update on home based assignment system - boston … public schools review of home based assignment...

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

October 15, 2014

*

Update on Home Based Assignment System


Agenda

  Review of Home Based Assignment System

  Enhancements for Coming Year

  Analysis of Choices and Access to Quality

  Future Considerations

2


Review of Home Based Assignment

  In March 2013, the School Committee approved a new school choice process to provide greater access to quality schools closer to home

  The core of this process is the Home Based Assignment plan   Under the Home Based plan, school choice lists contain an average

range of 12 to 14 schools, including:   2 closest MCAS tier I schools   4 closest MCAS tier I or II schools   6 closest schools from the first, second, or third MCAS tiers

  Every list also includes all schools within one mile from home, citywide options, regional schools, and other option schools to ensure program and seat availability

  Tiers have been based on a combination of a school’s MCAS score, which includes measures for proficiency and academic growth

3


Review of Home Based Assignment

  School Committee also approved a number of other provisions:

  English Language Learners (ELLs) Overlay: ELLs at ELD levels 1-3 have access to all schools in their home-based list plus any cluster schools that offer SEI programming.

  Students with Disabilities (SWDs) Overlay: SWDs have access to any program within their cluster, with both substantially separate and inclusive options

  Middle School Overlay: Guaranteed K-8 pathway for all students to offer predictability for families

  Quality Commitments: including more K-8 pathways, more school options, and the creation of more comprehensive school quality measures

4


  Transitioned to a New Student Information System (SIS) over the summer which now offers one location for all student information

  Now our SIS offers real-time access to information and ability to make live updates

  Enhanced online translation services for parents allowing them to see child’s information live and in their native language

  This summer was the first time registration and student assignment were completed through the new SIS.

  In the future, there will be new functionality for parents through the Parent Portal

Review of SY 14/15 Enhancements

5


Enhancements for School Choice SY 2015-2016

6

  Building in enhancements to www.discoverbps.org to give families more information about their school choices.

  Updated sorting and filtering options to include:   Expanded program filters

  More information for SPED and ELL options

  Expanded details on before/after/extended day options by grade level

  Expanded student supports section (Nurse, Social Worker, Guidance Counselor, etc.)


Enhancements for School Choice SY 2015-2016

7

  Improved outreach to families

  Use data from surveys of typical late comers identifying reasons why families registered late

  Continue outreach programs from last year including:

  New Billboards

  Newspaper Ads

  19 multilingual information sessions for families, plus Community Partners events

  Radio and Cable Interviews

  Social Media

  Community Partner Outreach

  Canvassing day in targeted neighborhoods

  Opening of Mattapan Welcome Center

ork Class

WH


8

  November 3: School Choice season kicks off

  November 15, 9am-1pm: Citywide Showcase In Our Schools

(Open houses at every early ed, elementary, middle, K-8, 6-12 school)

  December 4, 4pm-6pm: High School Showcase at Madison Park HS

  November – January: School Preview Days (3 per school)

Round Grades Dates Notices Sent Round 1 K0, K1, K2, 6, 9 January 5 – January 30 Mid-March Round 2 All grades February 4 – March 20 Mid-May Round 3 All grades March 23 – May 8 Mid-June Round 4 All grades May 11 – June 12 Mid-July

2015-2016 School Choice Season Key Dates


K2 families receiving their top choice and one of their top 3 choices by race

9

59.0%

46.9%

54.2%

35.4% 30.5%

47.3%

86.5%

75.7% 77.3%

61.2% 55.8%

73.0%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Asian Black Hispanic White Other Average

Top Choice Top 3 Choices


K1 families receiving their top choice and one of their top 3 choices by race

10

37.8% 41.5%

44.6% 46.2%

37.8%

43.3%

71.7%

65.3% 64.5% 61.5%

58.0%

64.2%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%


Top Choice Top 3 Choices


Grade 6 families receiving their top choice and one of their top 3 choices by race

11

56.8% 60.4%

67.9% 69.4%

59.5%

64.5%

91.8%

86.1%

90.7% 89.8% 88.1% 89.2%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%


Top Choice Top 3 Choice


K2 Top Choice and Assigned by Tier and Race

12

Asian Black Hispanic White Other Tier 1 74.2% 23.9% 28.8% 69.6% 50.5% Tier 2 10.1% 23.0% 28.9% 17.1% 22.1% Tier 3 5.6% 12.3% 20.1% 6.8% 4.2% Tier 4 3.4% 16.7% 11.1% 2.3% 9.5% No Tier 6.7% 24.1% 11.0% 4.2% 13.7%

