Educator Accountability:

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Educator Accountability

• Fran Watkins, Director
• Commaleta Singleton,
• Title II Database Coordinator

Educator Preparation Division Georgia
Professional Standards Commission
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TITLE II
Meeting Outcomes and Objectives

• Explain background and purpose of Title II
  Reporting
• Identify and resolve Title II definition
  misinterpretations and discrepancies
• Discuss ways to improve the reporting process
• Equip coordinators with tools and knowledge for
  effective reporting

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TITLE II

• 1998 Higher Education Act (HEA) and its
  Application to Georgia

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TITLE II Section 207, Federal Accountability
for Programs that Prepare Teachers

• Development of Definitions
• Development of Uniform Reporting Methods
• State Report Card Design
• Institutional Report to PSC
• State Report to USDOE
• USDOE Report to Congress

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TITLE II Section 208, State Functions

• State Identification of At-Risk Institutions
• State Identification of Low-Performing
  Institutions

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TITLE II State Accountability for Teacher
Preparation

• State Bill 1187 -- State Office of
  Accountability -- State Report Card on Teacher
  Preparation

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TITLE II Who Must Report?

• Institutions of Higher Education with Teacher
  Preparation Programs where Students receive
  Federal Assistance under Title IV of HEA
• States that receive HEA Funds
• US Department of Education (USDOE) Reports to
  Congress

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TITLE II Who Must Report In Georgia?

• 34 Public and Private Institutions with Teacher
  Preparation Programs
• Professional Standards Commission as the state
  regulatory agency in charge of teacher
  preparation, teacher assessment, certification
  and discipline
• PSC must also report on alternative certification
  programs outside institutions of higher education

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TITLE II Sequence and Dates of Reporting

• October 7, 2002 -- State Plan of Procedures for
  the Report Card Design and Reporting
• April 7, 2003 -- Institutional Reports to the PSC
• October 7, 2003 -- PSC Report to the USDOE
• April 7, 2004 -- USDOE Report to Congress

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Types of Reports

• Institutional Report to PSC - Program Completers
• Institutional Report to PSC - Title II Annual
  Survey
• PSC State Report - Quality of Educator
  Preparation
• PSC Report to the USDOE - Program Completer
  Praxis Pass Rates
• USDOE Report to Congress

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Types of Reports- Program Completers

• Institutional Report to PSC - Program Completers

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Types of Reports- Title II Annual Survey

• Institutional Report to Professional Standards
  Commission on Program Performance

Online Report _at_ http//www.gapsc.com/TeacherEduca
tion/Title2Questionnaire/Questionnaire .asp
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Types of Reports- Title II Annual Survey

• General Institutional Information
• Number of students and faculty for institution
• Number of faculty and students in the Teacher
  Preparation Programs
• Types and levels of Teacher Preparation
• Accreditation/approval status
• Student and faculty composition of teacher
  preparation programs

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Types of Reports- Title II Annual Survey

• Average number of hours of supervised student
  teaching
• Faculty/student ratio in student teaching
• Program specific information
• Graduate follow-up information
• Collaborative educational efforts
• Program Unit Weakness

• State of Origin
• Attendance Status
• Admission Policy
• Average Age
• Academic Profile
• Student Advisement
• Basis for Approving Content
• Exit Requirements

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Types of Reports- Quality of Educator
Preparation

• PSC State Report on the Quality of Educator
  Preparation

Report can be located at http//www.gapsc.com/Ed
ucatorAccountability/
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Quality of Educator Preparation 2000-2001
Report Card Overview

• The Quality of Educator Preparation Report
  provides information on Georgias 34 Teacher
  Education Programs.

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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 2000-2001 Report Card Overview

• State-wide Data
• Number of private v/s public institutions
• Average weeks required for student teaching
• Average hours of student teaching required
• Total full time faculty
• Total part time faculty
• Student teaching faculty/student ratio
• Top 5 collaborating school systems
• Praxis I II pass rate information

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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Private v/s Public Student Population
80
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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Private v/s Public Faculty Population
78
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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Student Enrollment Regular/
Alternative

• Regular
• 14,948 - Total enrollment
• 76 - from GA
• 24 - not from GA
• 94 - full-time
• 6 - part-time
• Average age of students 24

• Alternative
• 1,887 - Total enrollment
• 90 - from GA
• 10 - not from GA
• 41 - full-time
• 59 - part-time
• Average age of students 30

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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Student Enrollment Regular by Gender
and Ethnicity
0 American Indian
19 Male
0 Asian
24 African American
1 Hispanic
74 White
1 Other
81 Female
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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Student Enrollment Alternative by
Gender and Ethnicity
0 American Indian
22 Male
0 Asian
39 African American
1 Hispanic
58 White
2 Other
78 Female
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Quality of Educator Preparation 2000-2001 Praxis
I II Pass Rate
97 - Alternative 97 - Regular
State Pass Rates
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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Institution Report Overview
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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Institution Report Overview Cont

• Institutional Data
• Mission of institution
• Mission of the Teacher Education Program
• Institution at-a-glance
• Classification
• Type
• Approval Status
• Location

• Student enrollment
• Total faculty
• Student teacher ratio

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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Institution Report Overview Cont

• Education Program Data
• Student Enrollment
• Faculty Employment
• Types of Teacher Prep Programs Offered
• Regular, Alternative Advanced Ed Prep
  Programs
• Student Enrollment
• Entrance Requirements
• Academic Profile of Program Completers
• Exit Requirements

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Quality of Educator Preparation
2000-2001 Institution Report Overview Cont

