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• November 17, 2009: Engaging the Voices of Students: A Report on the 2007 & 2008 High School Survey of Student Engagement
• September 28, 2009: The Core Components of RTI: A Closer Look at Leadership, Parent Involvement, and Cultural Responsivity
• August 31, 2009: Open Enrollment in K-12 Public Education
• August 18, 2009: Changes in Indiana School Funding
• July 24, 2009: Survey of Virtual Learning In Indiana
• July 1, 2009: The Core Components of RTI: A Closer Look at Evidence-based Core Curriculum, Assessment and Progress Monitoring, and Data-based Decision Making
• May 27, 2009: Perspectives on Indiana’s Key K-12 Legislation of 2009
• April 21, 2009: Indiana’s Vision of Response to Intervention.
• Jan. 15, 2009: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiage Classrooms in the Era of NCLB Accountability
• Jan. 7, 2009: The results of the sixth annual Public Opinion Survey on K-12 Education in Indiana
  

November 17, 2009: Engaging the Voices of Students: A Report on the 2007 & 2008 High School Survey of Student Engagement.  The latest CEEP report on student engagement, released today, presents findings from the annual survey of students about their work, their school experience, the school learning environment, and their interaction with the school community.  In 2007 and 2008, more than 134,000 students from 223 high schools, ranging in size from 15 students to more than 3,000 students, participated in the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE).

Click HERE to see the report in PDF format. Click HERE to see the media release issued by Indiana University about the report. Click HERE to learn more about the High School Survey of Student Engagement, and to find out how schools can participate in the survey.

September 28, 2009: A new CEEP Special Report was published today and is being distributed this week. The report, The Core Components of RTI: A Closer Look at Leadership, Parent Involvement, and Cultural Responsivity, is the last in a three-part series on Response to Intervention (RTI) in Indiana.

The first report discussed the research and policy impetus for the use of the RTI framework, as well as what the state of Indiana is currently doing to support this new initiative.  The Indiana Department of Education
has devised a framework of RTI that addresses six core components on which to focus:

1. evidence-based curriculum, instruction, intervention, and extension;
2. assessment and progress monitoring;
3. data-based decision making;
4. leadership;
5. family, school, and community partnerships; and
6. cultural responsivity.

The second report in the series looks closely at the first three core components.  This third report examines the last three components of the RTI framework.

Click HERE to view the new report in PDF format.

Click HERE to view the first report on RTI, and HERE to view the second report in this series.

August 31, 2009: Open Enrollment in K-12 Public Education is the newest Education Policy Brief published by CEEP. The brief examines ways this school choice option is being implemented across the U.S. and in Indiana, identifies its potential strengths and weaknesses, and looks at how recent changes in taxes and school funding more readily enable this option in Indiana.

Click HERE to find the full policy brief in PDF format on the CEEP web site. Click HERE to see the Fast Facts sheet related to the brief.

August 18, 2009: Changes in Indiana School Funding. Along with examining recent changes to Indiana’s school funding system and the provisions in the new two-year state budget, variance in per-pupil funding by type of school corporation is explored.  The issues of school funding equity and adequacy presented in earlier CEEP reports are also revisited.

Click HERE to find the full policy brief in PDF format on the CEEP web site. Click HERE to see the Fast Facts sheet related to the brief.

July 24, 2009: Survey of Virtual Learning In Indiana Virtual learning is seen by many Indiana educators as an increasingly viable mechanism to deliver student instruction and meet student learning needs in complement to classroom instruction.  44 states have some form of virtual learning in place, and approximately 57% of public secondary schools in the U.S. provide access to students for online learning. More than 1 million K-12 students were estimated to be engaged in online courses nationwide in 2007-2008.

Working with the Indiana Virtual Learning Consortium, the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy surveyed high school counselors, high principals, and superintendents in Indiana to gather their perspectives on virtual learning around the state.  The data gathered from this survey will help improve virtual learning services for students, and will be used to inform policymakers to help advance the effective use of virtual learning.

For a copy of the survey report in Adobe PDF format, please click HERE. Click HERE to see the media release issued by the IU Office of Media Relations.

July 1, 2009: A new CEEP Special Report was issued today; The Core Components of RTI: A Closer Look at Evidence-based Core Curriculum, Assessment and Progress Monitoring, and Data-based Decision Making..

This is the second report of a three-part series on Response to Intervention (RTI) in Indiana. The current report examines in greater depth the first three core components of the RTI framework to support schools in their implementation and understanding of:

• Evidence-based core curriculum, instruction, intervention and extension;
• Assessment and progress monitoring; and
• Data-based decision making.

Click HERE to view the report in PDF format.

May 27, 2009: Perspectives on Indiana’s Key K-12 Legislation of 2009 This special CEEP report is a summary of the thirteen key K-12 education bills enacted by the Indiana legislature. A unique feature of this legislative summary is the inclusion of commentary and perspectives on the new laws shared by a legislator and seven representatives of statewide education or business associations. Click HERE to find a copy of the legislative summary in PDF format on the CEEP web site.

April 21, 2009: A new CEEP Special Report was issued today; Indiana’s Vision of Response to Intervention. This is the first report of a three-part series on Response to Intervention (RTI) in Indiana. The research on the effectiveness of RTI is examined in-depth. A discussion of the current status of federal regulations regarding RTI, a summary of Indiana’s compliance efforts and adaptations of the RTI framework, and a description of the core components of RTI follow. The report concludes with brief information regarding the stages of implementation, the importance of fidelity of framework implementation, parental involvement, and a few of the common misconceptions regarding RTI.

Click HERE to view the report in PDF format.

Jan. 15, 2009: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiage Classrooms in the Era of NCLB Accountability is the newest CEEP Education Policy Brief.  Along with examining the advantages and disadvantages of the multiage education, this brief highlights some state programs to deepen our understanding about these programs and how to implement them more effectively.  A few models across the US and other countries are covered and guest perspectives are presented by professionals in Kentucky and Arizona.

Click HERE to find the full policy brief in PDF format on the CEEP web site. Click HERE to see the Fast Facts sheet related to the brief.

Jan. 7, 2009: The results of the sixth annual Public Opinion Survey on K-12 Education in Indiana, were released today by the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP). Survey co-authors Terry Spradlin and Nathan Burroughs presented the results to the Indiana State Board of Education this morning. The results show the public ranks education as its top policy issue.

The survey conducted in November gauged the attitudes and perceptions of a representative sample of Hoosiers on key educational issues. For the first time, respondents were asked to rate the importance of eight major policy issues. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being most important, a total of 90 percent rated K-12 education at 8, 9, or 10. The economy (88 percent), health care (82 percent), higher education (80 percent), and public safety (73 percent) rounded out the top five. The new survey asked 26 questions over seven categories: school quality, school funding, school district consolidation and governance, school choice and charter schools, virtual education, teacher quality and compensation, and familiarity and support of the federal “No Child Left Behind” accountability law.

Click HERE to find a copy of the survey report in PDF format on the CEEP web site. Click HERE to view the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation about the survey prepared for the State Board of Education. Click HERE to see the media release issued by the IU Office of Media Relations. Click HERE to see Terry Spradlin talking about the survey results.

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