Appendix D
Agendas for Public Sessions of the Committee
Committee on Identifying Indicators of Education Equity
Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)
Commission Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE)
Meeting 1: April 20-21, 2017
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Agenda
9:30 am-3:15 pm | OPEN SESSION |
9:30 am | Welcome, Introductions |
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Executive Director, DBASSE Constance Citro, Director, CNSTAT |
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9:45 | Sponsors’ Goals and Priorities Discussion Leader: Laura Hamilton |
Each sponsor should talk about the goals they have for the project: What expectations do they have for the project? What impacts would they like to see? How can we start build- |
ing momentum and political will for the adoption of equity indicators?
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10:30 | Take-away messages from the October 5, 2015, planning meeting |
Discussion Leader: Michael MacKenzie | |
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11:00 | Break |
11:15 am-3:00 pm | Moderated Conversations with Researchers and Stakeholders |
11:15 | Panel 1: Considerations when Adopting Indicators Discussion Leader: Jim Kemple |
Panelists will discuss the processes and criteria that are used to ensure that indicators represent valid, reliable, and useful measures of the status of the education system. Panelists will draw from two concrete examples that are illustrative of ones that have moved from research use to policy use—graduation rates and achievement test results. | |
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11:45 | Panel 2: Government Affiliated Data Collections |
Discussion Leader: Sharon Lewis | |
Panelists from two levels of government—federal and district—will discuss uses of civil rights/equity data collected by gov- |
ernment agencies. Ms. Lhamon will discuss the ways the US Commission on Civil Rights uses the data. Mr. Carvalho will talk about the data his district is required to collect for different levels of government and the extent to which it is useful for informing policy and practice at the local level | |
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12:25-1:15 pm | Lunch |
1:15 | Panel 3: Use of Indicators for Policy Purposes (50 min.) |
Discussion Leaders: Meredith Phillips, Karolyn Tyson | |
This panel includes individuals from several organizations that advocate for improvements in education for all students. Panelists will address the following questions: (1) Of the equity indicators that the committee might focus on, what types would be most useful to the aims/mission of your organization? (2) How would you use them in your work? | |
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2:05 | Panel 4: Disseminating and Interpreting Indicators (50 min.) |
Discussion Leaders: Stella Flores, Morgan Polikoff | |
[10 mins per panelist, 10 min for discussion] | |
The panel includes individuals from organizations that disseminate and interpret information related to education equity. Panelists will share samples of reports published by their organization and address the following questions: (1) What equity indicators do you currently report? (2) What feedback do they receive from users of your reports? | |
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3:00 | Summing Up |
Christopher Edley | |
3:15 | Adjourn |
Committee on Identifying Indicators of Education Equity
Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)
Meeting 2: October 2-3, 2017
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Keck Center
Room 201
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Agenda
9:30 am-2:15 pm | OPEN SESSION MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSIONS |
9:30 am | Tab B Welcome, Introductions, Review of the agenda |
Christopher Edley, Chair | |
Panel Discussions | |
Panel discussions will focus on research related to the following valued education outcomes: | |
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Each panelist has been assigned to one or two of the six outcomes and has agreed to prepare a paper that reviews the literature on equity issues related to the outcome. | |
In the paper, panelists will also examine literature on the predictors/correlates of those outcomes and on equity issues related to these predictors and correlates. | |
Panelists will consider predictors and correlates from 4 broad categories: (a) family and home environment; (b) child and adolescent social-emotional and academic development; (c) in-school structures, supports, and resources; and (d) community and neighborhood environment. | |
The panel discussions are designed to lay the groundwork for the papers, and the information will be used to refine the goals for each paper. | |
There will be 3 parts to the panel discussions. Part 1 will focus on each outcome separately. Parts 2 and 3 will be cross-outcome discussions. | |
Panelists | |
Pre-K Readiness | |
Katherine Magnuson, University of Wisconsin (by telephone) | |
K–12: Strong Achievement and Academic Progress and Engagement in Schooling | |
These two outcomes were combined for the purpose of the literature reviews because they draw from similar research bases. The categories of predictors have been split across 3 panelists as detailed below. | |
Douglas Ready, Columbia Teachers College | |
Will address predictors related to in-school supports, such as school curricula, resources, teachers, support systems | |
Lori Taylor Texas A&M | |
Will address predictors related to school finance, economics of education |
On-Time High School Graduation | |
Russell Rumberger and Jay Plasman, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
Transition to Postsecondary Education & Training | |
Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Insight Policy Research | |
9:45-11:00 | Part 1: Describe Outcomes and Predictors |
Discussion Leaders: Laura Hamilton, Sara McLanahan | |
Each panelist will give a brief, 10-minute overview for the assigned outcome and address the questions listed below. This may could include a few power point slides, handouts, and/or citations for important studies. | |
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11:00 am-12:00 pm | Part 2: Cross-Outcomes Discussion of Equity |
Discussion Leaders: Sean Reardon, Sharon Lewis | |
Two committee members will lead panelists in a discussion of similarities and differences in predictors/correlates across outcomes. The focus will be on the factors that affect disadvantaged students in ways that result in disparities in outcomes. | |
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12:00-12:45 | Lunch in Meeting Room |
12:45-2:15 | Part 3: Cross-Outcomes Discussion of Indicators and Policy Interventions (90 mins.) |
Moderators: Karolyn Tyson, Morgan Polikoff | |
Two committee members will lead panelists in a cross-outcomes discussion of research on leverage points for policy interventions and on potential indicators that could facilitate such interventions. | |
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2:15 | Adjourn |