NE WA Student Data Tracking presentation - ESD101 Superintendents 4/10

Eastern Washington HS Matriculation Study

Travis MerriganMark Macias

Community Colleges of Spokane

You give us your data

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• GPA• WASL• Special

programs• Race• Sex• Building

We combine it with 2 other data sets

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Tech Ed or Transfer

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TransferGraduate

CCS IR

FERPA – Is this legal?• Specific FERPA exception for “Organizations

conducting certain studies for, or on behalf of, the school”

• “Must be authorized by local education agency (school district)”

• “Educational agency must have clear interest”• “Strong protections against re-disclosure”* See attached sheet for references

Who’s already in?• 19 districts have submitted data to CCS– Central Valley, Chewelah, Colton, Columbia (Hunters) ,

Curlew, Davenport, Deer Park, East Valley, Inchelium, Liberty, Mary Walker, Reardan, Republic, Riverside, Selkirk, St. John Endicott, Wellpinit, West Valley

• 5 others are working on it– Colville, Freeman, LaCrosse, Pullman, Skills Center,

Spokane, Tekoa

How to join the study

• No cost• Very little work – ESD 101 (Skyward) does most of it for you– Just email Travis Merrigan saying “We’re in”– Assign a data person from your district

[email protected]– 509.434.5004

1st College after HS – CVSDAggregated for Cohort Years 2005 - 2009