Surveys of the Enacted Curriculum Full Orientation for Leadership

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Surveys of the Enacted CurriculumFull
Orientation for Leadership

• Presenter Name
• Presenter Title
• Month and Year

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What are the SEC surveys?

• Research-based tools driven by work of Professor
  Andrew Porter, who has had numerous publications,
  been the past president of the American Education
  Research Association (AERA), and is an advisor to
  the U.S. Department of Education.
• Research-based tools to collect, report, and use
  data on English/Language, Math, and Science
  content taught and instructional practices used
  in classrooms.
• Designed and developed by Wisconsin Center for
  Education Research, and the Council of Chief
  State Schools Officers with multiple grants from
  the National Science Foundation, individual
  states, and Learning Point Associates.

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How are the SEC used by schools and
districts?Reading/Language Arts, Math, and
Science

• Improve alignment of instruction with standards
  and assessments.
• Improve articulation of instruction across
  grades.
• Assess needs in areas of curriculum and
  instruction.
• Engage teachers in objective dialogue about what
  and how they teach.

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How will SEC assist us in meeting the
requirements of NCLB?

• Identify specific content areas where instruction
  is not aligned with standards or assessments.
• Compare instructional practice between schools
• Low alignment with high performance.
• High alignment with low performance.
• Low alignment with low performance.
• Used over time to measure progress towards
  changes in instructional practice.

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States and Districts Implementing the SEC

• Arizona
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma

• Wisconsin
• Oregon
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• School District of Philadelphia
• Miami-Dade County Pubic Schools
• Chicago Public Schools
• Winston-Salem Public Schools
• Gilbert School District, Iowa
• Ohio SMART Consortium

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Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
The intended curriculum State content
standardswhat students should learn
The assessed curriculum State (and other)
assessmentstested learning
The learned curriculum Student outcomes based
on school learning
The enacted curriculum What teachers teach
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The Enacted Curriculum
The SEC depict in detail the content that
teachers teachand the level of cognitive demand
to which the content is taught. This example uses
eighth- grade mathematics.
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Comparing the Enacted and the Intended Curriculum
EnactedWhat teachers teach
IntendedWhat standards require
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Viewing Enacted, Intended, and Assessed Curriculum
Enacted
Intended
Assessed
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Enacted, Intended, Assessed, and Learned
Curriculum
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What are some of the benefits?

• Research-based tool
• Nonthreatening way to collect data on classroom
  instruction
• Low-cost, Web version available
• Comprehensive set of professional development
  tools available to maximize effectiveness

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How do we get started?What decisions do we need
to make?

• Insert recommended content areas and grade
  levels.
• Insert recommended district plan/timeline.
• Teachers need 30 minute orientation and 6090
  minutes to complete survey (online or paper).
• Professional development time should be allocated
  for analysis.
• Professional development time should be allocated
  to initiatives based on SEC analysis.

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SEC Collaborating Organizations
Council for Chief State School
Officerswww.secsurvey.org Wisconsin Center for
Educational Researchwww.seconline.org Learning
Point Associateswww.secsupport.org TERC
Regional Alliance
SEC Research Projects SEC Data Processing SEC
Analytical and Professional Support Other
Support
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