Coursework Completion System

Topics for Session

• ARRA, SFSF, DQC, & ACA

• Meeting ACA requirements

• Data Elements

• Request for Feedback

• Proposed Schedule

ARRA, SFSF, DQC, ACA, and other exciting acronyms

Wisconsin has:› accepted State Fiscal Stabilization Funds, › distributed this funding to school districts, and› applied for additional funding under Race to the

Top.

By accepting SFSF and RttT funding, we must meet certain criteria defined in the America COMPETES Act including the ability to:› match teachers to students and› gather information on courses completed and

grades earned.

Opportunity

Improve education for our children

Increase the Graduation Rate

Provide tools for Response to Intervention

Serve as an Early Warning System

Meeting ACA requirements

Section Identifier

SectionCourse

CourseCourse

TeacherTeacher

Teacher

Student

Student Student

Student

Student

Student

Section Identifier

Section

Section IdentifierA unique identifier defined by the district to differentiate courses offered into distinct sections necessary to associate teachers to students taught.

For example, Section ID for:

American Literature 205A

Period 1

Room 34

would be distinct and separate from:

American Literature 205B

Period 4

Room 34

Section Identifier

SectionCourse

CourseCourse

TeacherTeacher

Teacher

Section InformationEach section will be associated with a course and teacher.

Multiple courses associated with project based or interdisciplinary learning may be submitted for a section.

Multiple teachers in a team or collaborative setting may be submitted for a section.

Section Identifier

Student

Student Student

Student

Student

Student Student InformationEach section will be associated with a group of students.

Data Submission

Section information must be submitted before student information.

File Upload is suggested method for data submission.

On-line screens are proposed for data entry and maintenance.

Impact on Existing Applications

PI-1215 will be retired. – Most functions will move into CWC.

PI-1202 will continue to gather Fall Staff data.– Demographics, assignment, salary, etc.

Data Elements

Header Data ElementsCollection TypeRecord TypeYearSubmitting DistrictSubmitted SchoolTerm

Section Identifier

SectionCourse

CourseCourse

Section Data ElementsCourse Code(s)Local Course TitleVarious Section Indicators:

•Classroom Type •Distance Education•Virtual / On-line Education•Project Based Learning•Academic Service Learning•Dual Enrollment Credit•Alternative Education Program•Equivalency•World Language•Bilingual / ESL

.

Section Identifier

Section

TeacherTeacher

Teacher

Teacher Data ElementsTeacher RoleDPI Educator File NumberLast NameFormer Last Name

Section Identifier

Section Identifier

Student

Student InformationWSNEnroll DateGrade Level PlacementSuccessful CompletionHigh School Credits EarnedCollege Credits EarnedGrade EarnedPart Time Open Enrollment

Submitting Agency

CWC data will be submitted by:› WSLS agency for:

• regular enrollment • part time open enrollment • enrollment in alternative education programs

› 2 CCDEBs or 2 State Schools for: • all students attending these 4 schools

WI DPI Course Codes

Built off NCES School Codes for Exchange of Data:– Subject Code,– Course Identifier, and– Course Level.

Augmented to allow reporting of:– Alternative Education,– Project Based Learning, and – Elementary Coursework.

Classroom Type

Indicates the grade level of students within a classroom.– Single grade level classroom (S)– Multiple grade level classroom (M)

Yes / No Section Indicators

Distance Education

Virtual / On-line Education

Project Based Learning

Academic Service Learning

Dual Enrollment Credit

Program through which students are dually enrolled in high school and college. – Youth Options – private college (YOPC)– Youth Options – technical collection (YOTC)– Youth Options – UW-System (YOUW)– Youth Apprenticeship (YA)– Advanced Standing (AS)– Transcripted Credit (TC) – Articulated Credit (AC)– Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)

Alternative Education Programs

Program that is not credit producing. – GEDO #2 (GED))– Jail and Detention (JD)– 118.15 contracts (HSED)– Competency-based and project based programs (CBPB)– MPS Partnership Schools (PS)– Challenge Academy (CA)

Equivalency

Subject area of the course for which an equivalent is proposed. › Science (S)› Math (M)› Social Studies (SS)› English Language Arts (ELA)

World Language

Domestic courses of study in languages other than English.– FLEX– FLES– Immersion – Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)

Bilingual / ESL

Course of study designed specifically for students whose native language is not English.– Bilingual (B)– ESL (E)– Two-Way Immersion (T)– None of the above (N)

Teacher Role

An individual that assists in the acquisition of knowledge by another.– single teacher (ST)– multiple teachers (MT)– collaborating teacher (CL)– monitoring educator (ME)

Student Data Elements

WSNEnroll DateGrade Level PlacementSuccessful CompletionHigh School Credits EarnedCollege Credits EarnedGrade EarnedPart Time Open Enrollment

Request for Feedback

CWC Survey Results

Received response from ~20% of survey recipients:– 30% responded WSN cannot be reasonably added to

student course information.

– 30% responded Grade Achieved is not stored electronically for elementary students.

– 20% responded Teacher is not stored electronically for elementary students.

– 52% of elementary and 30% of secondary responded severely handicapped students are not associated with courses.

Download and Reporting

Is download functionality needed for CWC?

What reporting functionality is needed to facilitate data quality review?

Proposed Schedule

Proposed Schedule

3 collection periods per school year.

2 to 2.5 month submission window for each collection period.

First collection period winter / spring 2011 for first semester 2010-11 course data.