Gary L. Cates, Ph.D. Illinois State University Kathryn Cox Illinois State Board of Education State Personnel Development Grant – Illinois U.S. Department of Education Grant Award # H323A The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, #H325A However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. (OSEP Project Officer: Grace Zamora Durán)

Purpose of the SAPSI Designed to monitor ongoing efforts to establish permanent:  Problem solving procedures  Tools  Products

Earlier Versions  Part of the Illinois ASPIRE project from previous grant  Multiple surveys  Expert Opinion  Face Validity  Domain Lumping  Cutting down length

Current Version: 47 Questions & 7 Domains 1. Consensus: Comprehensive Commitment and Support 2. Infrastructure: Development of a 3-Tiered System 3. Implementation: Decision-Making 4. Implementation: Professional Development 5. Implementation: Establish and Maintain Team Process 6. Implementation: Evidence-Based Practices 7. Implementation: Monitoring and Action Planning.

Permanent Product Evidence  Screening data (CBM, SWIS)  Evidence of progress monitoring  Training (Training Logs or Sign in sheets)  School Improvement Plans  District/Building Reports  Building Meeting Minutes/Notes  Building RtI Plans

Administration, Scoring, & Reporting  See Tool Handout SAPSI-S.pdfSAPSI-S.pdf  Spring Administration via Select Survey™  Facilitated by internal or external coach with building level team  Time Reports = 1 to 2.5 hours  SAPSI-S scores can range from 0 to 386  Select Survey Report HereHere  Excel Graphs HereHere

All Items (Reading/Literacy, Math, & Behavior) SAPSI-S Domains Number of Items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall386N= Consensus57N= Infrastructure152N= Implementation: Decision Making 18N= Implementation: Continuous PD18N= Implementation: Team Process72N= Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 21N= Implementation: Action Planning 48N=51.960

Reading/Literacy SAPSI-S Domains Number of Items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall129N= Consensus19N= Infrastructure51N= Implementation: Decision Making 6N= Implementation: Continuous PD 6N= Implementation: Team Process24N= Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 7N= Implementation: Action Planning 16N=51.894

Math SAPSI-S Domains Number of Items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall131N= Consensus19N= Infrastructure53N= Implementation: Decision Making 6N= Implementation: Continuous PD 6N= Implementation: Team Process24N= Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 7N= Implementation: Action Planning 16N=51.908

Behavior SAPSI-S Domains Number of items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall127N= Consensus19N= Infrastructure48N= Implementation: Decision Making 6N= Implementation: Continuous PD6N= Implementation: Team Process24N= Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 7N= Implementation: Action Planning 16N=51.924

Next Steps  Establish continuity of data  Continue collecting data  Continue using data for PD planning purposes  Conduct a factor analysis  Consider removing items

Questions? Gary Cates