Collecting and Assessing School and Community Data

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Collecting and Assessing School and Community Data

• For curriculum development

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School Related Data

• Internal scanning-
• Deals with information related to current
  programs, their enrollments, and their capacity.
• (p.80 Finch and Crunkilton)

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School Related Data

• Standardized Tests-
• Interest inventories
• Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS)
• Simple Interest Surveys

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School Related Data

• Standardized Aptitude Tests-
• Measures ability of students to learn
• Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test
• General Aptitude Test Battery

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School Related Data

• Standardized Achievement Test-
• Measures how much they have learned
• California Achievement Test
• Third and Eighth Grade Assessment

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Things to Consider When Selecting Tests

• Reliability- the ability of the test to give the
  same results if administered to the same student
  at a later time
• Validity- the ability of the test to measure what
  it purports to measure

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How can I find a reliable and valid standardized
test?

• Buros Mental Measurement Handbook

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Instructor Made Questionnaires

• Helpful hints- see publication on the web from
  Wisconsin
• only use the front of the page
• most important questions first
• demographics last
• ordered according to subject
• provide directions

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Instructor Made Questionnaires

• Helpful hints continued
• Identify yes/no as 1 no and 2 yes
• Identify agree/disagree as 1 strongly disagree
  and 5 strongly agree

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Administering the Tests

• Make sure you are administering the tests or
  questionnaires to the population that will the
  course is intended.
• If you plan to conduct the program two years from
  now, survey the population who can take the
  course in two years.

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Follow Up Former Students

• In Career and Technical Education we do this by
  administering the VEIS.
• VEIS 4- mailed out to all completers.
• VEIS 6- mailed out to co-op employers

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Follow Up Former Students

• The VEIS reporting system requires a 75 return
  rate to measure the youth employment data for
  ABCs and Perkins.
• This data is also reported in local school plans
  to the state. ( guest, guest)

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Self-Made Former Student Surveys

• Useful to report their employment and continued
  education
• p. 88 and p. 90 ( Crunkilton and Finch)

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Assessing Facilities

• Who in the community and administration could
  give us this information?

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Collecting and Assessing Community Related Data

• External Scanning- (see resources on web page)
• Includes community boundaries, population trends,
  community goals.
• Sources census and employment security commission

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Current and Projected Sources of Employment

• State employment commission
• Chamber of commerce
• Panning commission
• Yellow pages
• Products
• Students

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Emerging Areas of Employment

• Population increases more services
• Decrease in employment
• U.S. Department of Labor reports
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Assessing Current and Future Labor Demands

• Demanded by federal legislation
• Types of Labor Forecasts
• Employer surveys- p.103
• Extrapolation
• Labor market signaling
• Job vacancies

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Assessing Current and Projected Labor Supply

• Additions
• Graduates
• Immigration
• Change from other occupations
• Graduates of non-vocational programs
• New entrants

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Current Labor Supply

• Employed Individuals
• Unemployed Individuals

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Losses from the Current Labor Supply

• Retirements
• Death
• Transfer

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Interfacing Labor Demand and Supply

• See examples in Crunkilton and Finch p. 112 and
  116
• What is the current demand and supply in
  Agriculture?