By linking K-12 data to the state's public community colleges and universities, our Postsecondary Feedback Reports (PSFR) Portal is giving AZ schools access to data they’ve never had before. This effort to strengthen the links between high school, community colleges and universities builds upon Arizona's prior efforts to streamline community college to university transfers. By extending this to high schools, we are further strengthening these partnerships in a way that can be a model for other systems. When institutions are able to follow their students' outcomes, they can improve their decision making for future cohorts. When PSFR is used in conjunction with other data sources, educators can have more information about their school’s strengths, challenges and meet the needs of their specific students. In this session we will highlight the creation and expansion of this partnership with our K-12, community college and university partners, how the reports have evolved and improved over time, and several real-world examples of these reports being used to improve our state's education system.
Presenters: Rebecca McKay, Data Scientist, ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence; Christopher Ozuna, Strategic Data Project Fellow, ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence; Joe O'Reilly, PhD, Director, ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence