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M id- C ontinent C omprehensive C enter (MC3)

M id- C ontinent C omprehensive C enter (MC3). Help increase state capacity to assist districts and schools to meet their student achievement goals by providing front line assistance to states enabling them to. MC3’s Major Goal. assess improvement needs of districts & schools

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M id- C ontinent C omprehensive C enter (MC3)

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  1. Mid-ContinentComprehensiveCenter(MC3)

  2. Help increase state capacity to assist districts and schools to meet their student achievement goals by providing front line assistance to states enabling them to MC3’s Major Goal • assess improvement needs of districts & schools • develop solutions to address those needs • build and sustain systemic support for district and school improvement efforts • improve tools & systems for school improvement and accountability

  3. Relevance • technical assistance that meets State Education Agencies’ (SEAs’) needs related to NCLB Utility • technical assistance that provides SEAs the tools, information, knowledge, and skills necessary to support their work with NCLB High Quality • research-based content and effective delivery of technical assistance MC3 Indicators of Success

  4. MC3 and its State Coordinating Councils (SCCs) collaborated in the development of a Technical Assistance (TA) Plan to “Build State Capacity” Relevance • Kansas Goal: • “Develop a Pre-K through 18+ Kansas literacy plan” • Missouri Goal : • “Develop guidelines for district literacy plans” Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

  5. Need: • KSDE and DESE needed current information about services and resources supporting adolescent literacy • Outcome: • Kansas District and School surveys developed with MC3 Adolescent Literacy Work Group (ALWG) • Missouri Middle and High School surveys under development with MC3 ALWG Utility

  6. MC3 Adolescent Literacy Workgroup: • Built capacity within MC3 regarding research-based best practices on issues of adolescent literacy • Collaborated with experts at: • Content Center on Instruction • National High School Content Center • University of Kansas Center on Research and Learning • National Association of State Boards of Education Utility: Workgroup Process

  7. Surveys developed by MC3 ALWG: • Beta tested with MC3 ALWG & SCC • Piloted with representative sample of districts and schools, and focus group interviews • Rigorous revision process with MC3 ALWG, Kansas SCC, and KSDE reading team • Distributed statewide to districts and schools with high response rate (83 district/110 school) • Data compiled and shared with MC3 ALWG and Kansas SCC to garner feedback and recommendations on next steps Utility: Survey Development

  8. “Effective, collaborative partnership between MC3 and KSDE” “We need the knowledge and support of others in like situations.” • MC3 Reading Community of Practice to begin Year 3 (July 2007) Quality Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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