1. Please be sure that your audio is working properly. Go to: Tools Audio Audio Setup Wizard Evaluating Components of the Statewide System of Support Distance Learning Session #5

2. Agenda Greetings and who’s here Special sharing from Virginia: Early Warning Tool and dropout prevention Evaluation and the SSOS Team reports and sharing Questions, comments, what’s next

3. Who’s Here State Teams and RCC Liaisons: Alaska, Montana, and Virginia Kathleen Smith, Virginia Pacesetter, with Mary Whitley and Susan Fitzpatrick Dr. Steven Ross, Johns Hopkins University CII Staff: Stephanie Benedict, Tom Kerins, and Nancy Protheroe

4. Special Sharing from Virginia Development of an Early Warning System Tool to support dropout prevention efforts

5. Evaluation and the SSOS Presenter: Dr. Steven Ross Highlights – Why evaluate? – Moving beyond “grading” the SSOS – Conducting an effective evaluation

6. Steve Ross Professor and Senior Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Specialization: Educational evaluation, school reform, educational technology Co-author of CII's publication Evaluating the Statewide System of Support From 2003-2008, was Principal Investigator of state-wide SES evaluations in 14 states Currently Senior Research Advisor to USDOE's National Charter School Resource Center

7. Team Reports and Sharing Alaska Montana Virginia

8. Highlight one or two success stories from your team work. Excluding issues of shrinking resources and too little time, highlight one or two critical challenges facing your SSOS in the next year. An example might be the need to build district capacity to support school improvement.

9. State Reports for DL #6 Think about elements of your SSOS. Pick one or two that you think should be evaluated using an approach that collects evidence about impact to use in decision making about the program's future. As result of revising our SSOS, we have begun on-site evaluations of several districts that have had historically had poor performance on state tests. What evidence can we collect to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to demonstrate the utility of these on-site visits?

10. Questions, Comments, and What’s Next