Introduction to Surveys of Enacted Curriculum

Presentation: Introduce SEC to Educators

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Think for a moment about the curriculum work in your school or

district

What are the SEC?

• Practical, reliable set of data collection tools used by teachers

• Online web-based surveys in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science

• Group data that is reported in user-friendly charts

• Assists in Facilitating group discussions for observed differences across classrooms, schools and districts

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• Add your state purpose here and important dates

Alignment as a Systemic Tool

Classroom

Content

SEC History Lesson

• The Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) Collaborative Project was initiated in 1998 in Mathematics and Science.

• Over the past six years the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and their partners have worked with states to implement the SEC tools for data collection, analysis, and reporting.

History (continued)

• In 2003, CCSSO working with state specialists, Learning Point Associates™ (LPA) and the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER), developed an English Language Arts and Reading survey.

• Surveys are available K-12 for Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts and Reading.

www.ccsso.org/SEC/products

SEC Research

— Carl Glickman, 2002

Research has found that faculty in successful schools always question existing instructional practice and do not blame lack of student achievement on external causes.

What if…… there was a powerful tool that compared teacher’s

reflected instructional practices to other teacher’s across a school, district or the nation?

… a powerful tool compared teacher’s reflections of content instruction to state standards, benchmarks and assessments?

… you could start powerful school discussions about teacher’s curricular and professional development needs based on data, observed differences between student achievement scores and schools curriculum?

Education Improvement Questions

Collecting Data: How can in-depth subject content data be collected -not simple topic checklists- to analyze teaching content in relation to curriculum goals, standards, or assessments?

Analyzing Data: How can methods of teaching/ practices be compared across classrooms, schools, districts, and states?

Using Data: And, how can the data then be used to improve instruction toward standards?

Source: Maine SEC Project PPT, 2004

Enacted (3rd Grade Teacher Reports) Intended (3rd Grade Math Indicators)

Enacted (3rd Grade Teacher Reports) Intended (3rd Grade Math Indicators)

Intended (3-4 Math Benchmarks) Assessed (3rd Grade Math Achievement Test)

Enacted (9th Grade Teacher Reports) Intended (9th Grade Indicators)

Reading First: 3rd Grade Teachers Random Sample: 3rd Grade Teachers

SEC Project Planning Guide

Take a Guided Tour

www.seconline.org

Taking the Online Survey

• Approximately 60-90 minutes to complete

• May be completed in multiple sittings

• Data is saved as each section is submitted

SEC Home Page

Registration

Username and Password = Confidentiality

User Information Agreement

SEC Survey Selection

Reminders to Teachers

Survey Menu

Survey Instruments: Teachers

• Teacher Characteristics– Teacher Readiness– Professional Development Experiences– Influences on Curriculum– Teacher Beliefs

• Class Description

Source: CCSSO- PPT: An introduction to Understanding and Assessing SEC Data, 2005

School and Class Description

ELA Content Sections

Math Content Sections

Survey Instrument: Alignment

Subject Content

Student Specific Topics

Time Spent on Topic

&Student Expectations

Instructional Content: Part 1

Instructional Content: Part 2

Taking a look at the survey Items

• Please take the next 10 minutes to read through some of the questions in each Instructional Content section of the survey. Record any questions you have, and we will address them to the entire group at the end of this time.

Instructional Practices- Math

• Use of Homework

• Problem-Solving Activities

• Small Group Work

• Educational Technology

• Teacher Opinions and Beliefs

• Professional Development

• Instructional Influences

• Instructional Readiness

Instructional Practices- ELA

• Use of Homework

• Instructional Activities

• Small Group Work

• Educational Technology

• Teacher Opinions and Beliefs

• Professional Development

• Instructional Influences

• Instructional Readiness

Instructional Practice

Taking a look at the survey Items

• Please take the next 10 minutes to read through some of the questions in each Instructional Practice section of the survey. Record any questions you have, and we will address them to the entire group at the end of this time.

Report Generator

Report Generator - Submit

Documents Standards and Assessments

• Add state documents that have been content analyzed

DataSurvey Output

• Reports on three (3) or more teachers only

• Currently there are three types of data displaysInstructional Content

1. Contour Maps

2. Tile Charts

Instructional Practice

3. Floating Bar Charts

Contour MapInstruction Content-Mathematics

Contour Map-ELA

Tile Chart- ELA

Tile ChartInstructional Content: Mathematics

Floating Bar ChartInstructional Practice: ELA

Floating Bar ChartInstructional Practice: Math

“And so you just threw everything together?… Mathews, a posse is something you have to organize.”

Applications for K-12 Education:

– Aligning standards, assessments and curriculum

– Improvement of instruction

– Interpreting student assessment results

– Needs assessment and program evaluation

– Indicators system for monitoring progress

What’s Required of Teachers

• Sharing– Bring information about your instruction

• Time– Survey administered by trained leader– 1-2 hours

• Planning– Schedule over year, meetings, etc.– Next Steps

Source: Maine SEC project PPT, 2004

“Regardless of what a state policy requires or what a district curriculum spells out,” says Andrew C. Porter of Vanderbilt University, “the classroom teacher ultimately decides” what to teach.

Education Week, October 8, 2003

Source: Maine SEC project PPT, 2004

Planning Guide: Steps 4-7

• Take a few minutes, read over the planning strategies and discuss them with the person next to you and make a few notes.– What was the purpose?– Similarities in your thoughts, perspectives? – Based on what you read – how could the SEC

help to improve your classroom, school or district?

Possible Data Analysis Outcomes

• Targeted Professional Development

• Changes in Environmental Factors

• Positive Climate of Change

• Continuous Improvement Process

• Review of Curriculum Materials

• Other Data-Driven Decisions and Actions