Equity Metrics
The content on this page is being developed to measure the ²Ê̳ÖÁ×ð's effectiveness in achieving our goal of providing equitable opportunities and outcomes for all of our scholars.
Category 1: Equitable Student Academic Success
Indicator: Evidence that racial disparities in student success are narrowing
Category 1 metrics:
- Graduation rates among subgroups
- Successful completion of honors courses at the middle and high school levels
- Enrollment in MS honors
- Enrollment in high school AP, IB, UHS and CTE courses
Category 2: Equitable Student Success Beyond Academics
Indicator: Evidence that racial disparities in non-academic measures of student success are narrowing
Category 2 metrics:
- Percent of students participating in any activity (divided by subgroup; measure the gap)
- Process of student equity teams
- Percent of students engaged in music and athletics (by demographics)
- Passport for Good data (possible use for clubs and activities)
- JROTC participation, other organizations, etc
- Percent of students K 12 (breakout by level ES, MS, HS)
Category 3: Equitable Improvements to Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development
Indicator: Evidence that research-based strategies to reduce racial disparities are incorporated in curriculum and instruction
Category 3 metrics:
- Faculty and staff participation in Equity/CRE training
- Text selection is representative of equity and diversity
- Curriculum integration of multicultural themes and programming
Category 4: Equitable Resource Distribution
Indicator: Evidence that human and fiscal resources are being distributed equitably
Category 4 metrics:
- Staffing standardization and equity in pay and job duties
- Demographics of hires in leadership roles, faculty and staff positions
- Capital Projects (diversity of subcontractors and trades positions)
- Payroll/budget analyses
- Onboarding/setting clear expectations, including work ethic expectations
- Increased stakeholder input and involvement in the process
Category 5: Success in Equitable Hiring and Retention
Indicator: Evidence that hiring and retention practices and efforts are in place to facilitate the workforce demographics becoming more reflective of the student body
Category 5 metrics:
- Quarterly analysis of staff demographics
- Retention initiatives (mentor programs, supports for faculty and staff, career ladder opportunities)
- Analysis of exit interview data and demographics
- Grow Our Own programs (initiatives and pipeline programs, connections to teacher programs, student to teacher initiatives)
Category 6: Success in Equitable Student and Family Engagement
Indicator: Evidence that racial barriers to effective family engagement are falling
Category 6 metrics:
- Consolidate communication data to trend data (e.g., Facebook and Twitter data)
- Enrollment in SchoolTool/SchoolMessenger vs. total number of families
- Raptor data for school visitor numbers vs. total number of families
- “Travelling” events (school representative at community events)
- Parent teacher organizations working on building relationships with families and marketing to families
Category 7: Success in Equitable Community Engagement
Indicator: Evidence that partnerships with Albany’s diverse community are being implemented equitably
Category 7 metrics:
- Identify each district wide committee and its members
- Goal of each school being represented on the requisite committee
- Determine if each school has a PTA or similar organized manner for parent support and participation (track number of official members and attendance at meetings)
- Identify community partnerships at each school
- Track event attendance