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Assessing Professional Learning

Audits

Learning Forward's professional development audit provides baseline data about your district's current professional development program in relation to state/district goals and our Standards for Professional Learning.

By studying district data, conducting onsite interviews, observations, and focus groups, expert professional developers assess the strengths and weaknesses of your district's professional learning and recommend strategies for achieving your goals. Past audit clients: Boston Public Schools, Mass. Erie School District, Pa. Webster Central School District, N.Y.

Standards Assessment Inventory

Our Standards Assessment Inventory (SAI) is a 60-item, online survey that provides data on a school's or district's professional development to support school improvement planning.

Each member of your staff will spend only 15 minutes responding to the online survey. The SAI price includes two administrations -- one in the fall and one in the spring in one school year. Learning Forward offers reports, online resources, and face-to-face support in analyzing and using the SAI results to improve professional learning.

The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory has established the validity and reliability of this instrument.

Recent SAI clients:

• Arizona Department of Education
• Arkansas Department of Education
• Rockdale County Public Schools, Ga.
• Lewisville Independent School District, Texas
• Moraga School District, Calif.
• Juneau School District, Alaska
• Hackensack Public Schools, N.J.
• Greater Essex County District School Board, Windsor, Ontario