Top Choice Tier

Assigned Choice Tier


No -er includes EEC schools, PA Shaw, and Alighieri


K1 Top Choice and Assigned by Tier and Race

13


Top Choice Tier



No -er includes EEC schools, PA Shaw, and Alighieri


Grade 6 Top Choice and Assigned by Tier and Race

14

Top Choice Tier


Asian Black Hispanic White Other

Tier 1 39.7% 12.6% 18.2% 43.5% 14.3%

Tier 2 32.2% 18.1% 31.8% 34.3% 35.7%

Tier 3 21.2% 41.9% 36.1% 19.0% 42.9%

Tier 4 4.8% 18.9% 9.2% 1.4% 4.8%

No Tier 2.1% 8.4% 4.7% 1.9% 2.4%

Asian Black Hispanic White Other

Tier 1 24.0% 11.4% 16.5% 36.1% 7.1%

Tier 2 25.3% 9.7% 27.1% 23.1% 28.6%

Tier 3 39.0% 52.8% 41.6% 35.6% 50.0%

Tier 4 11.6% 26.1% 14.8% 5.1% 14.3%

No Tier N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Note: The “No Tier” schools at the Middle School level conduct their own assignment process, separate from the BPS system.


Incoming K2 students will attend schools closer to home

15

1.69

1.40

1.17

1.33 1.31 1.33

1.18

1.05 0.94

1.05

1.20

1.01

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

1.60

1.80


Ave

rag

e M

iles

to S

ch

oo

l

2013

2014


Incoming K1 students will also attend schools closer to home

16

1.22

1.48 1.40

1.21 1.21

1.35

1.04 1.06 1.09

0.97 1.06 1.04

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

1.60


Ave

rag

e M

iles

to S

ch

oo

l

2013

2014


Grade 6 students will also attend schools closer to home

17

1.82 1.81 1.73

1.28

1.82 1.72

0.96

1.68

1.30 1.22

1.49

1.34

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

1.60

1.80

2.00


Ave

rag

e M

iles

to S

ch

oo

l

2013

2014


School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative (SEII)

18

Dr. Parag Pathak Dept. of Economics MIT

Peng Shi Doctoral Student, MIT

Additional Home-Based Analysis


How did families choose in 2014 compared to previous years?

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other

Perc

ent

ag

e o

f To

p T

hre

e C

hoic

es

Top Three Choices of K2 New Families

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

19


How many choices did families rank compared to previous years?

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Perc

ent

ag

e o

f Fa

mili

es

Number of choices ranked (at most)

Lengths of Rank Order Lists of K2 New Families

2012

2013

2014

20


Calculating “access to quality”

Definition   Calculates the chance a student has for being assigned to

a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school if the student has ranked all Tier 1 or 2 schools at the top of their choice list.

  The methodology keeps actual choices constant for all other K2 students and calculates an access to quality for each student individually

Takes into Consideration

  Available seats   Competition for seats   Actual choices made by students

21


Access to Quality Distribution for K2 New Families

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

1 101 201 301 401 501 601 701 801 901 1001 1101 1201 1301 1401

Ac

ce

ss to

Tie

r 1 o

r 2 S

cho

ols

Student Rank (Ranked by least access to best)

Least Access to Quality Best Access to Quality

Original simula-on result for the least access to quality for a student if all families ranked 10 choices (22.4%)

22


However, many families are not highly ranking Tier 1 or 2 schools

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

1 101 201 301 401 501 601 701 801 901 1001 1101 1201 1301 1401

Ac

ce

ss to

Tie

r 1 o

r 2 S

cho

ols

Student Rank (Ranked by least access to best)

Actual

Restricting to options ranked

The blue line is only attainable if the family ranked every Tier 1 or 2

school

Access

Least Access to Quality Best Access to Quality 23


Access of quality by location

24

The color scale charts the opportunity to enroll in a Tier 1 or 2 School. 1.0 signifies a 100% opportunity if a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school is selected while keeping other students choices constant.


Where are families not ranking many Tier 1 or 2 choices?

25

The color scale charts the access to quality opportunity that was not u-lized due to students not ranking all Tier 1 and Tier 2 schools. 0.5 signifies a 50% poten-al not u-lized due to not ranking all Tier 1 or Tier 2 schools.


