Exploring Relationships between Professional Development, Teacher Practice, and State Content Standards By John L. Smithson, Ph.D. Director, Measures of the Enacted Curriculum Wisconsin Center for Education Research University of Wisconsin-Madison For a copy of this paper, email: johns@education.wisc.edu
Content Practice PD Climate What relationships can be found between participation in Professional Development Activities & Classroom Instruction Content Practice PD Climate
Using Survey Instruments Describing Classroom Practice Using Survey Instruments Supply & Demand (1990) Supply: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. Researchers Primarily policy research Demand: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. Researchers Primarily policy research
Using Survey Instruments Describing Classroom Practice Using Survey Instruments Supply & Demand (2005) Supply: HIGH - due to access computers and internet Demand: HIGH / Ed. Researchers / Ed. Ldrs. (at all levels) Program Evaluators
The SEC Data-set SUMMARY MEASURES Content Practice Climate Prof. Dev. Instructional Content Instr. Activities Tchr. Char./Opinions/Beliefs Professional Development Mathematics Science English Language Arts & Reading SUMMARY MEASURES Content Practice Climate Prof. Dev. /
Summary Measure Description SUMMARY MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Variable Summary Measure Description PDhrs # of PD Hours reported PDfreq Frequency of PD Activities PDactive PD that involved active engagement of teachers PDcohere PD that is part of a coherent plan & goals PDcoll Collective participation from school/department PDcnt PD with focus on subject matter content PDdata PD with focus on Student Data PDstnd PD with focus on Standards & Instruction PDstlrn PD with focus on Student Learning
Content Areas (Topic Coverage) SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Content Areas (Topic Coverage) Variable Summary Measure Description MX1 Number Sense, Properties, Relationships MX2 Operations MX3 Measurement MX4 Algebraic Concepts MX5 Geometric Concepts MX6 Data Analysis / Probability / Statistics MX7 Instructional Content
Performance Expectations for Students SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Performance Expectations for Students (Cognitive Demand) Variable Summary Measure Description Cgd_B Memorize / Recall Cgd_C Perform Procedures Cgd_D Demonstrate Understanding Cgd_E Conjecture, Hypothesize, Prove Cgd_F Non-routine problems / Make Connections
Classroom Activities SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Classroom Activities Variable Summary Measure Description UseAssess Use of multiple assessment types PerfProc Perform Procedures Analyze Analyze Information Connect Make Connections AcLrn Active Learning
Climate Measures SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate Climate Measures Variable Summary Measure Description InflStnd Influence of Standards on Instruction ProfColl Professional Collegiality & Trust
PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS Which relationships (correlations) persist across multiple samples of teachers (Mathematics) Sample/Sub-sample # of teachers Full Sample 4593 MSP-PD study 211 State F 388 State I 853 State M 469 State O 338
SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate
SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate
SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate
SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate
#OF PERSISTENT SUMMARY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PD MEASURE Prof. Dev. / Content / Practice / Climate