Less Red Tape, More Less Red Tape, More Learning: Learning:

the Interactive Illinois the Interactive Illinois Report Card and Illinois e-Report Card and Illinois e-

PlansPlansDr. Harvey Smith, Director of Interactive IL Report Card,

Northern IL University

Carol Diedrichsen, Principal Ed Consultant,Illinois State Board of Education

Sept. 2007

Illinois e-Plans in contextIllinois e-Plans in context

• Pendulum swing of planning requirements

• The e-Plans: One Plan, One Purpose– Electronic monitoring– One template per NCLB/state law– To increase student learning

• Prerequisites: regional support and district ownership and web interface

Tools for a specific endTools for a specific end

Less Red TapeWhat’s the impact of the system of support—with

school and district plans as a central document when we – Minimize hoop-jumping– Focus planning on the key audience– Focus on the “sense” of data-key factors-strategies and

activities

More Learning School and district improvement plans that lead to

improved student achievement.

The Scale of SIP WorkThe Scale of SIP Work• State law requirements for

improvement plans • Number and type of required plans• 15 Federal Grants and Programs

Staff• 9 RESPRO regions• About 870 districts and 4,280 schools

Illinois e-PlansIllinois e-Plans

• Interactive Illinois Report Card– Used prior to e-Plans to review/compare data (2003) – Growing recognition in the state

• Illinois E-Plans (2005)available for school and district improvement plans, restructuring plans (NCLB, Sec. 1116) and Title I District Plans (2007) (NCLB, Sec. 1112)

• Automatically populate available data and information

• Embed analysis prompts• Focus primarily on the relationship between key

factors and measurable strategies and activities

Continuum of District Continuum of District Involvement in School Involvement in School

PlanningPlanning

RestructuringSchool

improvement

Corrective action

MAXIMUM

DISTRICT

RESPONSIBILITY

Regional System of Regional System of Support Providers Support Providers

(RESPROs)(RESPROs)• Service providers

across Illinois use Federal and State funding to provide technical assistance to schools.

• Other entities partner with ISBE through state funding: Illinois Principals Assoc. and Illinois Assoc. of School Boards

Go “live” to iirc.niu.eduGo “live” to iirc.niu.edu

Search for SAMPLE district and you can see the features of the Interactive Illinois Report Card and the Illinois e-Plans templates

e-Plan Main Menue-Plan Main Menu

The Road MapThe Road Map

Sample Data and AnalysisSample Data and Analysis Landing PageLanding Page

Analysis Embedded in Data Analysis Embedded in Data ScreensScreens

Summary of Key FactorsSummary of Key Factors

Deficiencies List for Action Deficiencies List for Action PlanPlan

Objectives aligned to Objectives aligned to deficienciesdeficiencies

Strategies and Activities Strategies and Activities ScreenScreen

Strategies and Activities Strategies and Activities ScreenScreen

Strategies and Activities Strategies and Activities ScreenScreen

Monitoring the Monitoring the ObjectivesObjectives

Manage Objectives Manage Objectives ScreenScreen

Monitoring PromptMonitoring Prompt

Final Submission ScreenFinal Submission Screen

In SummaryIn Summary

• Tools that give teachers access to state assessment data and resources

• Planning tool with plan implementers as the key audience– Minimizing the sting of compliance– Easy to share links to plans– Turn around/feedback reduced– Document at the core of discussions with the

district– Streamlining agency planning requirements

Feedback and QuestionsFeedback and Questions

Please give us feedback or suggestions for what you see here, perhaps, based on practices in your state.

Is there an effective way to move from compliance monitoring to improved learning?