| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Standardizing Literacy Data Analyses and Reporting Across Multiple Instruments and Grades |
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Roundtable Presentation 802 to be held in BONHAM A on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Ashley Kurth, City Year Inc, akurth@cityyear.org
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| Gretchen Biesecker, City Year Inc, gbiesecker@cityyear.org
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| Abstract:
City Year unites more than 1,500 17-24 year-olds for a year of full-time service in over 19 urban school districts. In 2008, City Year established a more standardized model of school service (Whole School Whole Child) to address the academic, social, and emotional needs of children in their school environment. Working with school personnel to differentiate instruction using data, City Year volunteers tutor and mentor students across grades 3-9, and one focus of their work is on literacy. A challenge to collecting and using student-level literacy performance data for formative and summative purposes is the diversity of assessments used and benchmarks across and even within districts. Districts, evaluators, and large-scale organizations, including AmeriCorps, face this challenge in addressing student needs and reporting outcomes. In this roundtable, we will share ways we have standardized data collection and reporting and elicit feedback and discussion from others struggling to standardize data across sources.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Overcoming Data Quality Challenges to Evaluation of School-based Programs |
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Roundtable Presentation 802 to be held in BONHAM A on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Lisa Garbrecht, EVALCORP, lgarbrecht@evalcorp.com
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| Shanelle Boyle, EVALCORP, sboyle@evalcorp.com
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| Tronie Rifkin, EVALCORP, trifkin@evalcorp.com
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| Mona Desai, EVALCORP, mdesai@evalcorp.com
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| Abstract:
One of the biggest obstacles to evaluating school-based programs is obtaining quality data from schools and students. This roundtable will discuss challenges to collecting school and student data and how partnerships with programs and school districts can be developed and utilized to overcome those challenges. Presenters will share case examples of effective data collection and evaluation methods used with three diverse programs in California, including the Woodcraft Rangers on-site K-12 after-school program in Los Angeles County, the Murrieta Valley Unified School District Breakthrough Student Assistance Program in Riverside County, and the Project REACH off-site after-school program in San Diego County. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to share their challenges and experiences evaluating school-based programs and engage in a discussion about cultivating partnerships and other effective strategies for providing quality evaluations for a range of school-based programs.
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