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  CEEA Included in Federal School Climate Survey Compendium

  Vlad Khmelkov posted in IEE & Partners' News at 11:40 am on March 22, 2011 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: assessment (5), CEEA (2), school climate (2), school culture (2), surveys

  On March 8 2011, IEE’s Culture of Excellence & Ethics Assessment (CEEA) surveys were included in the School Climate Survey Compendium compiled by the Safe and Supportive Schools Technical Assistance Center of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. The review of the psychometric information conducted by the S3 TAC recognizes the surveys included in the Compendium as valid and reliable assessment tools that can be used for school climate needs assessment: http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=133.

  The initial list consists of 8 instruments. Of these, only two instruments are publicly available, and CEEA surveys are one of these two options. IEE is proud of this accomplishment and expresses gratitude to the John Templeton and Sanford N. McDonnell Foundations for their financial support, as well as to students, staff, and parents in many schools and districts across the country that participated in pilot- and field-testing of the current version of CEEA surveys in 2009 and 2010.

  CEEA surveys version 4.5 are the result of 10 years of intensive design and testing work. In-depth information about the survey history, theoretical background, psychometrics, sample forms and reports, as well as assessment services offered by IEE, can be found on our website:

  http://excellenceandethics.com/assess/ceea.php

  

   

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  New assessment options added

  Vlad Khmelkov posted in IEE & Partners' News at 4:47 pm on February 22, 2011 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CEEA assessment, school culture assessment

  In the last several months, the research team here at IEE worked diligently on our assessment options. I’m happy to announce several new developments.

  One of the most exciting is an addition of a full range of developmentally appropriate CEEA surveys. We have worked closely with the staff at Allen Creek ES in Pittsford, NY, to develop and pilot-test Primary and Intermediate versions of the survey. The primary version may be generally recommended for grades 3-5, which makes it a survey of choice for most elementary schools. The intermediate version is most applicable for grades 5-6, but can also be easily extended to grades 7-8. Thus, it can be used as either upper elementary, or as middle school survey. The original survey for middle and high schools is directed toward high schools, but can also be used in middle schools with grades 7-8. With this developmental overlap, we now have options for most schools. We are continuing to work on a version that would be appropriate for early elementary schools, grades 1-2, and hope to have it finalized by fall 2011.

  The second development is revision of the conceptual model of CEEA and of the surveys for versions 4.5. This work clarified labels for the scales to make them consistent with the language that schools are familiar with through a range of current educational initiatives. In addition, extensive psychometric analysis of the data collected in 2009-2010 allowed us to shorten the length of the survey without losing its reliability and validity. Version 4.5 of the student survey contains 72 items (versus 110 in the previous version), whereas the faculty/staff survey is down to 100 items from 139. This reduces the time requirements both for survey administration and for review of the results.

  Finally, we have developed a range of Excellence & Ethics Inventories. These are short (28 items or fewer) assessment tools compiled from CEEA, that can be administered in under 15 minutes. They allow a school to assess a single focus area or area of concern for internal benchmarking.

  We have updated most of the documents on our assessment page, and are continuing to add relevant information. The new surveys are available for review both in paper-and-pencil and online formats. Please check them out and let us know if you have questions of suggestions for further improvement of our assessment services:

  http://excellenceandethics.com/assess/ceea.php