N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 2302.26
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 53, December 31, 2024
Section 2302.26 - Program for strengthening leadership resources of State educational agencies-activity EEducation Department consultative assistance to local education institutions to improve their planning, management and evaluation capabilities.
(a)Specific objective.The objective is to improve the planning, management and evaluation capabilities of local education institutions in order that limited resources are used efficiently and effectively in achieving intended objectives.
(b)Specific activities.(1) Performance indicators in education (PIE).(i) To continue the dissemination of the PIE report at the district level and extend reporting to the school building level. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. Data file maintenance, analyses, and report production. | Annual District PIE Report January 1978 |
| Building Level PIE Report May 1977; January 1978 |
| 2. Provide consultation to both department and local district staffs. | Ongoing |
| 3. Conduct research on selected school processes. | Ad hoc reports: intermittent |
| 4. Analyze, interpret and translate outcomes. |
(2) Higher education management systems. (i) Developing tools and procedures to assist institutions to handle their internal planning and management problems more effectively. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. Introduce institutions to NCHEMS procedures. | Conference of institutions in Mid-Hudson region to discuss department project, NCHEMS procedures, and long-term objectives-July 1977 |
| 2. Develop New York State procedures. | NCHEMS procedures will suffice in most instances, but where New York State has special needs, special procedures will be developed-July 1977 to June 1978 |
| 3. Direct assistance to institutions. | Visit institutions to establish planning procedures, to provide direct assistance (consultation, selected materials, and seed money for computer processing), to develop more effective planning and management systems. This assistance is designed to give institutions the ability to carry on these activities independently in the future-July 1977 to June 1978 |
(ii) Develop better information on student demand for higher education for use in formulating State-level financing strategies. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. Collect survey data. | Two surveys are anticipated: one for those attending college to gather insights about choice of institution, and the other for those not attending college to gather insights about student decisions to attend or not to attend college-December 1977 |
| 2. Analyze survey data. | At least three analyses will be performed: development of price elasticities (i.e. estimates of changes in enrollments that would occur in response to changes in costs to students) for use in our financial planning model, identification of factors that are important in estimating student demand for higher education; and development of insights about the relative preferences of students for different institutions in the state-April 1978 |
| 3. Apply the results to State planning needs. | The major application of the findings of the analyses is expected to be in the State financial planning model maintained by the department. In addition, the results should be useful in a number of other planning situations. |
| 4. Document results for other States. | To the extent this effort is successful we plan to document our procedures so that others can replicate them if they so desire |
(iii) Develop specifications, procedures, and file structures for an information system for the licensed professions. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. Develop system design. | Design specifications for the information system, including file structures, contents and definition-September 1977 |
| 2. Develop data collection instruments. | Survey instruments for collecting basic data from professional education programs in New York State-October 1977 |
| 3. Develop storage and retrieval capacity. | Identify the computer to be used for the system and prepare programs for loading, storage and retrieval of data-April 1978 |
(3) Cooperative review/reregistration. (i) Regular visitation on a seven-year cycle to all public and nonpublic secondary schools for the purpose of enforcing minimum standards and strengthening educational programs throughout the State, with special emphasis on career education. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. Identify and schedule schools for registration visits. | Schedule visits to 150 secondary schools and 90 elementary feeder schools-July-September 1977 |
| 2. Field visits by SED staff. | Evaluation of programs-September 1977-June 1978 |
| 3. Preparation of field reports. | Analysis of programs and recommendation of reregistration for qualified secondary schools September 1977-June 1978 |
(ii) Follow-up supervisory assistance by SED specialists as determined advisable after reregistration visits. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. Follow-up field visits by SED staff. | Technical assistance provided September 1977-June 1978 |
| 2. Preparation of follow-up field reports. | Analysis of programs and recommendations for improvement-September 1977-June 1978 |
| District reports on program improvements affected-September 1977-June 1978 |
(4) Categorical programs evaluation. (i) Specific objective. To evaluate the statewide effectiveness of additional apportionment appropriations to school districts for special programs. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. To collect pre- and post-test data from all districts operating programs for pupils with special educational needs and for pupils with handicapping conditions. | Completion of data aggregation and file editing-January 1978 |
| 2. To analyze and interpret results relative to the effectiveness of the funded programs. | Annual report to legislature, regents and school districts, as required by law-May 1978 |
(ii) Special objective. To isolate those aspects of the educational process which contribute to academic achievement and to determine extent to which various categorically aided programs foster and sustain pupil growth from year to year. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. To collect pupil achievement data and other salient information form a representative sample of school districts. | Ad hoc reports of cross-sectional analyses (intermittent) |
| 2. To analyze and interpret results and disseminate findings. | Longitudinal report of three-year aggregation-June 1978 |
(5) Competency-based teacher education (CBTE):(i) Specific objective. To complete the review of approximately 500 collegiate program proposals for the preparation of teachers of secondary academic subjects submitted under the department's CBTE guidelines. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| By June 30, 1978: |
| 1. To evaluate proposals using department criteria. | All proposals on hand as of September 1, 1977 will have been evaluated |
| 2. To recommend department action on each proposal. | A recommendation will have been made on each program proposal evaluated. The recommendation will fall into one of four categories as follows: |
| Preliminary Registration: |
| 55 percent |
| Limited Registration: |
| 25 percent |
| Rejection: |
| 6 percent |
| Returned for more information: |
| 14 percent |
(ii) Specific objective. To use an alternative method of registering operating CBTE programs with 20 institutions. | Work tasks | Anticipated accomplishments or products-due date |
| 1. To identify 20 operating CBTE programs preparing teachers of elementary grades and teachers of handicapped children. | Programs to be identified and their agreement to participate obtained by August 1, 1977 |
| 2. The alternative method involving use of inventory instruments will be administered to persons associated with each of the 20 programs. | Instruments will be sent to the higher education institutions by October 1, 1977 and returned by December 1, 1977 |
| 3. Consultants will be employed to make evaluative visits to each program. | Visits will be completed by April 1, 1978 |
| 4. Reports on the visits and the results of the inventory instruments will be analyzed for congruence. | Analysis will be completed by June 30, 1978 |
(iii) Specific objective. A proposed State policy on inservice education will be submitted to the Board of Regents at their January 1978 meeting.N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 2302.26