• Program Information
• Current Accreditation/Approval Status
• Collaborative Educational Efforts
• Education Program Weaknesses
• Praxis I II pass rate data

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Types of Reports-Praxis Pass Rates

• Professional Standards Commission Report to the
  USDOE - Program Completer Praxis Pass Rates
• http//www.title2.org/title2dr/ChooseState.asp

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Types of Reports-Praxis Pass Rates

• Cohort in the most recent academic year--first
  report 1999-2000
• Tests taken by completers that are
• Used by the state for initial certification
• Within the completers area of specialization
• Taken within five years before program completion
• Taken by at least 10 completers

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Types of Reports-Praxis Pass Rates
Institution Quartile Rankings

• Annual state reports must include quartile
  rankings for each reporting institution based on
• 1. Its pass rate in each aggregate category
• of assessment
• 2. Its summary pass rate

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Types of Reports-State Report to the USDOE

• Description of state certification standards,
  assessments and alignment with K-12 state
  standards
• Description of state teacher standards and
  alignment with state certification requirements
• Statewide and institutional pass rates on teacher
  assessment
• Description for assessing the performance of
  teacher preparation programs within institutions
• List of low-performing state teacher preparation
  programs
• Number of certification waivers issued by the
  state disaggregrated by teaching subject and by
  high and low poverty school districts
• Description of the state alternative routes to
  certification and percentage of students in these
  programs passing certification exams
• State efforts to improve teacher quality

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Types of Reports- Secretarys Report

• USDOE Report to Congress
• http//www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/News/teacherprep/ind
  ex.html

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Title II Annual Report
Are the Institutions Definitions Consistent with
the PSCs Definitions?
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Title II Annual Report-Understanding the
terminology/definitions

• FACULTY
• full time those (if any) who are employed by the
  institution and teach only education courses
• part-time those who are employed by the
  institution and teach both content courses for
  the institution and education courses for the ed
  department (but may be full time employees of the
  institution)
• Adjunct those who aren't regular employees of
  the institution. They often teach outside of the
  institution and usually teach 1 course a semester
  but not necessarily every semester

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Title II Annual Report-Understanding the
terminology/definitions

• Graduate v/s Advanced Preparation
• Graduate includes students in all graduate
  level programs (MAT, Leadership, Service etc)
• Advanced includes students in all advanced
  preparation programs (does not include initial
  prep MAT students)

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Program Completer
Title II Annual Report-Understanding the
terminology/definitions

• Has met all the educational requirements of a
  state approved teacher preparation program
• Documentation may be a degree, institutional
  certificate, transcript or other written proof
• Includes those recommended and not recommended
  for initial certification

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Title II Annual Report-Understanding the
terminology/definitions

• Praxis I II Pass Rates

• Program Completers
• Includes all program completers who tested in the
  Praxis I or Praxis II Academic Skills Assessment
  Areas Based on completers reported by
  institutions

• All Test Takers
• Includes everyone who tested (program completers
  non program completers) in the Praxis I or
  Praxis II Academic Skills Assessment Areas
  Based on institutions claimed by test takers

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Kinds of Pass Rates

• Single Assessment Pass Rates
• Aggregate Pass Rates
• Summary Pass Rates

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Praxis Pass RatesFormulas for Pass Rates

• Single Assessment Pass Rates
• Aggregate Pass Rates

Number of tests passed - by test
Number of test taken by test
Number testers who passed all tests in a series -
by test area
Number of test takers by test area

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What Additional Information is Needed?

• Qualitative data?
• 1
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Title II Annual Report

• How can we improve
• the Title II survey?

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Ways to Prepare for reporting

• Beverly Mitchell
• Kennesaw State University

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Title II Annual Reporting
Reporting Deadlines

• Oct 20th - Institutions to send program
  completers list to PSC
• Oct 21th - PSC to confirm receipt of program
  completers
• Feb 15th - PSC to send list of praxis pass rates
  for completers to institutions for
  verification
• March 15th - Institutions to confirm praxis pass
  rates/scores with PSC
• Oct 7th - PSC aggregate Praxis Scores and submit
  to USDOE
• Note If above report due dates fall on a
  weekend, reports are to be submitted the
  following business day.
• This date may vary if reports are submitted
  late to PSC.

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Title II Annual Reporting
Reporting Deadlines

• Apr 7th - Institutions to send Annual Report to
  PSC
• July 30th - PSC to verify information in Annual
  Report to
• be used for the state
  report card (current year)
• June 9th - PSC prepares state report card
  (previous year)

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Title II Annual Report
Reporting Praxis II progress for 99-00 program
completers
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Title II Reporting -Check and Balance System

• Institutions submit program completers to PSC -
• PSC confirm receipt of completers -
• PSC compile Praxis scores for program completers
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• PSC submit Praxis scores to institutions for
  verification -
• Institutions confirm Praxis Scores with PSC -
• PSC aggregate Praxis Scores and submit to USDOE -
  Oct 7

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Title II Reporting -Reporting New Title II
coordinators
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Ready to Teach Rewrite of the Higher Education
Act
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Title II Reporting -Future Reporting Options

• TK20

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PSC CONTACTS

• Dr. Fran Watkins, Title II Coordinator
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email fran.watkins_at_gapsc.com
• Commaleta Singleton, Title II
• Database Coordinator
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email commaleta.singleton_at_gapsc.com

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Important websites

• www.title2.org
• www.gapsc.com/EducatorAccountability
• http//www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/News/teacherprep/ind
  ex.html