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- collected, analyzed, and reported on the council's academic key performance indicators (KPIS) on student achievement levels, attendance, suspensions, course participation, AP attainment, graduation rates, special education trends, english language learner performance, and principal and teacher demographic data. - updated the online data dashboard for the council's academic KPIS that contains longitudinal and district comparison data. - convened two meetings of the TUDA task force to advise the national assessment governing board and the national center for education statistics. The task force consists of 10 representatives from council member districts and provides recommendations and feedback on the development and operation of the TUDA program. - represented urban school district interests at meetings of the national assessment governing board; national academies of science, engineering, and medicine; national network of education research practice partnerships; national center for education statistics, united states department of education, and NAEP validity studies panel. - provided technical assistance to member districts on assessments, student information systems, data visualizations, and data dashboards, and responded to numerous member requests for statistical information and research assistance. - partnered with formative assessment vendors to produce reports on students' academic recovery from the pandemic using member district data. Data from these CGCS-specific reports were shared with member districts and the board of directors. - analyzed and reported the results from the council's first ARP investment survey administered to districts in 2022. - completed a literature review on the impact of different grade-level configurations on student outcomes. Task forces achievement and professional development improving the performance of ALL students and closing achievement GAPS is one of the council's most important priorities. In 2022-23, the council - convened monthly meetings for chief academic officers, chiefs of schools, CORE content AREA directors, and other instructional leaders to provide member districts with the opportunity to hear from notable guest speakers and confer with their peers on current issues impacting teaching and learning. - convened monthly instructional spotlight webinars to build a shared understanding of the key features of a high-quality curriculum. - hosted a series of virtual meetings for districts on how to address unfinished learning through curriculum guidance and professional development. - facilitated district discussions on the issue of master scheduling, including specialty areas at the elementary level as well as scheduling content AREA pathways at the high school level. - convened a special meeting of CAOS and chiefs of schools to discuss the effective use of federal relief funding. - convened a committee of CAOS, content directors, and experts in the field to update and revise " supporting excellence: a framework for developing, implementing and sustaining a high-quality district curriculum." - continued collaboration with student achievement partners in the design and implementation of the text analysis toolkit. Recruited directors of english language arts and literacy to provide feedback to refine criteria that would foster more rigorous and relevant literacy instruction. - collaborated with student achievement partners to review and provide feedback in the development of culturally-responsive tasks for mathematics instruction. Recruited directors of mathematics to provide feedback on how these tasks could be used in their districts. - continued to elevate and leverage the work of member districts that have shown substantial gains on NAEP and state assessments among disadvantaged students and students of color to share characteristics, strategies, and lessons learned. - convened the achievement and professional development task force at the 2022 annual fall conference and the legislative conference in march 2023 to update district leaders on newly released publications, trends in national and district data, and strategies for addressing unfinished learning. - provided virtual support to districts in designing and implementing curriculum initiatives using the council's supporting excellence framework and its accompanying rubric. - planned and coordinated strategic support team visits to review the instructional programming of member districts and to provide findings and recommendations to district leadership teams. The task forces on leadership, governance, and management, and school finance address the quality and tenure of leadership and management in and funding of urban schools. In 2022-23, the council - convened monthly meetings for council member superintendents, school board representatives and board chairs, school board support staff, chiefs of staff, directors of facilities, chief financial officers, chief information officers, chief human resource officers, procurement directors, risk management directors, emergency managers, chiefs of police/safety and security officers, food service directors, transportation directors, and internal auditors to foster collaboration and PEER-to-PEER support networks. - hosted the 2022 harvard/CGCS accelerating board capacity institute, providing professional development and governance training to delegations of urban school boards and district leaders. - launched four training cohorts to provide guidance to new board members, board chairs, board support staff, and board coaches in supporting student outcomes-focused governance. - launched the inaugural cohort of the michael casserly urban executive leadership institute for aspiring superintendents under the direction of the council's superintendent-in-residence. The cohort MET in person in february, march, may, and JUNE, JULY, september, and october. - provided hands-on coaching support to several council member district superintendents and leadership teams at their request. - provided board coaching and training, including multi-day school board retreats, in over 30 districts. - hosted in-person job-alike meetings for chief information officers, chief finance officers, chief human resource officers, purchasing directors, risk management directors, and internal auditors. - planned and coordinated strategic support team visits to review the operational, safety and security, human resources, transportation, information technology, and finance functions of member districts and providing findings and recommendations to district leadership teams. - expanded the michael casserly urban school executive leadership institute to prepare future leaders to take on the challenges facing large urban school districts. - managed the data collection, analysis, and reporting of the council's operational KPIS, and released the annual "managing for results" report. - coordinated an effort to provide technical assistance to 20 council member districts to help them strengthen their technology interoperability, with efforts to expand the program.
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