Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Module D – Getting to
Root Cause
Technical Assistance Center on
Disproportionality
Metropolitan Center for Urban
Education
New York University
Training Objectives
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To analyze additional policy, practice,
and belief related data
To hypothesize and define policy,
practice, and belief root causes of
disproportionality
Understand the research surrounding
root causes
Part I:
Analyzing Policy, Practice, and
Belief Data
How does your data describe this
interaction?
Beliefs
Practices
Disproportionality
Policies
Analysis Framework – Small
Group exercise
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What is the process of the policy
and/or practice?
What is the output of the policy and/or
practice?
GALLERY WALK OF DATA
Part II:
Getting to Root Cause:
Developing the
Disproportionality Story
Factors involved in the
education of children
School Organizational Factors
Instructional Factors
External Community Factors
Instructional Staff Capacity Factors
Tell the story of this interaction.
Beliefs
Practices
Disproportionality
Policies
Difficult Question to Answer:
How do our policies, practices, and
beliefs not meet the needs of all
children?
Let’s Hypothesize based on
our Gallery of data….
What are our hypotheses?
Create hypothesis statements
For example: Limited early intervening services
(policy and practice) and teacher cultural
competency (practice and beliefs) impact the
number of Black and Latino students referred to
IST.
What do we know are the root
causes from our policies,
practices, and beliefs?
How do we know it? (What is our
evidence?)
Large Group Exercise
Part III: Naming Root Causes
of Disproportionality
Root Cause
Hunches
Hypothesis
Listing the Root Causes
Large group exercise
Homework Assignment
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District/Region team members will select
articles on various topics related to
disproportionality root causes.
Wrap-up Conversation
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Trainings meeting expectations
Further areas of interest based on
today’s training
Potential barriers for moving forward
Evaluate Training
TACD
Metropolitan Center for
Urban Education
New York University
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