{"id":24052,"date":"2024-09-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/?p=24052"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:37:21","slug":"5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-parkhill-school-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/2024\/5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-parkhill-school-district\/","title":{"rendered":"5 steps for building a positive data culture from Park Hill School District"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-Parkhill-School-District_850x300_hero-e1725895758217.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-Parkhill-School-District_850x300_hero-e1725895758217.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-Parkhill-School-District_850x300_hero-e1725895758217-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-Parkhill-School-District_850x300_hero-e1725895758217-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-steps-for-building-a-positive-data-culture-from-Parkhill-School-District_850x300_hero-e1725895758217-720x254.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, educators come together at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/events-intro\/fusion\/\">NWEA Fusion conference<\/a> to talk shop: how to best support teachers, grow students, and learn from our collective years of experience. We share feelings, anecdotes, tips, tricks, and cautionary tales. But our main obsession, the piece that proves the efficacy of initiatives, curriculum changes, and new implementations? Our real keynote speaker, autograph signer, conference swag star? Data. We know, we\u2019re nerdy like that. And every year, we nerd out together. Because we know how important it is for schools to have a positive data culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Fusion 2024, we got a data download with one such nerd, Marcus Fryatt, director of assessment for Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Missouri. Park Hill is on an impressive journey of using regularly scheduled data check-ins: protected time to deep dive into academic data. Marcus makes sure these check-ins occur regularly and generate actionable plans that all educators feel ownership of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But beyond explaining what comprises an effective data check-in, Marcus shares that successful data implementation begins and ends with a positive data culture. Ready to hear from him? Watch our conversation with Marcus to hear more about his passion for patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1.5rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_3rgDoanb-8?si=g_mRKnCfNqP4mAmC\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a playbook? We\u2019ve distilled five steps for education leaders to implement Marcus\u2019s data-driven vision in their school or district here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Break the data into manageable pieces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/2024\/educator-assessment-literacy-can-be-strengthened-by-professional-development\/\">Supporting teachers on their data literacy journey<\/a> doesn&#8217;t have to be overwhelming. It\u2019s all about making data feel approachable. Instead of handing over vast data sets that can feel like insurmountable mountains, why not start with a few manageable hills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus and I hereby give you permission to start with a single data point\u2014or, if you test with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/map-growth\/\">MAP\u00ae Growth\u2122<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/map-reading-fluency\/\">MAP\u00ae Reading Fluency\u2122<\/a>, a single report. (For more on <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.mapnwea.org\/assist\/help_map\/Content\/Data\/MAPReportsSummary.htm\">MAP Growth reports<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.mapnwea.org\/assist\/help_map\/Content\/ReadFluency\/Reports\/Reports.htm?Highlight=map%2520reading%2520fluency%2520reports\">MAP Reading Fluency reports<\/a>, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/teach.mapnwea.org\/assist\/help_map\/Content\/MAPHelpCenter.htm\">MAP Help Center<\/a>.) Let that single data point or report be the only thing your team focuses on for a set period, like a semester or a year. It can be tempting to investigate more, zooming in and out, but mastering one data point or report at a time pays long-term dividends when the team is ready to branch out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By presenting data in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/2024\/data-in-education-starting-small-and-seeking-professional-learning\/\">bite-sized portions<\/a>, you are empowering your teachers to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focus on one aspect at a time<\/strong>, avoiding overwhelm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Begin to see data as a story<\/strong> that paints a bigger picture over time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Have time and space to implement data-driven instructional changes<\/strong>\u2014and see the ripples of those changes within the data itself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders, it\u2019s essential to explicitly signal to teachers that they don\u2019t have to master all reports. Encourage them to stay focused on a single data set for a given period. This is a powerful way to get started building a positive data culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Protect recurring data check-ins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus has pioneered Park Hill\u2019s data check-ins, which occur three times a year with building leaders and are reserved for talking about academic data only. Marcus says, \u201cThere is an infinite