Why Student Data? (ISTE 2015)

Julie Evans

@JulieEvans_PT

CEO, Project Tomorrow

June 30, 2015

Why

Student

Data?

Selected

Speak Up 2014

National

Findings

Annual national research project

Using online surveys + focus groups

Surveys for: K-12 Students, Teachers, Parents,

Administrators, Community Members

Special: Pre-Service Teachers in Schools of Education

Open for all K-12 schools and schools of education

Schools, districts & colleges receive free report with

their own data

Inform policies, plans & programs

Local: your stakeholder data

State: state level data

Federal: national findings

(c) Project Tomorrow 2015

Speak Up National Research Project

4 million

surveys since

2003

Learning & Teaching with Technology

College and career ready skills

Students’ Career Interests in STEM

Professional Development / Teacher Preparation

Internet Safety / Data Privacy Issues

Administrators’ Challenges / Bandwidth Capacity

Emerging Technologies both in & out of the Classroom

Mobile Devices, Online Learning, Digital Content, E-texts

Educational Games, Social Media tools and applications

Flipped Classroom, Print to Digital, Online Assessments

Designing the Ultimate School/Classroom

Speak Up survey question themes


K-12 Students 431,231

Teachers & Librarians 44,289

Parents (in English & Spanish) 35,337

School/District Administrators/Tech Leaders 4,324

Community Members 6,656

About the participating schools & districts

o 8,216 schools and 2,676 districts o 30% urban / 40% rural / 30% suburban oAll 50 states + DC + Guam + DODEA schools


Speak Up 2014 national participation: 521,846


Speak Up National Findings

Why Student Data?

Teachers’ use of data to inform teaching

Student data privacy as a district priority

Parental and student concerns

District policies around data privacy



Why Student Data?

Teachers’ use of data to inform teaching

79% of teachers say they are regularly using data to

inform their teaching practice

76% of first year teachers

o 84% of teachers with 4-10 yrs of experience

86% of middle school teachers



Why Student Data?

Student data privacy as a district priority

34% of district administrators say this is a

”wake up in the middle of the night” type

challenge for them

1/3 of district administrators also say that using

longitudinal data is an effective way to

increase student achievement



Why Student Data?


43% of parents are concerned that their

child’s student records are not

sufficiently protected at school

19% of high school students say that is

their concern as well!



Why Student Data?


Grade level of child Agree: Teachers are

not using data to

understand how to

help students learn

Elementary School 43%

Middle School 44%

High School 43%



Why Student Data?


What have you done

to support data

privacy?

All

District

Admin

Hardware and

software in place 76%

Staff person with

responsibility 53%

Policies and

procedures in place 48%

Educate teachers 43%

Educate parents 32%

Student digital

citizenship instruction 40%



Why Student Data?


What have you done

to support data

privacy?

All

District

Admin

In Small

Districts

In Middle

Districts

In Large

Districts

Hardware and

software in place

76% 78% 75% 73%

Staff person with

responsibility

53% 55% 56% 46%

Policies and

procedures in place

48% 46% 47% 50%

Educate teachers 43% 45% 41% 38%

Educate parents 32% 29% 33% 23%

Student digital

citizenship instruction

40% 45% 41% 38%



Why Student Data?


Have you received instruction or information about

how your school district is protecting student data?

75%

54%

62%

25%

46%

38%

Teachers

Parents

Students Gr 9-12

Yes No



Why Student Data? . . .

Personalization of Learning Process

“Personalized learning is when a child is receiving

instruction that is on their own level and at their own

pace. With the use of apps and online learning

software, students are able to access curriculum at their

level and execute it at their own pace. It also can be used

as informal assessing and helps the teacher see the

strengths and weaknesses of the child.”

Middle School Teacher, North Carolina

Thank you for this conversation!

Julie Evans

[email protected]

949-609-4660 x15

Twitter: JulieEvans_PT and SpeakUpEd

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