Below are the notes from the NOV 18th NPSO COP call. The notes will also be added to the NPSO website http://www.psocenter.org/CofP2010.html. Have a happy Thanksgiving.
----------- Ryan Kellems, Ph.D. Research Associate National Post-School Outcomes Center Secondary Special Education & Transition University of Oregon (541) 346-3218 [email protected] Community of Practice November 18, 2010 Participants KY: Judy OR:Jackie, Pattie SD: Melissa MS:Debroah, Lewis WA: Wendy NH: Amy UT: Susan ID: Janice AZ: Laurie Shehi NJ: Bob Hall NPSO: Ryan Kellems Let us know if we misspelled your name or didn¹t include you on the list! Notes are not verbatim but rather an attempt to capture the essence of what is shared. Please alert us if there are glaring errors! Announcements & Reminders: NPSO is growing- We are pleased to announce that Dawn Rowe has joined us as program coordinator and knowledge Development/Technical Assistance Provider. Dawn is completing her doctorate at the University of North Carolina- Charlotte with our friends from NSTTAC. Dawn has participated in the NSTTAC Institute, so you maybe familiar with them. We are happy to have them on staff. Secondary Transition State Planning Institute 2011 Call for proposals- The RFP is now available please submit a proposal is you are interested in presenting at the upcoming state planning institute. Proposals are being solicited from a number of topics see the RFP for a complete list. Topic: Indicator 14 SPP Writing suggestions document- The document can be found at http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Analy sis/SPPWritingSuggestions2011Final.doc <http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Anal ysis/SPPWritingSuggestions2011Final.doc> Indicator 14 SPP Writing suggestions- This document provides States with writing suggestions and examples for completing Part B Indicator 14 in the State Performance Plan (SPP) due February 1, 2011 (FFY 2009). Indicator 14 is a new Indicator for the February 2011 submission. Therefore, States are to use the SPP template not the APR template when reporting Indicator 14. Approved September 2010 Other tools that may be of interest to those working on their SPP: We want to share with you three tools created to help states analyze and report and use their post-school outcomes data. The first is the NPSO Response Calculator, the second is the Data Display Template and the third is the District-By-District Tables. Our partner, State University of New York, SUNY, revised the DDT and DBDT to meet the language of the new measurement table. The NPSO Response Calculator is used to test whether the respondents to your survey or interview represent the total leavers on key demographic variables. The Response Calculator is available at http://www.psocenter.org/analysis.html <http://www.psocenter.org/analysis.html> Indicator 14 Response Calculator- Allows states to compare the similarity of the respondent sample to the representative sample. A 2-minute Flash Demo showing how to use the Response Calculator can be found at. http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Analy sis/ResponseCalculator/rc.htm <http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Anal ysis/ResponseCalculator/rc.htm> Data Display Templates Creates four stacked bar graphs of the post-school outcomes disaggregated by the demographic groups of gender, method of exit, race/ethnicity, and disability. The graphs are created in Excel 207. Data are entered on two worksheets. Information from these worksheets is used to create pages that can be used for reporting and presentation purposes. Instructions for the data display templates can be found at: http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/DataD isplays/StateDataDisplay/DisplayTemplateInstructionsRevised31August2010.doc <http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Data Displays/StateDataDisplay/DisplayTemplateInstructionsRevised31August2010.doc > District-By-District Post-School Outcomes Table- This document creates a table of percentages and frequency counts of post-school outcomes for each district in a state. This is an optional tool that states may use to display Indicator 14 data for each district. Instructions for the District-By-District Post-School Outcomes Table can be found at:http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Da taDisplays/DistrictDataDisplay/DistrictByDistrictInstructionsRevisedAugust20 10.doc <http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/ToolsAndProducts/AnalysisReportingAndUse/Data Displays/DistrictDataDisplay/DistrictByDistrictInstructionsRevisedAugust2010 .doc> Mark your calendar for upcoming NPSO CoP calls: December 9th SLDS Data Dictionary NPSO Staff