  SEII is partnering with BPS to further the initial research already completed on Home-Based

  Points of analysis will include:   Race   Free/Reduced Lunch   Deeper dive into individual choices   Planned K1 expansion by 2018

Further SEII Research

26


  School Quality Framework implementation for 2016-17   Continue collaboration with The Boston Area Research Initiative

to analyze effects of Home-Based   Planning for K1 Expansion

  Planned Activities   Condon will expand to a K-8, offering 6th grade in SY 15/16   Fenway HS will complete its move to Mission Hill with increased

enrollment and new Spanish SEI program   UP Academy is increasing the number of seats   Continued expansion of inclusion classrooms

  Outstanding Issues   ACC & Margarita Muniz moves   Manning K-8 expansion   Dearborn space for continued high school expansion   East Boston HS seat capacity

Next Steps for School Choice

27


  Wait list modifications

  SWD/ELL overlay modifications

  Grade reconfigurations

Future Considerations for Student Assignment

28


•  Currently, the ELL overlay has clusters F & G whereas the SWD overlay has a combined cluster of F & G

•  BPS is proposing to merge clusters F & G for the ELL overlay in order to have the SWD & ELL overlays to match

Rationale for modification: •  Students in either F or G have access to Special Needs

programs across the clusters but not necessarily SEI program seats. By merging the clusters it will simplify the choice process for English Language Learner students with moderate/severe disabilities.

•  Clusters F & G individually have the lowest number of ELL students. If the clusters are merged it would give students in either cluster greater access to SEI programming.

Proposal to Combine ELL Clusters F & G

29


Current ELL & SWD Overlays

30


Current ELL & SWD Overlays – Clusters F & G

31

ELL clusters F & G would be combined to match cluster F in the SWD Overlay


Appendix

32


Average Tier and Average Distance to 1st Choice School by Neighborhood – K2

33

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Ave

rag

e D

ista

nce

(M

iles)

Average Tier

E. Boston

Central Bos.

Charlestown

Back Bay/BH

W. Roxbury

S. End

Roslindale

Fenway

Mattapan

Roxbury

Hyde Park

Average

All-Bri S. Dorchester

Jamaica Plain

N. Dorchester

S. Boston


K2 Choices & Assignments by Tier and Race

34

Asian Black Hispanic White Other Total Tier 1 132 130 225 330 48 865 Tier 2 18 125 226 81 21 471 Tier 3 10 67 157 32 4 270 Tier 4 6 91 87 11 9 204 No Tier 12 131 86 20 13 262 Total 178 544 781 474 95 2072

K2 Choices by Race

K2 Assignments by Race No tier includes EEC schools, PA Shaw, and Alighieri Data as of Round 1 and only includes students that made choices



Average Tier and Average Distance to 1st Choice School by Neighborhood - K1

35

Allston-Brighton Back Bay

Central Bos.

Charlestown E. Boston

Fenway

Hyde Park

Jamaica Plain

Mattapan

N. Dorchester

Roslindale

Roxbury

S. Boston S. Dorchester

S. End

W. Roxbury

District Average

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Ave

rag

e D

ista

nce

(M

iles)

Average Tier


0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

Ave

rag

e D

ista

nce

(M

iles)

Average Tier

Average Tier and Average Distance to 1st Choice School by Neighborhood – Grade 6

36

MaVapan

Central Bos. – Only 1 Student

Fenway – Only one student

All-‐Bri

Back Bay/BH

Charlestown

W. Roxbury E. Boston

Average

Hyde Park

Roxbury S. Boston

S. End

S. Dorchester Jamaica Plain

N. Dorchester Roslindale


K1 Choices & Assignments by Tier and Race

37


K1 Choices by Race

K1 Assignments by Race No tier includes EEC schools, PA Shaw, and Alighieri Data as of Round 1 and only includes students that made choices



Grade 6 Choices & Assignments by Tier and Race

38


Gr. 6 Choices by Race

Gr. 6 Assignments by Race

Asian Black Hispanic White Other Total Tier 1 35 54 108 78 3 278 Tier 2 37 46 177 50 12 322 Tier 3 57 251 272 77 21 678 Tier 4 17 124 97 11 6 255 No Tier N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total 146 475 654 216 42 1533 Note: The “No Tier” schools at the Middle School level (BGA & UP Dorchester) conduct their own assignment process, separate from the BPS system.

update on home based assignment system - boston … public schools review of home based assignment...

Documents