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Appendix C Education Data for the District of Columbia
Pages 169-182

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... . OSSE's sources of data include the State Longitudinal Education Data (SLED)
From page 170...
... . The Senior Urban Education Research Series, Vol­ ume 1: Lessons for Establishing a Foundation for Data Use in DC Public Schools.
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... Data are also collected for DCPS, and, since 2004, for charter schools operating in DC. Specific data include the number of students by grade level; fulltime staff by major employment category; high school graduates and completers in the previous year; average daily attendance; school district revenues by source (local, state, federal)
From page 172...
... 9 Blackman-Jones Database DCPS Tracks Blackman-Jones statistics for consent decree reporting and case management 10 CAASS DCPS Student access control system. Tracks students as they enter school buildings, currently used for school security 11 DCPS Public Website DCPS Public website for DCPS 12 SEDS (Easy IEP)
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... Provides basic tracking of students referred to Student Support Team 33 Textbook Request System DCPS Allows principals to make textbook requests 34 Destiny DCPS Textbook tracking system 35 DCPS Summer School Application DCPS Allows people (DCPS and non-DCPS) to apply for summer school positions 36 TCTL Application DCPS Allows people to apply for TCTL Summer Program 37 Nonpublic and Charter School DCPS Used by both nonpublic and charter schools to track the ordering and completion Assessments: School Year 2009-2010 of special needs assessments 38 DCPS Provider Management Application DCPS Monitors, reports on, and updates related service provider information 39 DCPS Accommodations and IEP Changes DCPS Used to manage DCPS' Read Aloud and DC CAS alt process for state testing (DC CAS)
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... This system contains assessment data, teacher reports, sample items, and teacher resources 52 Security Incident Tracker DCPS Tracks security incidents occurring at schools 53 Schools DataLINK DCPS System of record for school-level data for which the Student Information System (DC STARS) is not the system of record.
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... School attended Date of birth Grade School attended Grade Full name SOURCE: Jane Hannaway presentation to committee, prepared by the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
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... The SASS 2007-2008 collection includes 104 DC traditional public schools, their principals and school libraries at the state level, as well as an additional sample of public charter schools from 16 districts (many DC charter schools are their own districts)
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... National Assessment of Student Progress and Trial Urban District Assessment The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) collects academic achievement data and related background information.
From page 178...
... TABLE C-5 District Assessment Participation 178 2002 2003 2005 Reading, 2007 Reading, 2009 Reading, Reading Reading and Science, and Mathematics, Mathematics, and Writing Mathematics Mathematics and Writing and Science ü ü ü ü ü Atlanta Public Schools ü ü ü ü Austin Independent School District ü Baltimore City Public Schools ü ü ü ü Boston School District ü ü ü ü Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools ü ü ü ü ü Chicago Public Schools ü ü ü ü Cleveland Metropolitan School District ü Detroit Public Schools ü ü ü ü ü District of Columbia Public Schools ü Fresno Unified School District ü ü ü ü ü Houston Independent School District ü Jefferson County Public Schools (KY) ü ü ü ü ü Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict ü Miami-Dade County Public Schools ü Milwaukee Public Schools ü ü ü ü ü New York City Public Schools ü ü ü ü San Diego Unified SchoolDistrict ü School District of Philadelphia
From page 179...
... SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
From page 180...
... Every 4 years a high school transcript study is conducted. In 2009, charter school results were included in the state-level NAEP assessment but were not included in the district-level TUDA results for DC.
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... The Governing Board intends to conduct assessments at grade 12 in world history and foreign language during the assessment period 2018-2011. SOURCE: See http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/assessmentsched.asp [accessed March 2010]


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