Student & Teacher Experience & Success

• Mindset Activations & Reports:
  • EOS has developed a set of online activities proven to activate growth mindset and sense of belonging, the two most significant non-cognitive factors for student achievement.
  • The included report details responses by students and staff and promotes changes in practice to support belonging and growth mindset.
• Student Experience Survey & Report:
  • This survey will collect the experiences of AP/IB students and share out their challenges and successes, particularly those of first-time underrepresented students.
  • The survey report will highlight successful AP/IB supports and teaching practices, as well as uncover challenges experienced by AP/IB students in order to help you build on successful strategies and elevate areas where new strategies may be needed.
• Grade and Test Score Analysis & recommendations:
  • An analysis comparing semester grade performance to prior year quarter and semester grade performance, with successes and areas for focus.
    • Along with data visuals of results from the AP/IB program overall, specific visuals on underrepresented first-time takers’ results will support your AP/IB program development and refinement.
• Attrition Analysis & recommendations:
  • An analysis comparing AP/IB exam passing performance to prior year passing performance (as measured by number of students passing exams and pass rates).
    • Along with data visuals of results from the AP/IB program overall, specific visuals on underrepresented first-time takers’ results will support your AP/IB program development and refinement over time.

Professional development for starting sustainability

• Equity Leader Lab – Belonging content and presentations:
  • Belonging workshops are geared towards teachers and counselors, provide opportunities to deepen understanding, improve practice and create change.
  • Regional meetings and webinars bring together other districts and schools in your region to exchange best practices, build relationships and engage in meaningful dialogue.
• Regional and National Webinars with other schools and districts:
  • Join our national portfolio of partner schools and districts, hear powerful stories of success, exchange best practices and set yourself up for success at the annual symposium.
  • Join us online and in person along with our powerful network of schools and districts from across the country, to improve your EOS experience and learn from experts in the field.
• Student & Staff Focus Groups: 
  • A new offering of the EOS model, these focus groups allow for more advanced understanding of student and staff experience.

Continued offerings included from previous program

• Fall Student and Staff Surveys:
  • The Fall student surveys are one of the seminal EOS data collection tools and are required for the creation of most EOS products, including outreach and recruitment lists and Student Insights cards. Full participation is required to deliver our Equity Pathways Report.
  • The Fall staff recommendations support our seminal data collection tools and are required for the creation of outreach and recruitment lists and Student Insights cards.

• Full access to the EOS Portal
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  • Access tools and analytical charts and graphs.
• Student Lists and Insight Cards:
  • Student level profiles to provide and make visible key insights into student interest, motivation, academic and performance assets, barriers, and staff advocates.
  • Student Insight Cards are provided for all 10th and 11th grade students on the Outreach List for use during strategic planning and outreach throughout the partnership.
  • The Outreach List contains 10th and 11th grade students identified through EOS’s proprietary model and relies on both student and school-level characteristics to enable students to benefit from and succeed in AP/IB coursework at your high school.
    • 9th grade targeted students Outreach List is available.
  • The Outreach and Enrollment Tracker allows schools to execute against and track outreach activities leading to equitable enrollment.
    • EOS analyzes outreach data entered into the portal in partnership with course request enrollment data to highlight outreach trends impacting equity.
  • Capacity & Outreach Planning Analysis provides a view of each AP/IB course identifying which courses have capacity for enrollment and which courses may be the best fit for first time AP/IB students.

• Clients are assigned a Partnership Director (PD) who continues the support provided during the first year of implementation. Early submission of the CA will place partners on a priority list to continue receiving support from their current Partnership Director.
• The PD is on site on a regular basis (up to 6 visits*) to provide a wide range of project management, data interpretation, strategic coaching, and stakeholder engagement supports.
• Schools will receive an Equity Pathways report based on student and staff survey responses and providing a comprehensive analysis of AP/IB gaps, including the key barriers to access and learning mindset trends across the school.
• Support Reports will be provided to all schools with a set of concrete recommendations for supporting both students and staff. Drawing on an analysis of school-, student-, and staff-level data, Support Reports bring together best practices from across the EOS portfolio with recommendations informed by individual school needs.

• EOS Fall Student & Staff Surveys and Recommendations.
• Learning Mindset Activators for growth mindset and sense of belonging designed with support from Stanford’s PERTS team for the highest impact on student achievement.
• Equity Pathways report and Support Reports.
• EOS Portal access.
• Student Insight Cards.
• Outreach List of 10/11th graders for AP/IB.
• 9th grade targeted student Outreach List available.
• Outreach Tracking.
• Gaps Charts, including retention/attrition data for student follow-ups.
• Enrollment updates during course registration.
• EOS AP/IB Student Experience and Report.

SUPPORTS

• Consultation on semester grade analyses, as well as AP/IB exam result analyses.
• Live webinar trainings.
• Phone & Email Check-Ins.
• Participation in National Convening, access to community of practice.

