The data listed below will be made available to Forward Madison researchers upon request. There are two types of data potentially needed – individual-level data and aggregate by school. Individual, student-level data
Student demographics, including: o Student ID #
Race/ethnicity
Special Education services required o ELL status
Advanced learner status
Student academic and behavior data, including:
Current school enrollment
PALS English and Espanol Grades 1-2 scores for Fall and Spring o MAP Grades 3-8 Reading and Math scores for Fall and Spring o ACT/Aspire Grades 9-11 scores
Out-of-School Suspensions
AttendanceAggregate data
MMSD Climate Survey data for staff, students, and parents by school Staff data – Year 4 Educator Effectiveness scores
Number of TEEM Scholars hired by MMSD
Student demographics (school level), Including:
Race/ethnicity
Income
Special Education services required o ELL status
Advanced learner statusStudent academic and behavior data (school level), including:
PALS English and Espanol Grades 1-2 scores for Fall and Spring o MAP Grades 3-8 Reading and Math scores for Fall and Spring o ACT/Aspire Grades 9-11 scores
Out-of-School Suspensions
AttendanceMMSD will provide this data to the Forward Madison research team at the end of each school year through 2022. See attached Forward Madison MOA for more details.
A plan for preventing others from viewing and using the data that addresses Confidentiality of Information and Security of the system:
Data will be stored in a University of Wisconsin-Madison Box account. Box adheres to the highest industry standards for security, including:
Content is stored on enterprise-grade servers that undergo regular audits and are monitored 24/7
Files are backed up daily to additional facilities
All files uploaded to Box are encrypted at rest using 256-bit AES encryption.
For files in transit, use RC4-128 encryption, currently considered safe and secure.
Name and contact Information of the researcher involved In day-to-day operation Involving use of data, and conducting the research and analysis.
Forward Madison is under the administrative lead of the Education Outreach and Partnerships Office (EOP), UW Madison School of Education, 264 Teacher Education Building, 225 N. Mills Street, Madison, WI 53706. Principal Investigator: Beth Giles-Klinkner; Project Coordinator: Ann Halbach. External evaluation will be conducted by Matthew Hora, Research Scientist, WI Center for Education Research, 960 Ed Sciences Bldg, Madison, WI 53706. Project Strand Evaluator – TBD