Education Leaders Conference: Using Data to Improve Instruction Council of Chief State School Officers Education Leaders Conference: Using Data to Improve Instruction Sponsored by SEC SCASS Milwaukee September 8-10, 2008

Problem ? Data ? Educators have lots of Data Appropriate data to assist/Guide teachers ? Instruction – Standards – Assessments Data at teacher and classroom level Leadership on using integrated data systems a) Describe b) Interpret c) Apply

Conference Themes SEA leadership on Initiatives with Data Results with formative Classroom Assessment Use of Surveys of Enacted Curriculum tools/data Access to data in integrated systems—Capacity building Training for education leaders on using data Discussions: Sharing ideas, problems, strategies

Breakout Sessions -- Strands Inquiry-focused practice –how data used Research findings and applications Leadership with SEC and other data tools

K-12 Mathematics Content Basic Algebra NAEP

Ohio Enacted Curric.-Gr. 3 Teachers Intended (3rd Grade Math Indicators)

The SEC has an entire section in the Instructional practices Part of the Survey focusing on Professional Development. In this example, the questions compare time spend on PD in workshops and in-service, summer institutes and conferences, between the Reading First and the Random Group. In this example, the RF group reported spending more time in workshops and conferences than the Random Group. Additionally, Grade 1 RF teachers reported slightly higher numbers than both grade 2 and Grade 3 (Grade 4 is shown on this chart as a default function of the report generator, but the data is not relevant). Teachers in both groups spent about the same amount of time in summer institutes or conferences

Surveys of Enacted Curriculum Standards Assessment Educational standards, accountability, and standard’s based curriculum have emerged in the past decade as the favored approach for achieving a “world-class” education for all students. The survey was developed to provide states, districts, and schools the ability to measure the impact of standards in their locale. The underlying premise is that when standards, assessments, are aligned to classroom practice and content, levels of student achievement rise. Curriculum

The SEC Data-set SUMMARY MEASURES Content Practice Climate Prof. Dev. Instructional Content Instr. Activities Tchr. Char./Opinions/Beliefs Professional Development Mathematics English Language Arts & Reading Science Social Studies SUMMARY MEASURES Content Practice Climate Prof. Dev. /

Key Question addressed by SEC Tools/Data How can Educators obtain reliable, valid data to determine Alignment of instruction with required standards and assessments?

SEC Data Applications Alignment analysis – degree of consistency of Instruction, Standards, Assessments Instructional improvement in schools Needs assessment/ Evaluation Indicators – monitoring change over time Observation of classrooms, teacher logs are rich sources of data to inform teachers about their collective practice. It is a more expensive and time consuming activity to collect the needed data by these means.

States /Districts Active with SEC Tools and Data : 2001 - present Alabama Arkansas California Delaware Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana New Hampshire New York North Carolina Ohio

States /Districts Active with SEC Tools and Data : 2001 - present Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

SEC by the Numbers: ’07-08 12,100 SEC Teacher Surveys (30 states) Math Science ELAR Soc Stud ELD (SEC ELL Consortium) 140 Standards or Assessment documents Alignment analysis

Panel of Chief State School Officers State Education Improvement Initiatives and Use of Data? PANEL Gene Wilhoit, CCSSO Executive Director, (Facilitator) Elizabeth Burmater, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Valerie Woodruff, Delaware Secretary of Education Susan Zelman, Ohio State Superintendent of Education