Rosanne Stripling, Lead Auditor

August 10, 2015

The Purpose of the Audit The curriculum management audit provides

school boards, administrators, teachers, and the public an objective look at how well their system is doing in the core business of teaching and learning—learning by all students (FINDINGS)

The audit also identifies what the district must to do to improve. . . in specific terms (RECOMMENDATIONS)

LISD Expectations

“. . . an objective and comprehensive

assessment of the systems that produce

teaching and learning for every student to

promote . . .the district’s vision of

“Empowering and Inspiring Excellence.”

BASIC CONSTRUCT FOR AUDITING

RATIONAL SYSTEMS

The Written Curriculum (the work plan)

Teaching (the work)

Testing (work measurement)

Quality Control

• curriculum - the work plan

• teaching - the work

• testing - work measurement

2

Curriculum

3

Connectivity 4

Assessment

1

Control 5

Productivity

Major Data Sources

(Triangulated)

• DOCUMENTS: policies, memoranda, contracts,

guides, linkage documents, manuals

• INTERVIEWS: key participants in the

design and delivery of the curriculum

focusing on interrelationship among

documents and implementation

• SITE VISITS: observation of the context

for curriculum delivery, noting potential

discrepancies and other factors affecting

delivery

Overarching Questions in

Audit Investigations

1. Does it exist? (e.g., policies, planning,

curriculum)

2. Is it any good? (based on audit

quality standards)

3. Is it used?

4. Has it made a difference? (in student

achievement)

REMINDERS:

The CMA is a deficit audit, in that it addresses only those things that are not working well (inadequate).

The breadth and depth of Findings and Recommendations are material to the district.

LISD Audit Report:

11 Findings in 5 Standards

5 Recommendations

Standard 1 - Control

Findings

BOARD POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

are not adequate.

The asset of HUMAN RESOURCES is not

managed in an efficient and effective manner.

Positions and Job Descriptions

Organizational Chart

Important elements of PLANNING and PLANS are

missing or inadequate.

Standard 2 - Direction

Findings

The district provided no documents that the auditors considered to be WRITTEN CURRICULUM.

Textbooks and programs are main teaching resources; inconsistent alignment reduces quality.

Standard 3-

Connectivity and Equity

The district’s EXPECTATIONS FOR

INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES are

not being realized.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT is

not aligned to expectations.

MONITORING OF INSTRUCTION is

emerging but not fully established.

Standard 4 - Feedback

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT has been lower

than the state average for three years.

The ASSESSMENT SCOPE is incomplete.

CBAs lack total alignment to the STAAR and

TEKS and the process in place for their

administration is inconsistent.

The use of DATA AS FEEDBACK for

instructional improvement is fragmented and

inconsistent. No formal PROGRAM

EVALUATION is in place.

Standard 5 - Productivity

The annual BUDGETING

PROCESS is not driven by

curricular goals, strategic

priorities, or cost benefit

findings.

5 Recommendations Presented in order of importance

Include specific action plans and some examples (policy)

Some based on several findings

Presented in two parts:

– Governance

– Administration

Recommendation 1

Develop, revise, and adopt board

policies/regulations to communicate

governance expectations and increase

control over human resources for

improved effectiveness and

accountability. (3 years)

Recommendation 2

Develop a comprehensive curriculum management system for a tightly aligned written and taught curriculum to promote higher levels of achievement by all students. (5 years)

Recommendation 3

Develop a comprehensive system

for administering, collecting,

and analyzing assessment data

for effective use as feedback for

improvement of instruction and

learning by all students. (5

years)

Recommendation 4

Refine and expand the

planning process to focus

resources toward achieving

institutional mission and

goals. (3 years)

Recommendation 5

Develop and implement a

budgeting process that aligns

resource allocations to strategic

priorities and is based on cost

benefit and other “effectiveness”

data. (3 years)

A Time of Challenge . . .

A Time of Opportunity

-

- For the

- Livingston Independent

School District