Exploring Relationships between Professional Development, Teacher Practice, and State Content...

Exploring Relationships between Professional Development,Teacher Practice, and State Content Standards

ByJohn L. Smithson, Ph.D.

Director, Measures of the Enacted CurriculumWisconsin Center for Education Research

University of Wisconsin-Madison 

For a copy of this paper, email: johns@education.wisc.edu

PD

Climate

Content Practice

What relationships can be found between participationin Professional Development Activities & Classroom Instruction

Using Survey Instruments

Describing Classroom Practice

Supply & Demand(1990)

Supply: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. ResearchersPrimarily policy research

Demand: LOW / Largely Limited to Ed. ResearchersPrimarily policy research

Using Survey Instruments

Describing Classroom Practice

Supply & Demand(2005)

Demand: HIGH / Ed. Researchers / Ed. Ldrs. (at all levels)Program Evaluators

Supply: HIGH - due to access computers and internet

English LanguageArts & Reading

The SEC Data-set

SUMMARY MEASURES

Content Practice Climate Prof. Dev./ / /

Science

InstructionalContent

Instr.Activities

Tchr.Char./Opinions/Beliefs

Professional DevelopmentMathematics

SUMMARY MEASURES

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

Variable Summary Measure Description

PDhrs

PDfreq

PDactive

PDcohere

PDcoll

PDcnt

PDdata

PDstnd

PDstlrn

# of PD Hours reported

Frequency of PD Activities

PD that involved active engagement of teachers

PD that is part of a coherent plan & goals

Collective participation from school/department

PD with focus on subject matter content

PD with focus on Student Data

PD with focus on Standards & Instruction

PD with focus on Student Learning

SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

Variable Summary Measure Description

MX1

MX2

MX3

MX4

MX5

MX6

MX7

Number Sense, Properties, RelationshipsOperations

Measurement

Algebraic Concepts

Geometric Concepts

Data Analysis / Probability / Statistics

Instructional Content

Content Areas (Topic Coverage)

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

Variable Summary Measure Description

Cgd_B

Cgd_C

Cgd_D

Cgd_E

Cgd_F

Memorize / RecallPerform Procedures

Demonstrate Understanding

Conjecture, Hypothesize, Prove

Non-routine problems / Make Connections

Performance Expectations for Students (Cognitive Demand)

SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

Variable Summary Measure Description

PerfProc

Analyze

Connect

AcLrn

UseAssess

Perform Procedures

Analyze Information

Make Connections

Active Learning

Use of multiple assessment types

Classroom Activities

SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

Variable Summary Measure Description

InflStnd

ProfColl

Influence of Standards on Instruction

Professional Collegiality & Trust

Climate Measures

SUMMARY MEASURES (Mathematics)

PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIPS

Which relationships (correlations) persistacross multiple samples of teachers

(Mathematics)

Sample/Sub-sample # of teachers

Full Sample 4593

MSP-PD study 211

State F 388

State I 853

State M 469

State O 338

MX1 MX2 MX3 MX4 MX5 MX6 MX7PDFREQ 3 2 0 3 0 1 0PDHRS 1 2 1 3 0 2 0PDACTIVE 1 1 0 2 0 0 0PDCOHERE 0 1 1 1 1 1 0PDCOLL 0 2 1 2 2 2 0PDCNT 0 1 0 0 1 2 0PDDATA 0 1 0 0 1 3 0PDSTND 1 1 0 1 1 2 0PDSTLRN 0 1 0 0 0 1 2

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENTASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

CGD_B CGD_C CGD_D CGD_E CGD_FPDFREQ 5 4 1 4 4PDHRS 4 3 1 3 3PDACTIVE 5 5 2 4 6PDCOHERE 1 3 0 3 3PDCOLL 1 3 0 2 2PDCNT 4 5 1 4 4PDDATA 2 4 1 4 4PDSTND 4 5 1 4 4PDSTLRN 2 6 2 4 5

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENTASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

USEASSESS PERFPROC ANALYZE CONNECT ACLRNPDFREQ 6 1 2 5 3PDHRS 6 1 4 5 2

PDACTIVE 6 3 5 6 4PDCOHERE 5 1 2 2 3PDCOLL 5 1 3 3 2PDCNT 6 3 3 4 4PDDATA 6 3 3 5 3PDSTND 6 3 3 4 4PDSTLRN 6 3 3 4 5

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENTASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

INFLSTND PROFCOLLPDFREQ 6 2PDHRS 6 1

PDACTIVE 6 6PDCOHERE 5 5PDCOLL 6 6PDCNT 6 6PDDATA 6 5PDSTND 6 6PDSTLRN 6 6

SUMMARY MEASURES W/ PERSISTENTASSOCIATION TO PD MEASURES

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //

Variable Persistant Variables

Pdfreq 5Pdhours 4PDactive 7Pdcohere 3Pdcoll 3PDcnt 4Pddata 4PDstnd 4PDstlrn 6

#OF PERSISTENT SUMMARY MEASURESASSOCIATED WITH EACH PD MEASURE

Content Practice ClimateProf. Dev. / //