2016 AdvancED Accreditation Evidence Hub: 5. Using Results for Continuous Improvement

Indicator 5.1: Overall Rating Average 4
Internal Rating 3.5

Sub-indicator 5.1.1:  School personnel maintain and use an assessment system that produces data from multiple assessment measures, including locally developed and standardized assessments about student learning and school performance.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.5

Evidence

• Student Learning Assessment Measures:

Standardized Testing

• Meeting Minutes from Primary School Grade 1 Meeting - PS Literacy Assessment was discussed and adjustments were made to the TC rubrics for trimester 2.

• MAP Reports - class report used by teachers to determine student proficiency collectively and on individual CCSS Standards.

• Stanford Reports - class report used by teachers to identify group and individual growth.

• AAPPL Reports - Foreign Languages Standardized Tests. Teacher’s report from 2015 and 2016 and Student’s report from 2015 and 2016 to follow up on progress.

• PE Metrics Reports - individual and group results on physical education standards.

• Annual Reports

• College Admissions Data (p. 33)

• MAP Scores (p. 19-21)

• Stanford Scores (p. 21-22

• SABER Scores (p. 23, 29-30)

• High School SAT Scores (p. 25-27)

• PSAT Scores (p. 28)

Locally Developed Assessments - samples of classroom assessments and the corresponding data extracted from the school-wide SpotFire data system.

Sub-indicator 5.1.2: The system ensures consistent measurement across all classrooms and courses.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.36

Evidence

• Teaching and Learning Handbook - Assessment Model & Protocol (p. 31-33), the Grading Scale (p. 34-35) and Record Maintenance & Reports (p. 37)

• CNG Assessment Protocol - school-wide assessment philosophy and belief statements, assessment protocol, grading protocols, etc.

• Communications from Dr. Habegger about new grading scale in 2013

• Examples of Rubrics and Reflections - common formative assessment tools in real-class situations.
  

Sub-indicator 5.1.3: Some assessments, especially those related to student learning, are proven reliable and bias free.

Sub-indicator Rating: 2.93

Evidence

• Common Assessments from Atlas Rubric Example - aligns classroom assessments, standard-by-standard, to the CCSS.

• Atlas Rubicon Unit - Words Their Way - clear connection between the lesson concepts and the administered assessments for each unit.

• Grade 1 Reading Rubric - common rubric used by all teachers of the grade-level for common assessments.

Sub-indicator 5.1.4: The system is regularly evaluated for reliability and effectiveness in improving instruction, student learning and the conditions that support learning.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.43

Evidence

• Assessment Task Force - documentation on Task Force meetings.

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Indicator 5.2: Overall Rating Average 4

Internal Rating 3.7

Sub-indicator 5.2.1:  Systematic processes and procedures for collecting, analyzing and applying learning from multiple data sources are used consistently by professional and support staff.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.0

Evidence:

• Teaching and Learning Handbook - guiding document for all CNG educators on policies and procedures.

• Inventory of Spotfire Dashboards Available - menu of graphs and other visual representations of CNG data points.

• Stanford Test Results

Sub-indicator 5.2.2: Data sources include comparison and trend data that provide a complete picture of student learning, instruction, the effectiveness of programs and the conditions that support learning.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.93

Evidence:

• Annual Reports - all significant statistics related to CNG goals and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Example of Student Report Card

Sub-indicator 5.2.3: School personnel use data to design, implement and evaluate continuous improvement plans to improve student learning, instruction, the effectiveness of programs and organizational conditions.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.29

Evidence:

• Annual Reports - all significant statistics related to CNG goals and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Literacy Implementation Plan - guide for teaching staff on how to apply literacy curriculum.
• MS Data Use Minutes - record of MS staff use of data for continuous improvement.
• Atlas Rubicon Expectations - timeline for completion of units on curriculum storage platform (introduced in 2015).
• AdvancED Accreditation Planning - structure for meeting expectations of accreditation process.
• ISO Audits: internal and external audits of all processes related to academics and operations. 

