#14 Reports you can use to impact instruction and attendance before it is too late...

Snow! We had 11" Monday and another 6-8" Tuesday!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and loved ones. We stay home to avoid the rush; however, every year we visit my husband's side of the family in the Baltimore area over the holiday break. (My husband is a Ravens fan!) Having a snow day has its blessings: I finished this blog that I've been trying to write, and I'm super prepared for PD at schools on Wednesday and Friday, and curses: I had to reschedule two visits with principals I haven't seen in too long, I'm anxious about not being present for all of your upcoming pre-probable org meetings, and I'm worried about January being filled with meetings and not being able to visit you with regularity. I look forward to seeing you at All PD next Thursday, at the Citywide School Showcase, and at least once at your schools before break.

As always, thank you for the hard work you do each day in service of Boston's children and families.

Interim 1 Peer Comparisons 

Josiah Quincy was left out of my region for the peer reports published in my last blog. I have replaced the ELA/Math Interim 1 reports as of December 2, 2019. By now all open response questions should be scored and reflected in the results. 

Interim 1 ELA/Math Peer Reports Folder

Reminder of Useful Reports in Illuminate (Visual examples below)

Illuminate Sign-in Link 

> View Reports

Report Name: Subgroup Overview (Any Assessment)

Report Name: Assessment Matrix Report
Shows response of each student and the correct answers. This report can be downloaded as excel or pdf.

Attendance Data

• Congratulations to Everett, Mildred, Murphy, Orchard Gardens, and Quincy for maintaining an average attendance rate above 95%! 
• However, as you know, a high ADA rate can unintentionally take away from the need to focus on individuals who have missed more than 10% of the year so far. 
• Fifteen out of 17 schools have a lower chronic absenteeism rate compared to the end of last year. You still have almost three quarters of the year to improve individual student chronic absenteeism as long as they do not miss more than 18 days (or 10% of the year). Now is a good time to promote the importance of attendance with K families. 
• I accessed this data from DataWarehouse and have found the site inconsistent; however, it is updated on a daily basis from SIS and when working well, can be used to quickly identify students who are missing more than 10% of school based on current number of days. Once the student in grades 1-12 reaches 18 or more days of school, they will be counted as chronically absent.
• Please note: Attendance percentages in the table below include students in kindergarten. 

Attendance Data as of 12/02/2019

Districtwide Suspension Data

The suspension data for black and Latino students is alarming. Percentage of students who are being suspended by race - Asian = .26%, White = 0.5%, Hispanic = 14.2%, Black = 23.4%.

Students with disabilities

English Learners:

Gender:

Upcoming Dates: 

12/04/2019     School Committee, 6 PM

12/09/2019     You will receive your budget/SWF

12/11/2019     School Committee, 6 PM

12/12/2019     All Leader PD, 8:30 AM, Bolling

12/14/2019     School Showcase, Boston Latin, 9 AM - 1 PM