Assessment and Accountability Systems; Prepared by Nancy J. Smith, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Data Quality Campaign for Achieve, Inc.
House Bill 08-1364 Colorado Legislature
National Education Technology Plan
Agenda
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Peter Blake
Vice Chancellor
Virginia Community College System
101 North 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-819-4945
Bethann Canada
Director, Office of Education Information Management
Virginia Department of Education
James Monroe Building
101 N. 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-2951
Ted Davis
Director, Enterprise Information Services
Fairfax County Public Schools
3701 Franconia Road
Alexandria, VA 22310
703-329-7420
Jason Ellis
Test Results Utilization Specialist
Virginia Department of Education
101 N. 14th
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-2107
Deborah Jonas
Executive Director
Research and Strategic Planning
Virginia Department of Education
Tod Massa
Director, Policy Research and Data Warehousing
State Council of Higher Educcation for Virginia
101 N 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-3147
Patrick Murphy
Assistant Superintendent for Accountablility
Fairfax County Public Schools
8115 Gatehouse Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
571-423-1300
Lan Neugent
Assistant Superintendent for Technology and Career Education
Virginia Department of Education
101 N. 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-2757
Kathleen Oliver
Director of Student Testing
Department of Accountability
Fairfax County Public Schools
7423 Camp Alger Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-208-7776
Laura Robinson
Coordinator, Decision Support
Fairfax County Public Schools
3701 Franconia Road
Alexandria, VA 22310
703-208-7700
Kathleen Smith
Director
Office of School Improvement
Virginia Department of Education
101 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-2865
Sarah Susbury
Director of Test Adminstration, Scoring, and Report
Office of Student Assessment and School Improvement
Virginia Department of Education
101 N. 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-2107
Mary Wills
Instructional and Asssement Coordinator
Fauquier County Public Schools
430 E. Shirley Avenue
Warrenton, VA 20186
540-270-2861
Patrticia Wright
Chief Depurty Superintendent of Public InstructionVirginia Department of Education
101 North 14th Street, 25th Floor
James Monroe Building
Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-2023
