Strategic Plan Data Dashboard

PO-SS- 1 – Opportunity Gaps – SOL’s
Objective:  By 2024, APS will reduce opportunity gaps for all reporting groups on state assessments

Description: This performance objective is a key measure of APS’s progress toward reducing and eventually eliminating opportunity gaps on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL’s) assessments. The SOL’s are conducted annually in English, Mathematics, Science, and History/Social science and measure the success of students in meeting the Virginia Board of Education’s expectations for learning and achievement.The SOL Opportunity Gap Dashboard shows trend data on student group pass rates and opportunity gaps compared to their peers on the Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies and Science SOL’s. Due to COVID-19 Virginia did not administer SOL’s in the spring of 2020 and only some were administered in 2021.

DATA

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-SS- 2 – Growth -DIBELS

Objective: By 2024, all elementary and middle school students will annually demonstrate growth by a minimum of one level using district assessments and students performing at the advanced level will continue to perform at the advanced level

Description: The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) assessment is Arlington’s literacy screener to determine student progress on early literacy skills in grades K-5, such as phonics, comprehension, fluency and other reading skills.  The DIBELS growth dashboard shows the percentage of students who either demonstrated at least a year’s worth of growth or performed at the advanced level during each DIBELS administration in a given school year.

DATA

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

DIBELS Proficiency Analysis Dashboard

PO-SS- 2 – Growth – Math Inventory 

Objective: By 2024, all elementary and middle school students will annually demonstrate growth by a minimum of one level using district assessments and students performing at the advanced level will continue to perform at the advanced level

Description: The Math Inventory is a computer-adaptive screener for students in grades 1-8 that measures math growth. The Math Inventory assesses students three times per school year. The Math Inventory growth dashboard shows the percentage of students who either demonstrated at least a year’s worth of growth or continued to perform at the advanced level during each Math Inventory administration in a given school year.

DATA

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

Math Inventory Proficiency Analysis Dashboard

PO-SWB-1- Discipline Disproportionality

Objective: Disproportionality in suspension rates by race/ethnicity, students identified with a disability, and English Learners will be annually reduced and overall suspensions will not increase

Description: APS is committed to improving school and student climate, culture, and outcomes from behavior incidents. This performance objective is the key measure of APS’s progress toward reducing overall suspensions and disproportionality in suspensions across student demographic groups. The Discipline Disproportionality dashboard shows trend data on disproportionality and the relative risk of student groups being suspended compared to their peers. The risk ratio is calculated using the formula provided by the Virginia Department of Education.

DATA

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-SWB-2- Indicator 5a (LRE)

Objective: By 2024, at least 80% of students with disabilities will spend 80% or more of their school day in a general education setting

Description: This performance objective is a key measure of APS’s progress in achieving higher levels of inclusion, that is students with disabilities accessing instruction in the general education setting. The LRE – Indicator 5a dashboard shows trend data on APS’s progress toward this performance objective.

DATA

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-SWB-3- Student Social, Emotional, Mental Health

Objective: Key findings on the Your Voice Matters (YVM) survey will show improvements in student social, emotional, and mental health

Description: This performance objective monitors the effectiveness of APS’s strategies designed to improve student’s well-being. This objective is currently being measured by the percentage of favorable responses by students on the 2020 and 2022 Your Voice Matters (YVM) survey on questions grouped under the topic of: Student Well-Being: Social, Emotional, Mental Health.

To access, visit the Your Voice Matters homepage. Next, click on “Arlington Public Schools” then “Spring 2022 YVM” from the dropdown, followed by “Students” then “Student Well-Being: Social, Emotional, Mental Health”.

Results are available for Gr.4-5 and Gr. 6-12 and broken down by student demographics (Race/Ethnicity, Gifted status, English Learner status and Special Education status)

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-EW-1 – Professional Learning

Objective: By 2024, at least 70% of APS staff will respond favorably that opportunities for professional learning meet their needs, as indicated on the Your Voice Matters survey

Description: This performance objective measures staff perception of APS’s professional learning system. This objective is currently being measured by the percentage of favorable responses by staff on the 2020 & 2022 Your Voice Matters (YVM) survey on questions grouped under the topic of: Engaged Workforce: Professional Learning.  

To access, visit the Your Voice Matters homepage. Next, click on “Arlington Public Schools” then “Spring 2022 YVM” from the dropdown, followed by “Teachers and Staff” then “Engaged Workforce: Professional Learning”. Results are available by Employee Scale.

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-EW-2 – Staff Engagement & Climate

Objective: By 2024, APS staff will respond at the 75th percentile or better on staff engagement and climate, as indicated by the Your Voice Matters survey

Description: This performance objectives measures the overall levels of workforce engagement and workplace climate. Several questions come from the Gallop Q12, a highly reliable measure of workforce engagement. The performance objectives also measures the workplace climate established by organizational leadership including topics such as respect, trust, support, and valuing diversity.This objective is currently being measured by the percentage of favorable responses by staff on the 2020 & 2022 Your Voice Matters (YVM) survey on questions grouped under the topics of: Engaged Workforce: Staff Engagement and Engaged Workforce: Workplace Climate. 

To access, visit the Your Voice Matters homepage. Next, click on “Arlington Public Schools” then “Spring 2022 YVM” from the dropdown, followed by “Teachers and Staff” then “Engaged Workforce: Workplace Climate & Engaged Workforce: Staff Engagement”. Results are available by Employee Scale.

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-EW-3 – Staff Training – In Development

Objective: By 2024, all staff participate in training that meets or exceeds industry standards for their position

Description: APS’s staff provide a wide variety of services. Each service, from services to students such as academics and social/emotional support through operations services such as finance, technical, and maintenance, requires ongoing training to remain current on best practices. APS is currently working to strengthen data collection practices on staff training that occurs inside and outside of APS to accurately report progress on this performance objective.

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

OE-1 – Operational Excellence  –under development

Objective: Organizational operations will continuously improve their effectiveness as measured by identified Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

Description: Operations provides a wide variety of services that support families and student learning. Each of APS’s sixteen support service areas has identified a key measure of the effectiveness of their service. This performance measure monitors the continuous improvement of these support service areas.

What are KPI’s? Key Performance Indicators are indicators of progress toward an intended result. KPIs provides a focus for strategic and operational improvement. A few examples include: Procurement Dept. – Number of business hours to approve a purchase order; Transportation – % requested services delivered on time.

Monitoring reports with progress data

Deep dives and additional data on this performance objective

PO-P-1 – Partnerships: Family Engagement

Objective: By 2024, at least 90% of APS families will respond favorably on student and family engagement on the Your Voice Matters (YVM) survey results.

Description: Families are APS’s partners in ensuring every student learns and thrives in a safe, healthy, and supportive learning environment, graduating college and career ready. Family engagement is essential to supporting students. This performance objective measures the effectiveness of APS’s strategies to increase family engagement.

This objective is currently being measured by the percentage of favorable responses by families on the 2020 & 2022 Your Voice Matters (YVM) survey on questions grouped under the topics of: Partnerships: Family Engagement. 

To access, visit the Your Voice Matters homepage. Next, click on “Arlington Public Schools” then “Spring 2022 YVM” from the dropdown, followed by “Family Members” then “Partnerships: Family Engagement ”.