IIS Update

1. Instructional Improvement
System (IIS) Update
January 24, 2011

2. Where are we going?
• Improve and personalize student learning
How:
• Increase access and equity to high quality
resources
• Facilitate the teaching and learning process
• Provide timely and relevant information and
data

3. Bringing it all together within a
few clicks
Curriculum tools and resources,
assessment, and PD (B3, C3, D5) linked
to longitudinal data (C1) in the cloud (A2)
to provide data to improve instruction and
learning

4. NC IIS Components
• Portals
• Dashboards and Analytics
• Instructional System and Content
• Assessment System and Content
• PD System and Content
• Educator Evaluation System

5. NC IIS Conceptual Model
Standards &
Curriculum
Educator Instructional
Evaluation & Design,
Professional Learner Practice, &
Development Profile & Resources
Work
Samples
Data Analysis Assessment
& Reporting and Growth

6. Desired Outcomes of the NC IIS
1. Accurate and timely information about student
achievement in support of decision making at all
levels
2. Parents and community members participating more
fully in the learning process
3. Students assuming an active role in their own
learning experience
4. Staff empowered to work cooperatively
to increase student achievement, enhance
productivity, and improve accountability

7. Desired Outcomes of the NC IIS (continued)
5. Student achievement linked with staff development
programs
6. Standards correlated to instructional practices,
assessment strategies, and staff development
programs
7. Gaps identified in instructional programs for
adequacy of instructional resources, assessment
items, and staff proficiencies
8. Ability to determine cost/benefit of instructional
programs and learning resources

8. Work Completed
• Reviewed/Identified existing systems and
resources
• Reviewed Cloud Survey Data
• Collected functional and technical
requirements
– Stakeholder Input Sessions

9. • Shared and vetted draft functional and
technical requirements
– IIS Stakeholder Meetings
– Presentations and Webinars
– IIS User Groups
– Multi-state Review Sessions

10. • Allowed vendors/other agencies to share
IIS solutions
• Agreed to be a pilot state for the Shared
Learning Infrastructure (SLI)

11. Shared Learning Infrastructure (SLI)
• Use of Data Store
• Use of Multi-state Metadata Tagging
Schema
• Access to Learning Data from Other
States
• Access to Dynamic Learning Maps
• Access to Recommendation Engine

12. Vendor Data Student
Source Systems Data
Dashboard
SLI
John English
Learning Map
Ms. Harrison Students John Social Studies
Viewing all
classes Math SLI
Ms. Harrison uses
John’s prior record
to determine:
John does the
Reading assignment
Comprehension Recommendation Engine Ms. Harrison Vendor app sends
Filtered by age, effectiveness rating, etc. chooses the data to the SLI
best option
From multiple sources, such
SLI as the LRMI and Data Store
SLI API
Dashboard
John English
Reading
Comp Social Studies Learning Map
Viewing all John’s experience
classes Math Ms. Harrison becomes one more
Assessment
useful data point to
rates assignment
inform learning for
SLI API SLI students like him.
SLI API

13. Vendor Data Student
Source Systems Data
Dashboard
SLI
John English
Learning Map
Learning Map
Ms. Harrison Students John Social Studies
Viewing all
classes Math SLI
Ms. Harrison uses
John’s prior record
to determine:
John does the
Reading assignment
Comprehension RecommendationEngine
Recommendation Engine Ms. Harrison Vendor app sends
Filtered by age, effectiveness rating, etc. chooses the data to the SLI
best option
From multiple sources, such
SLI as the LRMI and Data Store
SLI API
Dashboard
John English
Reading
Comp Social Studies Learning Map
Learning Map
Viewing all John’s experience
classes Math Ms. Harrison becomes one more
Assessment
useful data point to
rates assignment
inform learning for
SLI API SLI students like him.
SLI API

14. …districts… …states… …everywhere.
John’s experience
becomes one
more useful data
point to inform
learning for
students like him
across…

15. NC IIS/SLI Data Integration
IIS should be
prepared to use
achievement data
Instructional Improvement System Application(s) from SEA and
LEA assessment
data sourced from
SLI and write new
assessment
results back to SLI
APIs
SLI Data
Store
RFP will reference
Student Education
Student
Enrollment Data
Achievement Student
Biographical Data
Teacher & Staff
Association Data
Organization Identity Data SLI API
Data Data
documents
Data Integration
Services
State Data Sources -SLI data ingestion
specifications
documents
NCWise Other State Other State
System System

16. Resource Sources:
Instructional/Learning Resources
• Thinkfinity
• SAS Curriculum Pathways
• LearnNC
Assessment Items
• ClassScape

17. • NCDPI will contract with NCSU-TOPS to
ensure all resources are aligned to the
new Standard Course of Study
• IIS Resource Consortium will be piloted.
The purpose of the consortium is to
develop and implement a process for
sharing LEA-developed PD, instructional/
learning, and assessment resources.
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18. Timeline
• February/March 2012 Issue RFP
• April/May 2012 Review bids
• July/August 2012 Award bid
• August/September 2012 Begin design and build
• July 2012 – August 2013 Pilots
• School Year 2013-14 Roll-out
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19. Technical Requirements
• The IIS is expected to deliver all of its
functionality through a web browser. The
IIS is expected to run well on major
HTML5-compatible browsers on the
current release and past two releases
and require no additional browser helpers
or plugins for full accessibility and
functionality.
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20. Technical Requirements (continued)
• These browsers shall include but not be
limited to the following list: Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. In
addition, the IIS is expected to run well on
a wide variety of mainstream hardware
platforms that use the aforementioned
browser technologies.
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21. Technical Requirements (continued)
• These hardware platforms shall include
but not be limited to Microsoft Windows
and Mac OS desktops, laptops and
netbooks, Apple iOS devices, Android
devices, as well as other tablets, smart
phones, and eReaders.
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22. Technical Requirements (continued)
• Vendor solutions shall comply with the
World Wide Web Consortium web
development specifications (“W3C
Recommendations”) and shall comply
with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation
Act.
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23. Web Resources
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/resources/
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24. Contact Information
Sarah McManus, Learning Systems Director
sarah.mcmanus@dpi.nc.gov
919-807-3776
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