A Look Ahead

A Look Ahead  

New Alignment to Shared Strategies and Non-Cognitive Outcomes: The partnership has embarked on a 4-6 month strategic planning process to identify the set of research-based strategies that produce the greatest impact for each of the nine indicators on the student success roadmap. Executive Committee members are convening strategy teams and will use their work to develop improvement plans in each area. A similar effort will be launched in 2013 to identify shared non-cognitive outcomes and strategies.  

Race and Equity Taskforce: The partnership is launching a cross-sector race and equity task force that will make policy recommendations to address gaps in academic performance with regards to race and income. Its recommendations will be put before the Executive Committee of The Strive Partnership for consideration. The creation and implementation of these policies will encourage a successful education system that is built on equity and a commitment to understanding the needs of each student.

Tutoring App: The Strive Partnership is in the beginning stages of creating a tutoring app. This app will allow tutors to log the amount of time spent with a student and subject matter focused on during the tutoring session. Tutors will be able to access the app on a smartphone or computer. The data collected from the app will then be uploaded into the Learning Partner Dashboard to provide data needed and measure impact of the tutoring services being provided to students.

The Community Indicators Report Card (CIRC) and the Student Success Dashboard (SSD): The partnership has helped develop an online tool to manage and report data and information for the nine outcomes in the report card. The tool provides a way to collect and organize data and create charts that can feed into a printed report or into an online platform that will be accessible from the partnership’s website. The CIRC will also be marketable to other communities that are implementing the Strive framework as a tool to help with the creation and management of a community report card. The Student Success Dashboard will build off of the Learning Partner Dashboard as an online tool to integrate student level data across many partners. The SSD will provide enhanced functionality and greater scalability that can be leveraged locally as well as by communities nationally.