Interpreting Our KEYS Data Preparing the Presentation to Your Staff

1. Interpreting Our KEYS Data Preparing the Presentation to Your Staff

3. Vertical Axis Indicators (groups of questions that measure the same concept) Horizontal Axis Measure of quality (5 point scale) Left = disagree (low value) Right = agree (high value) Reading Keys Data Reports

4. Reading Keys Data Reports(cont.) School Average All Schools Average Standard Deviation 90th Percentile Score • Data Points • School average (Black) • All schools average (Orange/Red) • 90th percentile score (Yellow) • Length of the horizontal bar • (Blue/Purple) • One standard deviation above and one below the school average • Measure of agreement or consensus • Goals • (in terms of continuous improvement for each indicator) • The school average moving continuously toward the right side(higher value of quality for that indicator) • Reduce the standard deviation (narrow the length of the horizontal bar, meaning greater agreement among respondents)

5. KEY 1: Shared Understanding & Commitment to High Goals Interpreting Keys Data • Summary of Indicators • Effective leadership • Clear Focus, Purpose, and Directions • Shared Commitments and Collective Responsibility The adults in this school and in the larger community are continuously engaged and invested in the achievement of high standards by all students.

6. School Analysis of Key 1: Shared Understanding and Commitment to High Goals

7. KEY 2: Open Communication & Collaborative Problem Solving • Summary of Indicators • Culture, Governance and Decision Making Structures • Professional, Community and Learning Organization • Collaborative and Supportive Environment • Strong Sense of Collegiality • Cooperative Labor-Management Relations • Supportive Parent-Community-School Relations The adults in the school and the larger community collaborate around improving student learning.

8. School Analysis of Key 2: Open Communication and Collaborative Problem Solving

9. KEY 3: Continuous Assessment for Teaching & Learning • Summary of Indicators • Culture of Data-Based Decision-Making • Action Research (School and Classroom Levels) • Process and Product Evaluation of Programs • Use of Multiple Data to Make Decisions that Affect Student Learning • Use of Feedback from Stakeholders to Shape and Modify Curricular Offerings Educators use a detailed feedback cycle employing a variety of ongoing assessments to define, modify, implement and improve teaching and learning strategies.

10. School Analysis of Key 3: Continuous Assessment for Teaching and Learning

11. KEY 4: Personal & Professional Learning • Summary of Indicators • Quality Teaching (Content and Pedagogy) • Teacher and Staff Knowledge and Skills • Teacher and Staff Selection and Assignments • Professional Development Including Mentoring, Peer Assistance • Teacher and Staff Evaluation • Compensation, Rewards and Other Recognition Professional development results from a planned, collaborative, regularly evaluated process focused on improving student learning, including content knowledge, pedagogy, standards and assessment.

12. School Analysis of Key 4: Personal and Professional Learning

13. KEY 5: Resources for Teaching & Learning • Summary of Indicators • Appropriate Use of Resources Decisions Based on Quality, not Price • Availability of a Broad Range of Resources Including: • Safe and healthy learning environment • Curriculum Materials (Books, Library Resources and Computer Services) • Social and Psychological Services • Health and Recreational Services • Physical Education Physical resources (space, textbooks, tech support), safety of the environment, social, psychological and recreational services are appropriate and adequate to support effective teaching and learning.

14. School Analysis of Key 5: Resources to Support Teaching and Learning

15. KEY 6: Curriculum & Instruction • Summary of Indicators • Challenging Content Standards • Curriculum Aligned to the Challenging Standards • Wide Range of Assessments Appropriate to the Curriculum • Flexible and Varied Pedagogy to Address Individual • Differences Among Students • Appropriate Curricular Programs Responsive to the Varying Needs of Students There is a collaborative plan to present materials with sufficient depth and breadth for all students to engage in meaningful learning to meet high standards. Clear feedback provides students and teachers with a shared understanding of how students learn, what is effective and what adjustments are needed.

16. School Analysis of Key 6: Curriculum and Instruction

17. Big Ideas

18. Recommendations

19. Next Steps