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 Carolina’s
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
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The questions on the NCSS include the
following dimensions:
1. Extracurricular Participation
2. Instructional Participation
3. Educational Practices
4. Learning Styles
5. Demographic Information
6. 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.
A. Yes
B. No
C. I don’t know
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Curriculum Development
My school/district’s curriculum is aligned to
the NC Standard Course of Study.
A. Yes
B. No
C. I don’t know
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Curriculum Development
My school/district’s curriculum is vertically
aligned.
A. Yes
B. No
C. I don’t know
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Assessment Practices
My school/district has a balanced assessment
system that includes both formative/summative
assessments.
A. Yes
B. No
C. I don’t know
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Assessment Practices
My school/district assessments are aligned to
the written curriculum.
A. Yes
B. No
C. I don’t 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.
A.Always
B.Sometimes
C.Hardly ever
D.I don’t 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:
A.Facilitating test administrations
B.Training personnel for test administration
C.Creating an awareness of related resources
D.All of the above
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Roles and Responsibilities
Who is the key player in fostering student
success?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Testing Policy and Operations
Test Development
Curriculum and Instruction
All of the above
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Future
• New Web Page
Web Page Components:
1. General purpose
2. Types of questions asked
3. Overview of the findings
4. Standards course of study
5. 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.
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