SEC Online Highlights Content Analysis of International Standards & Assessments SEC-ELL Project & Hybrid Instruments What Makes Schools Work (WMSW) Study New EAG funding proposal – SEC-SPED/ELL Increased interest among research organizations Continued SEA interest/support through SEC Collaborative

08-09 Data Collection Recent Updates / Additions Field Management Interface New Survey Interface & Data-base New Results / Output Design Web-based orientations & training SEC Online Updates…. SEC Surveys 9547 surveys Content Analysis ~253 Documents

SEC Online Survey Trends

New User Interface – graphics-based On Demand/In-Flow Tech. Asst. Immediate Feedback Informative Comparisons Teacher Logs Teacher Side: Administrator Side: Meta-group creation tool New Report Query Interface Coming Soon….

Creating a new Group To create a new group, enter a short, descriptive Group name. There are two group types: All Users,by selected School(s), District(s), Region(s), Workshop(s), and/or State(s). Individually selected Users who have already registered with SEC. (Useful for including a users in multiple groups, without including an entire school or district.) You may also View and Edit existing groups that you have access to. Administrator Group Creation Tool

New Report Query Tool SELECT: WHERE: AND OR: = = FROM: BY: AND OR:= =

The Standard Model SEC Intro/Overview Teacher Orientation Survey Administration Data Interpretation

……..S u r v e y A d m I n I s t r a t I o n …….. The Survey Marathon

From one long survey….

Teacher Characteristics Assessment Practices Homework Instructional Practice School & Class Descr. Teacher Log Book Content Analysis Instructional Content Teacher Opinions Prof. Dev. Experiences Special Populations Resources S urveys E nacted C urriculum of The

Teacher Characteristics Assessment Practices Homework Instructional Practice School & Class Descr. Teacher Log Book Content Analysis Instructional Content Teacher Opinions Prof. Dev. Experiences Special Populations Resources S urveys E nacted C urriculum of The

Teacher Characteristics Assessment Practices Homework Instructional Practice School & Class Descr. Teacher Log Book Content Analysis Instructional Content Teacher Opinions Prof. Dev. Experiences Special Populations Resources S urveys E nacted C urriculum of The

Teacher Orientation /Technical Assistance Survey Administration /Data Collection Survey Results /Data Interpretation Bringing It All Together

School & Class Description To get us started, we would like to ask you about how classes are organized at your school. If you teach multiple courses within a given subject area, we’ll also ask about the number of different courses you teach. Departmentalized Instruction: teachers are assigned to specific subjects across multiple classes of students. Teachers may be assigned to multiple courses within a subject. Subject Area Specialist (non-deparmental): teachers specialize in a particular subject, but the school is not organized by subject area departments.

School & Class Description Departmentalized Instruction: teachers are assigned to specific subjects across multiple classes of students. Teachers may be assigned to multiple courses within a subject. Subject Area Specialist (non-deparmental): teachers specialize in a particular subject, but the school is not organized by subject area departments.

School & Class Description Results from teachers reporting on your subject and grade level: Nationally: n= 684Your State: n=53 Next Section

Exploring new content interface More efficient topic reporting Re-thinking reporting of performance expectations Integrating content analysis training for teachers into the online system

Review the topics for each content area listed below, and check each content area containing at least one topic that you spent some time on in the target class. Thinking differently about reporting content coverage

ELAR CONTENT AREASSomeMostAlmost All Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Text & Print Features Fluency Comprehension Critical Reasoning Consider the performance expectation identified below. Thinking about the students in the target class, estimate how many are able to perform at the given performance expectation level for each content area listed. Memorize/Recall Reproduce sounds or words Provide facts, terms, definitions, or conventions Describe Locate literal answers in a text Identify relevant information Performance Expectation Students in the target class that can perform at this level of performance for this area of ELAR content.

ELAR CONTENT AREASSomeMostAlmost All Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Text & Print Features Fluency Comprehension Critical Reasoning Consider the performance expectation identified below. Thinking about the students in the target class, estimate how many are able to perform at the given performance expectation level for each content area listed. Perform Procedures/Explain Follow instructions Give examples Check consistency Summarize Identify purpose, main idea Performance Expectation Students in the target class that can perform at this level of performance for this area of ELAR content.

Instructional improvement in schools Needs assessment/ Program Evaluation State Level Indicators – change over time Alignment analyses Explaining/modeling student achievement Uses of SEC data