The GSP Monthly Dispatch – January 2023

Welcome to the archive of The GSP Monthly Dispatch, our monthly roundup of upcoming events as well as fresh and insightful writing from our school coaches. Did you know you can get the Dispatch delivered to your inbox every month for free? All you need to do is sign up.

Header image for the Dispatch archive. Text reads: "The GSP Monthly Dispatch"

January 2023

Welcome to the January issue of the GSP Monthly Dispatch! This month, we bring you:

  • Our latest report: the NESSC Common Data Project Annual Report 2022, which includes comparable data about high school and college outcomes from across New England 
  • An invitation to join us March 27-28, 2023, in Newport, Rhode Island, for our School Redesign in Action (SRIA) conference 
  • From our blog archive: David Ruff on assessment and accountability; Glennys Sánchez on how community engagement has changed; Kate Gardoqui on grading and reporting for educational equity
A banner with blue triangular borders, the text Our Monthly Must-Read in blue, an open book icon on the right side, highlighting February 2021.
A group of diverse students in graduation caps and gowns smile and celebrate, holding diplomas. The image is on the cover of a report titled Common Data Project 2022 Annual Report School Year 2020-2021.

The NESSC Common Data Project Annual Report provides transparent, comparable data about high school and college outcomes from across the New England states. We began tracking high school graduation and dropout rates in 2009. Since then, extended high school graduation rates have been added as well as college enrollment, persistence, and completion measures. The six New England states have shared comparable data through the NESSC Common Data Project that demonstrate evidence of progress in secondary school outcomes. This report presents data trends across the region, as well as by state. The report also includes data disaggregated by student characteristics across six indicators, which allow us to examine educational equity in New England secondary school outcomes by economic disadvantage (ED), English learner status (EL), disability status, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Read More
Banner with the text Upcoming Events in blue, flanked by a triangular border pattern and an icon of a calendar marked December 2022 with a star on the right side.
SRIA 2023 logo with blue geometric shapes, the text “School Redesign in Action Conference,” tagline “Reconnect. Recommit. Redesign.,” and event dates “March 27-28” for this leading Education Conference.

School Redesign in Action 2023

School Redesign in Action is the Great Schools Partnership’s eleventh conference for educators and education stakeholders from across the country, who will come together to share lessons learned in the journey toward educational equity and personalized learning. Participants will exchange best practices, problem solve together, and continue to build momentum and public support for innovations that improve learning for all students. 

Details on registration, pricing, lodging, travel, and more can be found by clicking the button below; you will also find information for presenters and our frequently asked questions.

Read More
Correspondents header
Black and white portrait of a middle-aged man in a suit and patterned tie, smiling at the camera with trees blurred in the background. The image, circularly cropped, was taken in November 2021.

Rethinking Assessment and Accountability

By David Ruff

“Let me start with a point of acute clarity: quality assessment data on student achievement—down to the individual student—is crucial to ensure equitable and high quality learning for each student.”

Read More
A woman with long, dark hair smiles at the camera in front of a brick wall background. The photo, taken in February 2021, is black and white and shown in a circular frame.

Community Engagement, As We Knew It, Has Changed

By Glennys Sánchez

“If there was ever a doubt of the power of community engagement, Covid-19 pressurized the need to center family partnerships in the way we do school.”

Read More

Grading & Reporting for Educational Equity – How Schools Create a Learning Culture

by Kate Gardoqui

“This guide highlights the central practices that schools can use to ensure their grading and reporting systems help them build a nurturing, equitable, creative, and dynamic culture of learning. “

Read More

Thanks for reading! See you next month.

Subscribe to the GSP Monthly Dispatch

A free monthly roundup of upcoming Great Schools Partnership events, as well as fresh and insightful writing from our school coaches.