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Supplemental Educational Services Approving, Monitoring, Evaluating. Chair: Steven M. Ross , Center for Research in Educational Policy; Center on Innovation & Improvement Collaborating Researchers: Jen Harmon , Center on Innovation & Improvement
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Supplemental Educational ServicesApproving, Monitoring, Evaluating Chair: Steven M. Ross, Center for Research in Educational Policy; Center on Innovation & Improvement Collaborating Researchers: Jen Harmon, Center on Innovation & Improvement Kenneth Wong, Brown University; Center on Innovation & Improvement
Promising Practice Briefs:Approving, Monitoring, and Evaluating Providers • Commissioned by the Office of Innovation and Improvement • To be developed and released in fall 2008
Promising Practice Briefs Sources of data • State SES Director Survey Completed by All States • National Meetings • Site Visits to States • Interviews with SES Directors • Authors’ Experiences as SES Consultants and Researchers
Recruitment Two-thirds of the states actively (14%) or informally (52%) recruit providers via: • Direct invitations • Web announcements • District publicity • State meetings and other means
Application Requirements Aside from core application information, states include as optional components: • Attendance at informational meetings • Recommendations from former clients • A detailed plan for communicating with teachers, parents, and district coordinators • In-person interview • Demonstration/description of a tutoring lesson • Identification of minimum tutor qualifications
The Most Successful Practices • Application review using independent review teams (f = 19) • Clear scoring rubrics (f = 9) • Technical assistance to applicants (f = 5) • Requesting curriculum and tutoring descriptions (f = 2) • Provider interview (f = 2)
Desired Improvements Multiple states want to improve their process by: • Requiring submission of lesson plans • Adding an interview process • Strengthening scoring rubric • Improving reviewer training
Increased Federal Assistance Increased federal assistance is desired in the areas of: • Specific guidance in practices and policies • Facilitating networking and information sharing between states
Monitoring Focus Nearly all states view the main focus of monitoring to be: • Provider compliance with rules and regulations (93%) • Districts’ implementation of SES (84%)
Applications • Three-fourths (74%) of the states use a “formal” monitoring process • Almost 80% use monitoring results formally (38%) or informally (40%) in evaluating providers
Feedback and Capacity • Feedback • 55% of states produce a written report • 23% have face-to-face meetings • Capacity • 45% monitor all providers each year • 75% monitor at least half yearly
On-Site Monitoring Activities (33%) • Visits may be announced or random • Includes online and in-home providers • Review of tutoring documents, materials, etc. • Uses checklist, rubric, or rating scale • May be one person or a team • Tutors or students may be interviewed • Most often at school or community site
Desk Monitoring • End-of-year fiscal and participation report • Quarterly reports • On-line implementation tracking • Provider self-evaluation • Parent and student satisfaction surveys • Complaints regarding provider compliance • Comparison of provider vs. district enrollment data
District Monitoring • Supplementary for some states • The only monitoring done in other states
Implementation of Provider Evaluations • 30 states “regularly” evaluate • 15 are still in planning stages • Remainder “informally” evaluate
Contact Information • Sam Redding, sredding@centerii.org • Marilyn Murphy, mmurphy@centerii.org • Steven Ross, smross@memphis.edu • Jen Harmon, jharmon@centerii.org • Kenneth Wong, kenneth_wong@brown.edu Visit our web site at www.centerii.org