amount of data we\u2019re able to provide our schools, but this time is purely dedicated to academic information based on NWEA Growth data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these meetings, Marcus, building and instructional leaders, and classroom teachers dive into the pure academic data. They discuss what story the data is telling and plan a \u201ctheory of action\u201d\u2014a structure for understanding what changes and shifts need to occur in response to the data. At that point, Marcus\u2019s district-level job is to provide resources and support to bolster that individual school\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for this to happen, Marcus underscores three components that must be in place. He explains that the time for these data conversations must be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Protected. <\/strong>Time will not find itself. Data check-ins must be prioritized and marked as non-negotiable on the calendar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Predictable. <\/strong>No one should have to ask when data is going to be discussed and put to use. Get a recurring appointment going, even if you\u2019re unsure of where to start.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pointed. <\/strong>Keep the focus of these meetings on academic data only. There are countless other data points, anecdotes, and observations that can add noise. Keep the signal pointed at the purely academic growth data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Shift everyone\u2019s mindset from achievement to growth <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe idea is not, \u2018I need every kid at a certain achievement level,\u2019\u201d Marcus explains. \u201cThe idea is, \u2018What am I doing to help students grow?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve been around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/\">NWEA\u2019s corner of the internet<\/a>, you know we\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwea.org\/blog\/2023\/to-measure-a-years-growth-begin-with-the-student\/\">all about growth<\/a>. But it\u2019s one thing to idealize, and it\u2019s quite another to implement. In Marcus\u2019s experience, he advocates for district leaders to change their language to emphasize growth as the only measurement teachers should invest in. This is critical to building a positive data culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many teachers have an internalized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/education\/opinion-response-the-role-of-student-test-scores-in-teacher-evaluations\/2018\/08\">fear about test scores being weaponized<\/a> against them, despite NWEA and education leaders acknowledging the myriad factors that compose a test score. Teachers worry that they won\u2019t get students where they \u201cshould\u201d be, joylessly catapulting themselves through their curriculum to achieve test scores. This, we all agree, benefits no one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders, as you clearly and transparently encourage a positive data culture and a mindset shift toward growth rather than achievement, take that as an opportunity to directly reassure teachers that their focus is not on rectifying years of a student\u2019s \u201cshoulds.\u201d Marcus advocates for a culture shift\u2014even one that takes years\u2014that starts at the top and allows teachers to focus on one mission: \u201cMy job as a teacher is to help students grow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Focus on relationships <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be tempting to picture a data-driven culture as one of cold, hard science and numbers. This, folks, is mythology. Data is what\u2019s on the page, but the act of data interpretation, strategy, planning, and follow-through is solely in the hands of people: people with dreams, families, emotions, tempers, fears, and big ol\u2019 soft spots. From our youngest students to our tenured faculty members, this is about people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relationships inside a school are a waterfall. Their trickle-down effect starts in the office and ends in the backpack. Are our kids carting around district baggage about failure, passed to them from dejected teachers? Or do our kids feel successful and cared for because our teachers feel respected, supported, and recognized as human beings? Do district leaders, many of whom were once teachers themselves, still feel connected to the joy of a classroom \u201caha\u201dmoment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s possible to prioritize data as an objective compass while driving change through relational compassion. And often, it\u2019s just about reminding the team of who\u2019s at the bottom of the waterfall: our kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Embrace the slow pace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At one point in our conversation, Marcus takes a deep breath. \u201cIt\u2019s like writing a dissertation,\u201d he says. \u201cYou have to get something down on paper first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter your role in education, you know that big changes take time, and that their difficulty is just part of the process. No one knows better than educators, whether they\u2019re classroom teachers or district leaders, that you just have to \u201crip the Band-Aid off,\u201d as Marcus says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A glorious part of the profession is that success, like a student\u2019s career, is measured in years, not days. Year one isn\u2019t going to be perfect. Year two isn\u2019t going to be, either! As Marcus reminds us, \u201cJust like teaching, it\u2019s a never-ending process. 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