Data Advisors Group

The Data Advisors Group, comprised of educational data experts from around the region, provides data support to the other work groups, as well as to the Road Map Project in general. Examples of issues the group has addressed include identifying and defining indicators, setting targets and determining how to measure the achievement gap.

Members

• Dr. Pete Bylsma (Co-Chair), Renton School District
  
• Sarita Siqueiros Thornburg (Co-Chair), Puget Sound Educational Service District
• Dr. Duane Baker, The BERC Group
• Erin Lawrence Cook, City Year
• Dave Davis, Federal Way Public Schools
• Fia Eliasson-Creek, Green River Community College
• Linda Elman, Tukwila School District
• Dr. Candace Gratama, The BERC Group
• Dr. Betheny Gross, Center on Reinventing Public Education
• Robin Harwick, Treehouse
• Dave Larson, Tukwila School Board
• Dr. John Lederer, Seattle Community College
• Dr. Hilary Loeb, Puget Sound Caucus
• Deleena Patton, Seattle University Youth Initiative
• Sid Sidorowitz, City of Seattle
• Dr. Alan Spicciati, Highline School District
• Sarah Terry, Youth Development Executives of King County
• Ken Thompson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Dr. John Vaille, Puget Sound Educational Service District

Staffer

• Andrew Sahalie, CCER
  Contact: asahalie@ccedresults.org / 206.838.6617

Documents/Materials

• Building Management Information Systems to Coordinate Citywide Afterschool Programs, The National League of Cities, 2012 (PDF)
• Community and Technical Colleges Professional-Technical Education, Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board, 2012
• College Readiness Indicator Systems, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 2012 (PDF)
• Ensuring Fair and Reliable Measures of Effective Teaching, MET Project, January 2013 (PDF)
• Gauging the Gaps, The Education Trust, 2010 (PDF)
• Getting to Graduation: Kent School District Cohort Study, 2009 (PDF)
• K–12 and Postsecondary Alignment: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Freshmen Course-taking and Performance at California’s Community Colleges, 2013 (PDF)
• OSPI Student Data Landscape, 2013 (PDF)
• Seattle School District 2006 Cohort Study (PPT)
• State Accountability Index report, Dr. Pete Bylsma, 2010 (PDF)
• The Fourth R, Mary Beth Celio, 2007 (PDF)
• Videos: Seattle Public Schools’ Professional Growth – Effective Practice video series

Articles

• Washington Post, “Gates Foundation study: We’ve figured out what makes a good teacher”

OSPI now requires districts to report courses using shared course names. Prior to this policy there were 115 different names used for Spanish classes by Road Map school districts, now there are 13 — making data crunching much easier!

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