# Presentation: 844242

## Oregon Department of Education 

**Oregon Department of Education**** **
**Report Card Project**

- 14th Annual Management Information Systems Conference
- Orlando, FL
*February 26 - 28, 2001*

## State of Oregon Department of Education 

**Douglas Kosty**
- Manager
- KPMG Consulting

**State of Oregon Department of Education **
**Presenting to you today . . .**

**Aaron Munter**
- Manager
- Oregon Dept of Ed

**Daniel Casey**
- Sr. Consultant
- KPMG Consulting

## Agenda

- Introduction

- Oregon’s Mandate

- The Challenge

- Internet Demo/Q & A

- The Solution

- Project Results

## Agenda

- Introduction

## Introduction

**The Report Card**

## Agenda

- Introduction

- Oregon’s Mandate

## Senate Bill 1329 Passed in 1999
All Schools and Districts in Oregon
First released February 2000
Student demographics
Student performance 
School characteristics 

- All Schools and Districts in Oregon
- First released February 2000
- Student demographics
- Student performance
- School characteristics

**Oregon’s Mandate **
**Senate Bill 1329**

## 4 yrs data
Student Performance
Percent of Students taking Tests
Attendance
Dropout
Teacher Characteristics
SAT Scores

- Student Performance
- Percent of Students taking Tests
- Attendance
- Dropout
- Teacher Characteristics
- SAT Scores

**The Solution **
**Data Elements**

## Agenda

- Introduction

- Oregon’s Mandate

- The Challenge

## Data is Not Collected Through a Single Source

**Schools and**
**Districts**

**Testing**
**Vendor**

**Other**
**ODE**

**School**
**Finance**

**Assessment**

**ODE**

- Paper
- Forms

- Internet

- Report Card
- Database

**The Challenge **
**Multiple Data Sources**

## Data in varying degrees of accuracy
High stakes for schools and districts
District approval prior to  publishing
Meaningful presentation
Flexible system for changing requirements
Short time frame

- High stakes for schools and districts
- District approval prior to  publishing
- Meaningful presentation
- Flexible system for changing requirements
- Short time frame

**The Challenge **
**Multiple Data Sources**

## Agenda

- Introduction

- Oregon’s Mandate

- The Challenge

- The Solution

## Oregon’s Web-Based Report Card System

- Preview

- Rating/
- Creation

- Help Desk
- Tracking

- Appeals

- Collection

- Presentation

**The Solution **
**Multiple Data Sources**

## The Solution 

**Web-based Appeal Process**

## The Solution 

**Preview and Presentation**

## Technologies Used

- Microsoft
-   Visual Basic

- Microsoft
- Access

- Microsoft
- SQL Server

- Microsoft
- ASP

**The Solution **
**Technologies Used**

## Agenda

- Introduction

- Oregon’s Mandate

- The Challenge

- The Solution

- Project Results

## Project Results 

**Fewer Resources**

**     ****No Reported**
**Issues**

**     ****All 2832 Report**
**Cards Produced**
**On Time**

**     ****1940 Appeals**
**Processed**

**     ****Data Available**
**Through Web Site**

**     ****Integrated**
**With DBI**

**Project Results **
**Overwhelming Success**

## Project Results 

**Media Site**

## Project Results 

**Risks and Issues**

-   Timely and accurate data submissions
-   Clearly defined and communicated:
-   Objectives
-   Roles and Responsibilities
-   Timelines
-   Expectations
-    Adequate time for districts to appeal and preview data
-    Appropriate level of communications with:
-   Public
-   Press
-   Districts
-   Agency personnel

## Project Results

**Project Results**
**Benefits - Status of Submissions**

## Project Results 

**Plans for the Future**

-   Link validations to ratings
-   Extending timeframes to validate
-   Expand data elements used in rating
-   Modification to rating formula

## Agenda

- Introduction

- Oregon’s Mandate

- The Challenge

- Internet Demo/Q & A

- The Solution

- Project Results

## Internet Demo

**Oregon Report Card Web Site**

## http://www.ode.state.or.us

**To visit our web site...**

- or
- http://reportcard.ode.state.or.us/

## Thank You !