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Join the "Using Data to Improve Instruction" conference focusing on utilizing data to guide teachers, improve instruction, and enhance leadership in education. Explore themes like SEA leadership, classroom assessment, data tools, and more. Engage in discussions and breakout sessions to share ideas, strategies, and problems while learning from research findings and practical applications. Discover how states and districts are actively using data tools to enhance educational outcomes.
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Education Leaders Conference:Using Data to Improve Instruction Council of Chief State School Officers Sponsored by SEC SCASS Milwaukee September 8-10, 2008
Problem ? Data ? • Educators have lots of Data • Appropriate data to assist/Guide teachers ? • Instruction – Standards – Assessments • Data at teacher and classroom level • Leadership on using integrated data systems • a) Describe b) Interpret c) Apply
Conference Themes • SEA leadership on Initiatives with Data • Results with formative Classroom Assessment • Use of Surveys of Enacted Curriculum tools/data • Access to data in integrated systems—Capacity building • Training for education leaders on using data • Discussions: Sharing ideas, problems, strategies
Breakout Sessions -- Strands • Inquiry-focused practice –how data used • Research findings and applications • Leadership with SEC and other data tools
K-12 Mathematics Content Basic Algebra NAEP
Ohio Enacted Curric.-Gr. 3 Teachers Intended (3rd Grade Math Indicators)
Surveys of Enacted Curriculum Standards Assessment Curriculum
Instructional Content Professional Development Mathematics Tchr. Char./Opinions/Beliefs Instr. Activities English Language Arts & Reading SUMMARY MEASURES Content / Practice / Climate / Prof. Dev. The SEC Data-set Science Social Studies
Key Question addressed by SEC Tools/Data • How can Educators obtain reliable, valid data to determine Alignment of instruction with required standards and assessments?
SEC Data Applications • Alignment analysis – degree of consistency of Instruction, Standards, Assessments • Instructional improvement in schools • Needs assessment/ Evaluation • Indicators – monitoring change over time
States /Districts Active with SEC Tools and Data : 2001 - present • Alabama • Arkansas • California • Delaware • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Maine • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • New Hampshire • New York • North Carolina • Ohio
States /Districts Active with SEC Tools and Data : 2001 - present • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • West Virginia • Wisconsin
SEC by the Numbers: ’07-08 12,100 SEC Teacher Surveys (30 states) Math Science ELAR Soc Stud ELD (SEC ELL Consortium) 140 Standards or Assessment documents Alignment analysis
Panel of Chief State School Officers • State Education Improvement Initiatives and Use of Data? PANEL • Gene Wilhoit, CCSSO Executive Director, (Facilitator) • Elizabeth Burmater, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction • Valerie Woodruff, Delaware Secretary of Education • Susan Zelman, Ohio State Superintendent of Education