Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) - PowerPoint Presentation

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Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA)

Schoolwide

ProgramsSlide2

Comprehensive Needs AssessmentSlide3

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Federal Requirements for

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965

A

schoolwide

program

shall

include….

a comprehensive needs assessment of the

entire school

(including taking into account the needs of migratory children as defined in section 1309(2)) that is based on information which includes the

achievement of children

in relation to the

State academic content standards

and the

State student achievement standards

described in section 111(b)(1). (p. 49)Slide5

Federal Requirements for

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Federal Register

- July 2, 2004 (Vol. 69, Number 127)

A school operating as a

schoolwide

program

must

conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the

entire school

to determine the

performance of its students

in relation to the

State’s challenging academic content and achievement standards

.

(p. 40361)Slide6

Step 1 in Schoolwide

Planning Process

Comprehensive Needs AssessmentSlide7

Overview for

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Required part of planning process

Must include campus’s current status on:

Achievement of all students and student groups

Student demographics

Student needs

Curriculum and instruction

Professional development

Family and community involvement

Campus context and organizationSlide8

Purposes of

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

To

examine multiple sources of data

to get a true picture of the campus’s needs

To help the campus monitor and

assess the impact

of programs, instruction, and other resources related to student achievement

To help the campus identify strengths and weaknesses and

set prioritiesSlide9

Five-Step Process for

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Establish a

schoolwide

planning team

Clarify the vision for reform

Create the campus profile

Identify data sources

Analyze data and create a summary reportSlide10

Tools for

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

NCLB Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Questions

for teams to ask in determining which data to collect and

for

identifying

needs

Sample

CNA Summary

templatesSlide11

Sample Questions for Discussion

Student Achievement

1. How is student achievement data disaggregated?      

2. How does student achievement data compare from one data source to another?      

3. What does the data indicate when disaggregated by ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic

status

,

special

program, or other category?      

4. In which areas are we showing growth? At what rate? Compared to which standard

of achievement?  

5. Which students are making progress? Why?      

6. What impact are intervention programs having on student achievement? Which students are benefiting or not? Why?      

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Data Sources Reviewed:

Area Reviewed

Summary of Strengths

What were the identified strengths?

Summary of Needs

What were the identified needs?

Priorities

What are the priorities for the campus, including how federal and state program funds will be used?

Demographics

Student Achievement

School Culture and Climate

   Staff Quality/Professional Development    Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment    Family and Community Involvement    School Context and Organization    Technology    

Summary Template Slide13

Additional Tools for

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Survey tips

Parent surveys

Teacher survey

Data

discussion toolSlide14

Survey Tips

•

Keep the questions simple.

• Surveys need to be completed individually and

without names.

• Participants should be able to respond easily.

• Balance the number of multiple-choice

responses with opinion questions.

• Keep open-ended responses to a minimum.

• Accept the good and the not-so-good results. • Make no assumptions. Slide15

Parent Survey

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Teacher Survey

Please select one option for each question below:

Very true of us

Somewhat true of us

Not true of us

Don’t know

Teachers in this school communicate to students and parents that the number one priority is that all students will become proficient in the state standards.

Teachers work collaboratively to develop curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessments aligned to state standards.

Teachers in this school collect, interpret, and use data related to student achievement to guide decision making.

  Teachers in this school discuss data related to student achievement in regularly scheduled meetings.     Teachers in this school regularly analyze student work to determine the effectiveness of strategies.       Teachers in this school use space and time during school hours effectively to collaborate and learn about issues directly related to student achievement.     Slide17

Data Discussion Tool

Use this tool to review data in groups. Jot

down your thoughts as you review the data individually, then compare your findings with the group. This will help get the conversation started so that needs can be identified.

WOW

UH-OH

QUESTIONS

TO DO

NEED TO KNOW

Data Discussion Tool Slide18

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