State Dept. of Ed. unveils new parent dashboard
LANSING -Parents now have their own online dashboard that shows the performance of all K-12 public schools in Michigan and represents a new, improved level of transparency, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced today. The Parent Dashboard for School Transparency, available at www.MISchoolData.org/ParentDashboard, is a combined effort of MDE and the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) – based on significant parent feedback on its planning, content, and design. After the State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the Parent Dashboard school transparency concept last summer, the website was unveiled at the monthly Board meeting today. This Parent Dashboard is an integral component of the state’s Strategic Plan to make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years. It builds on the Strategic Partnership with Parents, Families, and Community Services that encourages and promotes meaningful, authentic engagement with parents and families. “Parents asked and we listened,” said State Superintendent Brian Whiston. “I’m very pleased to make the Parent Dashboard available to parents and other Michigan education stakeholders who want a more complete picture of how their local schools are serving children.” Whiston emphasized that the dashboard provides school building-level data important to parents or caregivers wanting to check the performance of their child’s school. CEPI Director Tom Howell said the Parent Dashboard shows nearly 20 separate measures that parents say are important to them. “Families and others can use the dashboard to compare a school’s performance with the average performance of other, similar Michigan schools, including charter schools,” Howell said. “The site is user-friendly and can be accessed on any computer or mobile device.” The dashboard allows deeper dives into the performance of various groups of students, such as gender, race, subject, and services to students, he added. Today’s roll-out marks the first of three phases for the dashboard. Phase One dashboard indicators or measures, now available, include: State assessment performance State assessment progress Graduation rate Advanced coursework (e.g. Advanced Placement, early middle college, International Baccalaureate (IB), dual enrollment, career/technical education postsecondary enrollment) On-track attendance English Learner progress Assessment participation Additional Data: School Student/staff ratio Student support staff Student transfers Student Transfers in and out Expulsion rate Dropout rate Attendance rate Graduation rate Dropout rate Postsecondary- Enrollment,Persistence and Completion
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