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Statewide  Evalua@on  but  Were  Afraid  to  Ask  

Leslie  Goodyear  Katrina  Bledsoe    

Sheila  Rodriguez  Joshua  Cox  

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Agenda  

•  Welcome,  Introduc@ons  •  Overview  of  ISBE  21st  CCLC  Evalua@on  •  21st  CCLC  Spring  Survey  •  Ques@ons  and  Comments  •  Next  Steps    

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About  EDC  

•  Founded  in  MassachuseMs  in  1958  by  scien@sts  and  mathema@cians  from  MIT  

•  Developed  innova@ve  curricula  rooted  in  technology  and  scien@fic  inquiry  

•  EDC  currently  has  1,700  staff  worldwide.  

•  EDC  has  programs  in  about  30  countries.  

•  We  are  guided  by  this  cornerstone  principle:  Learning  transforms  lives  

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Introduc@ons  

•  Programs  and  Sites  

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ISBE  Evalua@on  Structure  

•  Mixed  methods  •  Qualita@ve  and  quan@ta@ve  data  •  Revised  spring  survey  •  Site  visits  and  observa@ons  in  coordina@on  with  ISBE  visits  and  observa@ons  

•  Select  interviews  •  Document  reviews  •  Evalua@on  technical  assistance    

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Evalua@on  Ac@vi@es  and  Timing  

•  Got  underway  in  October,  2013  •  Document  review,  planning,  survey  development  in  Winter  2013/2014  (Year  1  Report  in  December,  2013)  

•  Review  of  PPICS,  previous  survey,  state  plan,  evalua@on  goals;  Revision  of  Survey  in  Winter/Spring,  2014  

•  Hosted  Two  Webinars  in  Winter/Spring  2014  (Introduc@on,  Logic  Models)  

•  Survey  Implementa@on  in  May/June  2014  •  Planning  Site  Visits,  Summer  2014  

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Spring  Survey  2014  

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Spring  Survey  

•  Significantly  reduced  from  150  ques@ons  to  approximately  60  –  Increased  number  of  close-­‐ended  ques@ons  added  

•  Focuses  on  the  evalua@on  ques@ons  as  well  as  the  seven  state  objec@ves    

•  Distributed  on  April  28th,  2014  •  Due  June  20th,  2014    •  Electronic  but  also  available  in  Microsoh  Word  

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Informa@on  Needed  for  Survey  

•  You  will  need  the  following  informa@on  to  complete  the  survey  – Number  of  sites  in  your  program,  program  descrip@on,  program  level  evalua@on  report,  informa@on  you  use  for  PPICS  data.  

 

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Survey  Details  

•  Par@cipants  are  asked  to  provide  informa@on  by  type  (elementary,  middle,  or  high  school)  and  by  number  of  sites.  – Time  on  the  survey  will  depend  on  the  number  of  sites  in  the  program.  

– Par@cipants  will  be  able  to  “skip”  sec@ons  if  they  do  not  have  informa@on  to  share  on  those  ques@ons.  

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The  On-­‐line  Survey  

• A  walkthrough  of  the  online  survey  

•  Ques@ons  can  be  sent  to  the  following  email  address:  21stcclc.Evalua@on@edc.org  

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Addi@onal  Ques@ons  and  Comments?  

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Evalua@on  Team  Contact  Informa@on  

Leslie  Goodyear,  Boston,  MA  lgoodyear@edc.org    Katrina  Bledsoe,  Washington,  DC.    kbledsoe@edc.org    Sheila  Rodriguez,  Chicago,  IL  srodriguez@edc.org    Joshua  Cox,  Chicago,  IL  jcox@edc.org  

       

 

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