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Superintendents & EMIS Coordinators,
In the last Report Card cycle, several districts/schools
missed reporting data that ultimately impacted Report Card
results. Last school year, 257 data appeals were approved
and, through data analysis, these districts discovered and
corrected issues with their data before the LRC was
published. Regrettably, 14 watermark requests were submitted
to DEW and, due to missed deadlines, these districts could
not address their data issues in time. It is a matter of
concern to DEW that many districts were unaware of data
issues bringing to the forefront the need for proactive data
management, where districts take the initiative to identify
and address potentional issues.
DEW is leveraging the EMIS Alliance Grant and ITC
participation to assist EMIS coordinators and other key
district and school personnel to improve the ability of
educators to better explore, understand, and communicate
with school data in a meaningful way. The Tools for
Troubleshooting Data Associated with Report Card Measures
workshop is different than other EMIS offerings because the
intended audience is for district teams, including the EMIS
coordinator along with other district and building level
administrators who play a role in assuring accurate report
card data.
This new in-person-only EMIS Alliance workshop will include
troubleshooting opportunities reflecting some of the
reporting issues experienced with the Report Card. It will
address the various reports available in the Secure Data
Center to assist districts and schools in reviewing their
data and decision-making. It will also address the
importance of assigned data owners for the various data sets
that impact Report Card measures as well as building strong
data teams that actively engage in ensuring accurate data is
reported.
We are pleased to offer Tools for Troubleshooting Data
Associated with Report Card Measures for your district team
on the dates and times noted below. We’ve been given the
instruction from DEW that these sessions are at least two
district/school administrative staff and the EMIS
coordinator to work together with the goal of understanding
how the reported data impacts the Report Card. They are
discouraging ITCs from allowing district attendance if only
a single person registers as they don’t intend for the
responsibility associated with Local Report Card data to
fall on a single person. Please be sure to pass this along
to the appropriate staff in your district (I’ve only
included superintendents and EMIS Coordinators on this
invitation) so that they can coordinate which date they’d
like to attend. Each attendee will need to register using
one of the links below.
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