- Detroit Public Schools Community District
- Data, Assessment & Accountability Division
- Data Services
- Conducting Research in DPSCD
DPSCD Research Priorities
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Detroit Public Schools Community District is committed to fostering meaningful research activity aligned with supporting our mission to educate and empower every student, in every community, every day, to build a stronger Detroit. ...
Research priorities are categorized into the following priority area groupings below:
→ Ongoing Priority Areas include specific research priorities directly aligned with the district’s Blueprint 2020 Strategic Plan Priorities. These represent critical areas for continual evaluation, review, and adaptation in as we strive towards meeting our long-term strategic improvement goals. These areas will remain consistent as priority research focus areas throughout the term of the current strategic plan.
→ Flexible Priority Areas include annually updated research priorities included to provide deeper learning and critical information on immediate, time-sensitive issues which may be particularly relevant during one year but that are not necessarily expected to require consistent priority focus over multiple years.
Please use the resource information provided below to review the district's current research priorities for external partnership alignment.
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DPSCD Research Priorities
Click above to download a PDF version of the current DPSCD Research Priorities.
DPSCD Research Priorities Reference Table Updated 07_01_19.pdf 78.85 KB (Last Modified on July 1, 2019)
Ongoing Priority Areas
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Outstanding Achievement
- Consistent instructional curriculum highly aligned with standards
- Access to rigorous course progression aligned with college, career, and life goals
- Stakeholder access to accurate and actionable data on student and district progress
- Individualized and appropriate exceptional students education (special education) services
- Effective support for Partnership School students
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Transformative Culture
- Internal and external stakeholder perceptions of school and district culture
- Factors contributing to positive behavior in and out of the classroom
- Reducing chronic absenteeism
- Impact and alignment of community supports and resources for student’s families
- Effective decision-making structures between schools, the District, and constituents
- Effective communication channels between schools, the District, and constituents
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Whole Child Commitment
- Access to quality, effective cultural and leadership experiences, as well as social-emotion and health services
- Access to robust programming in non-core subject areas, including visual arts, music, dance, theater, physical education, world language, technology and health, as well as service-based learning opportunities
- Access to and participation in high-quality extra-curricular programming
- Provision of nutritious meals and their effects on health, development, and learning
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Exceptional Talent
- Efficiency and effectiveness of recruitment, hiring, and onboarding policies and practices
- Innovation in leveraging partnerships and programs to strengthen talent pipelines
- Access to and effectiveness of staff professional development
- Quality and consistency of educator and staff evaluation and succession planning systems at all levels
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Responsible Stewardship
- District and school budgeting processes
- Facilities management and technology infrastructure planning
- Standard operating procedures and routines
- Alignment of district, community, philanthropic and city partnerships
- Use of and effectiveness of systematic research and evaluation plans
Flexible Priority Areas
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DPSCD Board Legislative Priorities
- Equitable State School Aid
- School Facility Improvements
- Local School Accountability
- Governance
- Charter School Transparency, Oversight & Accountability
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Operational Excellence
- Improving collection and management student information
- Improving customer service management, communications and relations?
- Improving processes for keeping staff informed and connected
- Improving processes and systems for position management
- Improving processes and systems for new employee onboarding and integration
- Improving processes for procurement and payment of goods and services