Office of School ImprovementTeaching and Learning Survey

March 8, 2012Jo Ann Burkholder

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The ultimate goal in school improvement is for the people

attached to the school to drive its continuous improvement for the sake

of their own children and students.- Dr. Sam Redding

Today’s Agenda

1. Welcome

2. Introductions

3. Brief History

4. Survey Development

5. Demonstration of the Online Dashboard

6. Questions and Answers

Objectives

Participants will:

•gain an understanding of the Teaching and Learning Surveys’ constructs

•examine the online dashboard

•understand how the survey results can be used for continuous improvement planning

Pride Surveys Story

• Began in 1982• More than 13 million students• More than 58,000 school level

surveys• More than 30 statewide surveys• All 50 states have administered a

Pride at some level• Other countries – Belize, Costa Rico,

Canada, Malta, Panama etc.• Check out http://pridesurveys.com/About.html for more info

Development

Learning and Teaching Surveys:

Development Team

Milestones of Teaching Survey

Milestones of Teaching Survey (TS)

• Based on original Pride Faculty/Staff Survey• December 2008 - Initial planning with

Center for Teaching Quality • Spring 2009 - Pilot survey of ~2,000

teachers• Spring 2009 – Development of potential

item pool (>700 items)• July/August 2009 – Cognitive pre-testing in

the state of Washington

Milestones of Teaching Survey

• Fall 2009 – Completion of a 2-tiered Teaching Survey questionnaire

• Winter/Spring 2010 – 35,868 teachers completed revised 2-tiered questionnaires

• Summer 2010 - Analysis of TS instrument psychometric properties, including scale norms, reliabilities, and factor analyses

Milestones of Teaching Survey

• Fall 2010 - Revision of TS based on 2010 data

• Winter/Spring 2011 – Administration of revised Teaching Survey

Topics Covered on the Teaching Survey

Milestones of Learning Survey

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Milestones of Learning Survey (LS)

• Winter/Spring 2010 – 278,830 students completed a 2-tiered questionnaire

• Fall 2010 - Based on data revisions made to LS instrument

• Spring 2011 – Administration of revised Learning Survey– Grades 6 through 8 with state support (N=141,792)– Grades 9 through 12 with local support (N=59,455)

• Summer 2011 - Analysis of Learning Survey instrument psychometric properties, including scale norms, reliabilities, and factor analyses – Finalization of survey instrument – Introduction of Learning/Teaching Dashboard14

Topics Covered in the Learning Survey

Validity and Reliability30 years of experience in:

Peer reviewed journals trust Pride Surveys Data to be valid and reliable.

Designated by Congress as an official indicator of adolescent behavior in the United States.The Congressional Record, October 19, 1998, Page H11228

The Teaching and Learning Surveys have been vetted and posted on the U.S. Department of Education's(USDE) Safe and Supportive Schools website.

Where is the Survey Used?

• Page County Public Schools, Virginia• Ohio• Mississippi• Pennsylvania• Alabama• Southern Regional Education Board

How the Surveys Can be Used

• Pinpointing strengths and weakness of key variables

• Improving teacher retention

• Measuring change in behavior with longitudinal data

• Measuring data that directly affects test scores like student engagement and teacher respect

• Satisfies many grant funding requirements

• Improving School Culture/Climate

• Improving Safety

• School Improvement Plans

• Comparing Virginia school indicators with LS / TS results (coming soon)

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Take a Test Drive of the Dashboard

• http://dbdemo.pridesurveys.com

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Recommended Viewing

• American Teacher Documentary– Narrated by Matt Damon– Including Dr. Tony Thacker–Watch the trailer– Rent or Purchase– http://www.theteachersalaryproject.org/

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For More Information

• Contact Pride Surveys– 1(800)279-6361– wendy.mcgrath@pridesurveys.com

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JO ANN BURKHOLDER, COORDINATORSTUDENT ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS

PHONE: 804-371-7586E-MAIL: JOANN.BURKHOLDER@DOE.VIRGINIA.GOV

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A Round of Applause To A Round of Applause To You!You!