Program
Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC)
The Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) are a practical, reliable set of data collection tools being used with teachers of math, English language arts, science, and social studies to collect and report consistent data on current instructional practices and content being taught in classrooms. The resulting data reported online provide an objective method for educators to analyze the degree of alignment between current instruction and state standards and assessments. The SEC Collaborative developed the SEC tools, and continues to provide leadership, services and support to state leaders to make effective use of this unique online system.
Through the SEC Collaborative and its services:
- Obtain reliable indicators of alignment and evaluate improvement initiatives for state education agency leaders and specialists:
- Use a data-driven improvement tool that combines instructional data and achievement data and facilitates discussion of effective practices for district leaders and teachers; and
- Assess needs of teachers and schools and target assistance to educators for evaluators of programs.
The SEC SCASS has operated since 1998, and has provided data services and assistance to educators in over 30 states and hundreds of schools. The SEC SCASS provides access to the data tools, organizes state alignment studies, plans multi-state research, and leads professional development.
SEC Collaborative Advisor: Rolf Blank
Rolf Blank is a CCSSO program director and leads the SEC SCASS as well as external grants to support research and development. With SEC, he directed multi-state and multi-district projects to use the SEC data tools to analyze alignment of instruction to standards and provide data-guided professional development. Blank leads CCSSO work on education indicators and in this capacity collaborates with state and local education leaders, researchers, and professional organizations to use data in research, evaluation and technical assistance aimed toward improving the quality of K-12 public education.
Members
Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Wisconsin
Associate Members
College Board, Learning Point, CLI, Inc.
Partners
University of Wisconsin-Madison/WCER, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education