S2 Student Success Utilizing Student Surveys Equals Student Success

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• S2 Student Success Utilizing Student Surveys
  Equals Student Success
• Iris Garner, Education Consultant,
• Testing Policy and Operation
• Fay Gore , Social Studies Consultant
• Curriculum and School Reform Services
• Brian Swiger, Educational Consultant
• NCSU/TOPS

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Presentation Overview

• History
• Survey Purpose
• Survey Design
• Question Dimensions
• Teaching Strategies
• Future
• Demonstration

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History

• Been in existence for more than a decade
• Joint effort between Curriculum, Test
  Development, and Testing, Policy, and Operations
• Greenbook used to distribute results
• Recently revised survey questions to include
  more up-to-date information

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What is the student survey?

• The North Carolina Student Survey (NCSS) is a
  high-quality, structured, personal interview
  survey of North Carolinas students conducted by
  NC testing program.

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NCSS Purpose

• To generate systematic data on the North Carolina
  student body
• To provide date to education that would assist
  them make informed discussions about instruction.
  

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NCSS Design

• Each NCSS has a series of questions on a special
  topic and a set of background, behavioral, and
  attitudinal items that are asked in successive
  surveys.

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NCSS Dimensions

• The questions on the NCSS include the following
  dimensions
• Extracurricular Participation
• Instructional Participation
• Educational Practices
• Learning Styles
• Demographic Information
• Technology Usage

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Question Dimensions

• Learning Styles questions provide educators
  with blueprints of students learning behaviors.
  This dimension will allow teachers to develop
  lessons that are fashioned to meet the cognitive
  demands of the students.
• Demographical Information questions provide
  educators with students demographic trends such
  as education. This dimension allows educators to
  better understand the student population and
  their family units.

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Question Dimensions

• Extracurricular Participation questions
  provide information to educators on students
  personal interests and goals. This dimension
  will allow teachers to craft instructional
  strategies that capture and maintain students
  attention.
• Instructional Participation questions provide
  educators with a bank of typical instructional
  strategies customarily implemented. This
  dimension will allow teachers to develop
  multi-dimensional instructional activities that
  cater to diverse learning styles.

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Question Dimensions

• Technology Usage questions provide educators
  with knowledge that certifies the students
  degree of technology awareness and availability.
  This dimension will allow teachers to promote and
  improve a key component of 21st century skills.
  Additionally, this dimension will inform the
  Information Technology staff on technical
  requirements and technology-based needs.

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Teacher Efficacy

• Curriculum Development Alignment
• Aligned Balanced Assessment Practices
• Aligned Instructional Strategies
• Professional Development

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Curriculum Development

• My school and/or district has a written
  curriculum for U.S. History and Civics
  Economics.
• Yes
• No
• I dont know

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Curriculum Development

• My school/districts curriculum is aligned to the
  NC Standard Course of Study.
• Yes
• No
• I dont know

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Curriculum Development

• My school/districts curriculum is vertically
  aligned.
• Yes
• No
• I dont know

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Assessment Practices

• My school/district has a balanced assessment
  system that includes both formative/summative
  assessments.
• Yes
• No
• I dont know

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Assessment Practices

• My school/district assessments are aligned to the
  written curriculum.
• Yes
• No
• I dont know

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Effective Teaching Strategies

• Makes work meaningful to students authenticity
• Engages students intellect
• Incorporates use 21st Century skills
• Reflects content-specific methods of instruction

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Effective Teaching Strategies

• Integrating Technology computers, web 2.0
• Reading various texts primary resources, news
  magazines and journals, daily/weekly newspapers,
  fiction, drama, poetry
• Independent research, portfolios, collaborative
  group projects, educational field trips/travel,
  community service activities, social studies
  organizations

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Instructional Strategies

• My school/district uses instructional strategies
  that involve current trends in effective
  instruction for Social Studies.
• Always
• Sometimes
• Hardly ever
• I dont know

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Professional Development

• Discipline-specific
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Pedagogical
• Teaching in general
• Content-specific
• Sustainability
• Follow-up
• On-going evaluation

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Test coordinators contribute to student success
  by
• Facilitating test administrations
• Training personnel for test administration
• Creating an awareness of related resources
• All of the above

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Who is the key player in fostering student
  success?
• Testing Policy and Operations
• Test Development
• Curriculum and Instruction
• All of the above

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Future

• New Web Page
• Web Page Components
• General purpose
• Types of questions asked
• Overview of the findings
• Standards course of study
• Teaching strategies

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Demonstration

• Interactive PDF now online
• Springboard for ideas
• Feedback encouraged

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Surprise !
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Thank You

• We appreciate your attendance and continued
  support of the North Carolina Testing Program.