1. 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

2. PD Climate Content Practice What relationships can be found between participation in Professional Development Activities & Classroom Instruction

3. Using Survey Instruments Describing Classroom Practice Supply & Demand (1990) Supply: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. Researchers Primarily policy research Demand: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. Researchers Primarily policy research

4. Using Survey Instruments Describing Classroom Practice Supply & Demand (2005) Demand: HIGH / Ed. Researchers / Ed. Ldrs. (at all levels) Program Evaluators Supply: HIGH - due to access computers and internet

5. English Language Arts & Reading The SEC Data-set SUMMARY MEASURES ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// Science Instructional Content Instr. Activities Tchr. Char./Opinions/Beliefs Professional Development Mathematics

6. SUMMARY MEASURES ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// VariableSummary Measure Description PDhrs PDfreq PDactive PDcohere PDcoll PDcnt PDdata PDstnd PDstlrn # of PD Hours reported Frequency of PD Activities PD that involved active engagement of teachers PD that is part of a coherent plan & goals Collective participation from school/department PD with focus on subject matter content PD with focus on Student Data PD with focus on Standards & Instruction PD with focus on Student Learning

7. SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics) ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// VariableSummary Measure Description MX1 MX2 MX3 MX4 MX5 MX6 MX7 Number Sense, Properties, Relationships Operations Measurement Algebraic Concepts Geometric Concepts Data Analysis / Probability / Statistics Instructional Content Content Areas (Topic Coverage)

8. ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// VariableSummary Measure Description Cgd_B Cgd_C Cgd_D Cgd_E Cgd_F Memorize / Recall Perform Procedures Demonstrate Understanding Conjecture, Hypothesize, Prove Non-routine problems / Make Connections Performance Expectations for Students (Cognitive Demand) SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

9. ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// VariableSummary Measure Description PerfProc Analyze Connect AcLrn UseAssess Perform Procedures Analyze Information Make Connections Active Learning Use of multiple assessment types Classroom Activities SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

10. ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// VariableSummary Measure Description InflStnd ProfColl Influence of Standards on Instruction Professional Collegiality & Trust Climate Measures SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

11. PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS Which relationships (correlations) persist across multiple samples of teachers (Mathematics) Sample/Sub-sample# of teachers Full Sample4593 MSP-PD study211 State F388 State I853 State M469 State O338

12. ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

13. ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

14. ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev./// SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

15. SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENT ASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev.///

16. #OF PERSISTENT SUMMARY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PD MEASURE ContentPracticeClimateProf. Dev.///