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Indicator 5.3 Overall Rating Average 3

Internal Rating : 3

Sub-indicator 5.3.1: Most professional and support staff members are assessed and trained in a professional development program related to the evaluation, interpretation and use of data.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.0

Evidence:

• Data Interpretation Skills Survey Exports  - In Feb 2016, CNG Staff completed the Data Skills Interpretation Assessment. This document is an export of the results of that data literacy assessment.  
• ​Survey Launch Document

• Dia E Training Day Folder - On April 13, a team met to review results of the Dia E results from the Colombian Ministry of Education

• Operational Staff Training Folder - Operational Support Staff were trained in Data Interpretation by the Schools of Excellence Coordinator and Director of HR.

• AIMS Web Training - PLC meetings with Grade 1 and Grade 2 teachers for benchmarking with AIMS Web.

• Summary of Data Scavenger Hunt - describes the activity created to provide a guided practice in using the Spotfire tool to narrow a broad data set to answer a specific question

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Indicator 5.4 :Overall Rating Average 4

Internal Rating 4

Sub-indicator 5.4.1:  Policies and procedures describe a process for analyzing data that determine verifiable improvement in student learning, including readiness for and success at the next level.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.07

Evidence:

• Physical Education Data Use Protocol - student performance during P.E. Assessments analyzed in this document.

• CNG Assessment Protocol - evaluation policies and procedures set forth the grading process as well as strategies designed to help each child to succeed in school. Students are expected to meet the standards of the school as evidenced by the assessment process.

• Miscue Analysis Document - reading records used by teachers, students in the Primary School are assessed and monitored in levels A through K. Teachers analyze the most common mistakes to plan for instruction.

• HS Academic Guide

  • promotion policy

  • failed-course policy

  • remediation policy

  • incomplete work policy

  • life-skills rubric

Sub-indicator 5.4.2: Results indicate mixed levels of improvement, and school personnel sometimes use these results to design, implement and evaluate the results of continuous improvement action plans related to student learning, including readiness for and success at the next level.

Sub-indicator Rating: 2.31

Evidence:

• Student Study Team Process - process to follow up on struggling students, instructional decisions made by the teacher to support them, and decisions on next steps such as providing additional support in different settings.

• Student Learning Goal Instructions for Staff

• Student Learning Goal Template for All Academic Staff
  
  

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Indicator 5.5: Overall Rating Average 4

Internal Rating 4

Sub-indicator 5.5.1:  Leaders monitor comprehensive information about student learning, conditions that support student learning and the achievement of school improvement goals.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.57

Evidence:

• Annual Reports

• ISO Reports - internal and external audits of all processes related to academics and operations have been in place since 2008.

• Board Planning Session Finance and Facilities Report 2015 - CNG Board documentation.

• Índice Sintético de la Calidad Educativa  - tool established by the Colombian Ministry of Education that evaluates the educational quality of all schools in Colombia,  in the areas of progress, performance, efficiency and school environment. Results our analyzed at CNG during a mandatory PD day “Día E - Día de la Excelencia Educativa.

• Parent Council Minutes March 2015 - elected parents (one parent representative from each grade level) meet with school officials on a monthly basis discuss issues related to academics and operations.

• Parent Council News 2016

Sub-indicator 5.5.2: Leaders regularly communicate results using multiple delivery methods to all stakeholder groups.

Sub-indicator Rating: 3.46

Evidence:

• Annual Reports - Results of all student assessments and surveys showing five-year trends.  School Improvement Plan Goals - both short and long term - are communicated to all stakeholders based on the analysis of the data presented.

Delivery method: printed publication and via our online Mail to Parents (communication and marketing tool:Constant Contact)

• Director´s Presentations to various community stakeholders

• Annual General Assemblies - Every year in the last week of April, CNG Community Parents are invited to the school to see the Director's report .
  • Delivery method: Personal presentation by the Director.
  • See here our Mail to Parents which includes invitations to Annual General Assemblies as well  as emails sharing the Annual Reports digitally.
• All-Staff Opening Sessions
• Beginning of the Year Assembly for Students and Staff
• Open House Events for CNG Parents

• Parent Council Presentation 2013

• Formal minutes of the Annual General Assembly - also reported to the Colombian Ministry of Education.

• Acta de Asamblea General Abril de 2016

• Acta de Asamblea General Abril de 2015.

• Acta Asamblea Abril 2014

• ​​School Wide Comparative AdvancED Results

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