July 2005 — SETDA
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Testing the Limits of One-Stop Data Access
During the Principals’ Academy last summer, all of the district’s principals participated in a half-day IMS workshop to review key functionality and learn about upcoming features. Additionally, “cohort” teams were created, providing select staff with the tools and education necessary to conduct turnaround training to teachers within their schools.
Performance results. Since its inception in 2002, Philadelphia’s IMS, along with the district’s comprehensive NCLB initiative, has yielded numerous results. The most telling results are in the areas of efficiency and performance. IMS has:
- reduced the time required to place student performance data into the hands of teachers and principals
- reduced the effort required by educators to collate information and conduct analysis on student results
- reduced the impact of student transfers by providing immediate access to student profiles
- contributed to nearly tripling the number of schools attaining adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals,from 58 to 160
- helped increase district reading scores 6.1 percentage points (from 27.5 percent to 33.6 percent), and math scores seven percentage points (from 21.6 percent to 28.6 percent), for advanced/proficient students
Everyone involved at the School District of Philadelphia is very excited about what has been achieved within such a short time span using the new instructional support tool. Fortunately, we think this is just the tip of the iceberg, with endless possibilities for the future.
Patricia Renzulli is CIO for the School
District of Philadelphia.
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