Transcript Current Streamlining Changes

The IRA/NCATE
Program Review
Process
Chicago, Illinois
April 29, 2012
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• Unit = School, College, or Department of
Education plus other entities on campus
• Program = Specific Discipline Area
• Candidate = pre-service teachers
• Students = K-12 students
• SPA = Specialized Professional
Association; there are now 20
organizations that collaborate with NCATE
to review programs
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• Institutional Report—submitted by the unit to
demonstrate that the unit meets the 6 NCATE
Unit standards
• Program Report—submitted by programs to
demonstrate that the programs meets the
NCATE/SPA standards.
• Recognition Report—the report you receive back
from NCATE and the SPAs
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• National Program Review by SPA (i.e. IRA,
AMLE, ALA/AASL,TESOL, CEC, ACTFL, etc)
• State Program Review
• Review by another accrediting body (For
example, NASM accreditation of a
university’s College of Music)
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• Whether institutions submit programs to a
SPA (AMLE) or to the state for review
depends on the NCATE/State Partnership
• Some states require SPA review while
some require state review. Others allow
the institution to choose.
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SPA Program Review
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, DC, Hawaii, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, West
Virginia, Wyoming
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State Program Review
Alabama, California, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia,
Washington, Wisconsin
Some of these states allow
institutions to substitute SPA
review for state review.
Elizabeth Vilky
Accreditation Associate
• Determine whether or not the program has in
place comprehensive assessments that
demonstrate candidate mastery of the IRA
standards.
• Candidate performance on these
assessments is appropriate to demonstrate
mastery.
• Provide information for unit to use to respond
to Unit Standard 1.
• National Recognition
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Unit
Program
Standards
NCATE
SPA-IRA
Reviewed by
Board of
Examiners
Process
On-site
Program
Reviewers
(or state)
Electronic
Decision
Accreditation
Recognition
Final DecisionMaker
Unit Accreditation
Board
Audit
Team/Program
Reviewers
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• The program decisions factor into Standard 1,
which says: “Candidates preparing to work in
schools as teachers or other school personnel
know and demonstrate the content knowledge,
pedagogical content knowledge and skills,
pedagogical and professional knowledge and
skills, and professional dispositions necessary to
help all students learn. Assessments indicate
that candidates meet professional, state, and
institutional standards.”
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Spring Cycle
Fall Cycle
Institution Submits
Program Report
March 15
September 15
Review Period
April 15-June 1
October 15November 15
IRA Audit Team
Review
June 1-July 1
November 15January 1
NCATE Staff Review
July 1-August 1
January 1-February
1
Final Recognition
August 1
Report to Institution
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February 1
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Semester of NCATE Visit
to the Institution
Program Reports Due Date
Recognition Report Due
Back to Institution
Spring 2012
March 15, 2011
August 1, 2011
Fall 2012
September 15, 2010; March
15, 2011
February 1, 2011;
August 1, 2011
Spring 2013
March 15, 2011
August 1, 2011
Fall 2013
September 15, 2011
February 1, 2012
Fall 2016
September 15, 2013
February 1, 2014
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• Nationally recognized
• Nationally recognized with conditions (if this is the
decision, the conditions must be specified, and must
relate to the standards; programs have 18 months to
address conditions)
• Further Development Required/Recognized with
Probation (program has 12-14 months to submit a
revised report)
• Not nationally recognized (for programs that have
submitted a total of three times and have not managed
to move to recognized with conditions or nationally
recognized)
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Options for Program Review
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• Option A
• Option B
• Option C
• Option D
• IL/PB
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Option A- Current Process
• Current process: the program selects 6 to 8 key
assessments required of all candidates.
• Institution must submit a minimum of six
assessments, unless the SPA specifies more than
six required assessments
• Institution may submit additional assessments
when SPA does not specify all eight assessments
• Five specific types of assessments are required
by all SPAs
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Required Assessments in National
Program Review-Option A
1. State licensure exam for content
2. Assessment of content knowledge
3. Assessment of Planning (e.g., lesson plan or
unit plan)
4. Student teaching/internship assessment
5. Assessment of candidate impact on student
learning or providing a supportive learning
environment
6. Other assessment
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Option B
• Allows institutions to choose all of their own
assessments (with some constraints)
– No more than 8 assessments.
