1. 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 # H323A100005 The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, #H325A100005. 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)

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

8. All Items (Reading/Literacy, Math, & Behavior) SAPSI-S Domains Number of Items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall386N=51.992 Consensus57N=51.952 Infrastructure152N=51.984 Implementation: Decision Making 18N=51.937 Implementation: Continuous PD18N=51.892 Implementation: Team Process72N=51.977 Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 21N=51.937 Implementation: Action Planning 48N=51.960

9. Reading/Literacy SAPSI-S Domains Number of Items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall129N=51.979 Consensus19N=51.854 Infrastructure51N=51.961 Implementation: Decision Making 6N=51.846 Implementation: Continuous PD 6N=51.658 Implementation: Team Process24N=51.934 Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 7N=51.873 Implementation: Action Planning 16N=51.894

10. Math SAPSI-S Domains Number of Items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall131N=51.980 Consensus19N=51.867 Infrastructure53N=51.959 Implementation: Decision Making 6N=51.861 Implementation: Continuous PD 6N=51.711 Implementation: Team Process24N=51.948 Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 7N=51.893 Implementation: Action Planning 16N=51.908

11. Behavior SAPSI-S Domains Number of items Respondents Cronbach’s Alpha Overall127N=51.984 Consensus19N=51.896 Infrastructure48N=51.967 Implementation: Decision Making 6N=51.877 Implementation: Continuous PD6N=51.665 Implementation: Team Process24N=51.949 Implementation: Evidence- based Practices 7N=51.896 Implementation: Action Planning 16N=51.924

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

13. Questions? Gary Cates isuevaluation@gmail.com garycates@ilstu.edu