Research & Analytics

HSE Schools recognizes...

...that to help each student thrive, we must faithfully analyze needs, monitor progress, and evaluate strategies, programs, and processes. The HSE Analytics Team leads projects at both the system (district, cross-school) and student levels to provide teachers and administrators with timely data needed to make the best decisions to promote whole-child success.
 

Foundational to our work are four principles established by the Data Quality Campaign, an non-profit organization devoted to best practices in education data policy and use:
 

• Measure what Matters
• Make Data Use Possible
• Be Transparent and Earn Trust
• Guarantee Access and Protect Privacy 

To learn more about these guiding principles of educational data use, please visit the Data Quality Campaign’s website at www.dataqualitycampaign.org.

Measuring What We Value

HSE Schools believes that each student possesses a unique profile of knowledge, skills, talents, interests, experiences and more. In addition, we know educational research demonstrates that standardized tests are only a very narrow measure of student achievement. HSE’s Analytics Team is currently working with district teams and outside stakeholders to identify key student competencies (in addition to content knowledge and fundamental skills) that reflect the scope of our values.

 

References: Collaborative for Social & Emotional Learning (CASEL), Indiana Department of Workforce Development
 

As student profiles broaden to include measures of malleable competencies, community learning experiences, and student self-assessments – in addition to test scores and other traditional measures – educators will be better equipped to meet individual needs. Learners will have more complete information to understand who they are as individuals and, ultimately, to make decisions for their futures. Our current draft of learning competencies is depicted in the image below.
 

Meet the Analytics Team 

Dr. Susan Drumm, Chief Analytics Officer
Eric Day, Data Integration Manager
 
In addition, a Superintendent’s Analytics Committee, composed of internal and external stakeholders, meets monthly, offering diverse community perspectives to inform the work. Sectors represented include government, early learning, higher education, corporate, parent, and non-profit, as well as students, teachers, and administrators.
 
The Chief Analytics Officer reports directly to the Superintendent.

Recent Analytics Team Reports