TOOLS & RESOURCES

• Comprehensive Student Surveys: The Fall student surveys are one of EOS’s seminal data collection tools and are required for the creation of most EOS products, including outreach and recruitment lists and Student Insights cards. Full participation is required to deliver our Equity Pathways Report.
• Comprehensive Staff Surveys and Recommendations: The Fall staff surveys with recommendations serve as one of the seminal data collection tools and are required for the creation of most EOS products, including outreach and recruitment lists and Student Insights cards. Full participation is required to deliver our Equity Pathways Report.
• Learning Mindset Activators: With support from Stanford’s PERTS team, EOS has developed a set of questions and online activities proven to activate growth mindset and sense of belonging, the two most significant non-cognitive factors for student achievement.
• Equity Pathways report: The Equity Pathways report is our analysis of the comprehensive student and staff survey responses combined with recommendations to sustain equity and access in AP/IB coursework.
• Student Insight Cards: Student level profiles that visually provide key insights into student interest, motivation, academic and performance assets, barriers, and staff advocates. Student Insight Cards are provided for all 10th and 11th grade students on the Outreach List for use during strategic planning and outreach throughout the partnership.
• Outreach List: The Outreach List contains 10th and 11th grade students identified through EOS’s proprietary model and relies on both student and school-level characteristics to enamel students to benefit from and succeed in AP/IB coursework at your high school. 9th grade targeted students Outreach List is available.
• Outreach and Enrollment Tracker: The Outreach and Enrollment Tracker allows schools to execute against and track outreach activities leading to equitable enrollment. EOS analyzes outreach data entered into the portal in partnership with course request enrollment data to highlight outreach trends impacting equity.
• Capacity & Outreach Planning Analysis: This analysis provides a view of each AP/IB course identifying which courses have capacity for enrollment and which courses may be the best fit for first time AP/IB students.
• Semester AP/IB Grade Analysis: An analysis comparing semester grade performance to prior year quarter and semester grade performance, with successes and areas for focus. Along with data visuals of results from the AP/IB program overall, specific visuals on underrepresented first-time takers’ results will support your AP/IB program development and refinement.
• AP/IB Exam Analysis: An analysis comparing AP/IB exam passing performance to prior year passing performance (as measured by number of students passing exams and pass rates). Along with data visuals of results from the AP/IB program overall, specific visuals on underrepresented first-time takers’ results will support your AP/IB program development and refinement.
• AP/IB Student Experience Survey and Report: This survey will collect the experiences of AP/IB students and share out their challenges and successes, particularly those of first-time underrepresented students. The survey report will highlight successful AP/IB supports and teaching practices, as well as uncover challenges experienced by AP/IB students in order to help you build on successful strategies and elevate areas where new strategies may be needed.
• Support Report: A data and research driven guide to supporting student transitions to and success in AP, the Support Report combines fall student and staff survey data, quotes from across the EOS portfolio and tailored recommendations informed by your data and research-based best practices for student and staff supports.

Evaluation Tools

• Data visuals of your school’s AP/IB access reality compared to access for the 2016-17 school year.
• Gaps Charts showing AP/IB enrollment for 11th and 12th graders by race and segment.
• Equity Bar capturing the rate at which underrepresented students enroll in AP/IB coursework relative to benchmark students.

SUPPORT.

Live Webinar Trainings: Topics include portal refresher, advocacy and outreach best practices, outreach list walk-through/support, and outreach tracking.
Process Management Support: An EOS staff member monitors and tracks your progress. They contact you on a regular basis to provide support and help ensure your progress.
Monthly Check-Ins with Assigned Partnership Director: Personalized remote coaching from dedicated EOS staff to aid your best sustained access and success in AP/IB coursework.
Phone Support: Phone support includes discussing EOS analyses and strategy support for any aspect of the partnership.
Email Support: The EOS team can be contacted by email to support your success.

We are pleased to provide Learning Mindset Activators in our Continuing Services Pathways. A portfolio-wide report of student outcomes and benefits will be available to you. You will have the option to administer Staff and Student Activations during the fall or winter, separate from your fall surveying work.

The core of EOS equity work recognizes learning mindsets. As one of the main strategies for creating equity in AP and IB participation, EOS works with school partners to redefine student “readiness” for rigorous coursework. We look beyond GPA and test scores to identify students who demonstrate assets revealing learning mindsets and skills.

How does EOS recognize learning mindsets and skills?
We identify student assets psychological scientists show as powerful predictors of academic persistence and achievement —a growth mindset, purpose for learning, grit, and academic self-efficacy.

Recognition is only the first step.
Recognizing learning mindsets increases participation in AP/IB by identifying a larger pool of capable students. Were we to only focus on identifying students with these qualities, we would risk missing other students who could develop these attributes under the right conditions. Stepping beyond recognition allows us to close participation gaps by moving beyond traditionally inequitable metrics for identification.

Activation is key.

To move from recognizing to activating mindsets, EOS reviewed existing programs, workshops, and activities designed to boost students’ academic tenacity. We identified those that are most educationally impactful and least disruptive to classroom time. Our Growth Mindset and Belonging interventions are brief and have significant positive long-term educational impacts.