– Must submit state test data-Assessment 1
– Must demonstrate content, pedagogical content
knowledge and skills, and impact on student
learning
– Must have assessment of candidate impact on
student learning or for non- teaching programs,
candidate impact on providing a supportive
learning environment-Assessment 2
– Must meet SPA standards
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Option C-Continuing Recognition
• Designed to reduce the documentation
requirements for programs already nationally
recognized.
• Can be used by programs that were previously
nationally recognized using the 6 to 8 key
assessment model (started process in Fall 04)
and whose standards have not changed since
the last submission.
• Must submit current data on all assessments.
• Focus on Section V—self study and continuous
improvement
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Option D
• A program can conduct validity and
reliability studies of its assessments in
lieu of other program report evidence
requirements
– Must seek permission from NCATE before
pursuing this option
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IL/PB
• Option IL/PB: Initial Licensure/Post-Bacc
– For “MAT-like” programs for secondary level
licensure in all or some of the five secondary
content areas – foreign language (ACTFL),
social studies (NCSS), English (NCTE),
mathematics (NCTM), & science (NSTA)
– Leads to National Recognition by NCATE, not
the individual SPAs
– Reviewed by SPA Coordinators at this point
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Guidelines
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Data Rule
• Data Requirements:
– Minimum data required is data resulting from
two applications of the assessments
– For resubmissions (Response to Conditions or
Revised Reports), data from one application
new/revised assessments is required
– A program is eligible to receive National
Recognition with Conditions even if there are
no data available yet
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Data Rule
For units undergoing accreditation for the first time,
programs are expected to be able to include in their
program reports at least one year of data on all
assessments in order to be eligible for full national
recognition. They will be expected to have two years of
data at the time of their unit visit.
The following question was added to program reports:
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Enrollment Programs
Low-Enrollment Programs:
• The option to defer low-enrollment programs
(defined as 5 or fewer completers in a program in
the last 3 years combined) will continue until we
transition into CAEP.
• At that time, we will determine if the new option,
CAEP Program Review with Feedback, will meet the
needs for review of low-enrollment programs.
• Programs are NOT required to defer program review
due to low enrollment.
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Timeliness Rates
Program reports have been consistently available to
institutions on time (Feb. 1 or Aug. 1) for the past 5
years…
Cycle
% on time
Fall 2011
99.7% (931/934)
Cycle
% on time
Spring 2009
98%
Spring 2011
98%
Fall 2008
98%
Fall 2010
98%
Spring 2008
95%
Spring 2010
99%
Fall 2007
95%
Fall 2009
98%
Spring 2007
95%
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Recognition Rates
Initial Reports:
Cycle
R + C*
(# of reports)
Total # of
Reports
% of Total R + C*
Fall 2011
344
510
67.5%
Spring 2011
436
593
73.5%
Fall 2010
371
517
71.8%
Spring 2010
223
319
69.9%
Fall 2009
226
307
73.6%
* R = Nationally Recognized; C = Recognized with Conditions
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Recognition Rates
Revised & Response to Conditions Reports:
Cycle
R + C*
(# of reports)
Total # of
Reports
% of Total R + C*
Fall 2011
360
412
87.4%
Spring 2011
399
422
94.5%
Fall 2010
268
314
85.4%
Spring 2010
361
387
93.3%
Fall 2009
420
454
92.5%
* R = Nationally Recognized; C = Recognized with Conditions
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Resources on NCATE web site
• www.ncate.org, Accreditation, Program Review
– Assessment Library
• 250+ assessments approved by the SPAs
– Program Report Forms
– Guidelines, Instructions
– Examples of Reports
• Multiple examples of reports fully approved on first
submission
– Archived Web Seminars for Institutions and Program
Reviewers
– Mini-videos on how to use PRS
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Moving To CAEP
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CAEP Information
• October 22, 2010 was a historic day for educator
preparation.
• The NCATE and TEAC governing boards voted
unanimously to create a single accrediting body
for educator preparation.
• CAEP-Council for the Accreditation of Educator
Preparation
• NCATE and TEAC will continue, but will begin to
merge activities.
• It is expected that by January 2013, CAEP will
be fully active and NCATE and TEAC will sunset.
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NCATE Contacts
For questions related to overall process,
submission requirements, etc.
• Monique Lynch, [email protected]
• Elizabeth Vilky, [email protected]
• Sabata Morris, [email protected]
• Danielle Peyton, [email protected]
• Technical problems:
Frank Huang, [email protected]
Victoria Jones, [email protected]
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IRA Contact
• For questions related to the standards and
what are appropriate assessments:
• Diane Kern
[email protected]
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Questions
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