2008 Pilot : Annual Report on the Status of Geography Education.

2008 Pilot : Annual Report on the Status of

Geography Education

2008 GENIP Intern

Lindsey Hays

Boston University MassGISWellesley GIS

2008 Project:Establish Rationale

Set GoalsDevelop Content Outline

Draft 2008 Report(Aggregate Past GENIP Intern

Reports)

Why We Need A Report

• Baselines: A quick and easy way to find important information.

• Longitudinals: View changes over time.• Patterns: See the whole picture.• Policy Decision Making: Identify

problems before they are too big to solve.• Track Standards Implementation:

Assess the quality and use of standards locally.

Goals

• Easily Useable Report• Surveys the Major Elements of Status

of Geography Education• Independent Sections• Comprehensive Index• Standardized for Annual Renewal• Identifies Which Organizations

Produce Data and Its Periodicity • Establishes Methodology/Documents

Institutional Contacts

What Would We Like To Know?

Textbooks

Supplemental Materials

G.I. Science Education

Informal Education

Geo-ThemedSchools

# of teacherscertified in geo

Geography in Curriculum

# of geography students

Online Education

# of departs.

# of PhDs

# of students

PRAXIS

NBPTS

NCATE

TEAC

Pre-ServiceRequirements

UniversityRequirements

Alternative Certification

In Service Training

Alliances

NCGE

AAG

ESRITraining

APTraining

What Works in Geography

State Federal National State National State K-12Higher

EducationState Federal National State National State K-12

Higher Education

TGIF

NCLB

Quality of Standards

ScheduledRevision of Standards

State Standards and

Requirements

Legislation Status in Curriculum

Teacher Quality

Assessment

TGIF

NCLB



State Standards and

Requirements

State Federal

Legislation

NAEP

AP

IB

GED

Roper

Testing at Other Levels

H.S. Exit Exams

NAEP

AP

IB

GED

Roper


H.S. Exit Exams

National State

Assessment

Textbooks



Informal Education

Geo-ThemedSchools




Online Education

# of departs.

# of PhDs

# of students

Status in Curriculum

K-12Higher

Education


Teacher Quality

Assessment

ContentOutline

PRAXIS

NBPTS

NCATE

TEAC




In Service Training

Alliances

NCGE

AAG

ESRITraining

APTraining


Teacher Quality

National State

Is the Information Knowable?

Periodicity

Green Yellow Red

Information is freely available &

updated on an annual basis

Information is periodically

available but not updated annually

No recent information found

to be available

Textbooks



Informal Education

Geo-ThemedSchools




Online Education

# of departs.

# of PhDs

# of students

PRAXIS

NBPTS

NCATE

TEAC




In Service Training

Alliances

NCGE

AAG

ESRITraining

APTraining


TGIF

NCLB



State Standards and

Requirements

State Federal National State National State K-12Higher

Education


Teacher Quality

Assessment

ContentOutline

NAEP

AP

IB

GED

Roper


H.S. Exit Exams

ContentOutline


Teacher Quality

Assessment

Federal State National State National State K-12Higher

Education

TGIF

NCLB State Standards and

Requirements



NAEP

AP

IB

GED

Roper


H.S. Exit Exams

PRAXIS

NBPTS

NCATE

TEAC




In Service Training

Alliances

NCGE

AAG

ESRITraining

APTraining




Textbooks



Online Education

Geo-ThemedSchools

# of teachers certified in geo

Informal Education

# of departs.

# of students

# of PhDs

Legislation

Annual Content


Teacher Quality

Assessment

Federal State National State National State K-12 Higher Education

AP

IB

GED

PRAXIS

NBPTS

NCATE


In Service Training

Alliances

NCGE

AAG

ESRITraining

APTraining

Textbooks



TGIF

NCLB

# of departs.

TEAC

Baselines

Longitudinals40,110!

2007 AP Human Geography Average ScoresPatterns

2006 APSI HG Workshops and 2007 Average Scores

2007 AP Human Geography Test Taking Populations by

State

GED Social Studies (Current Test Content Distribution)

Policy

Track StandardsNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1994 and 2001

Content Coverage of Geography for Life (“Johnson Report” 2006)

17.) Past Interpretation,

1.80%

18.) Interpret Present and

Plan, 0.00%16.) Resources, 4.00%

15.) Physical Systems

Affect Humans, 4.90%

14.) Human Environment

M odification, 5.50%

13.) Division and Control

of Earth, 2.50%

12.) Human Settlement,

7.40%

11.) Economic

Interdependence, 14.50%

10.) Cultural M osiacs,

3.40%9.) M igration and

Population, 9.20%

8.) Ecosystems, 4.30%

2.) M ental M aps

0.30%

3.) Spatial Organization,

1.50%

1.) M aps and Tools,

19.10%

4.) Place Characteristics,

4.00%

5.) Regions, 1.80%

6.) Cultural Perceptions,

0.30%

7.) Physical Processes,

15.40%

Periodic Content


Teacher Quality

Assessment



NAEP

Roper

H.S. Exit Exams


In Service Training


2007 - 2008

Florida

Kansas

Iowa

Colorado

Illinois

Michigan

Missouri

Nevada

N. Dakota

Washington

2008 - 2009

Connecticut

Georgia

Hawaii

Indiana

Mississippi

Nebraska

Texas

Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

2009-2010

Alabama

California

Montana

Oregon

S. Carolina

2010 - 2011

Mass.

N. Carolina

2011 - 2012

Arkansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Oklahoma

S. Dakota

Social Studies Framework Revisions Calendar*

*Information gathered by the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Texas State University.

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“What Works in Geography”

“Unknowable” Content

Geography Legislation


Teacher Quality

Assessment


State Standards and

Requirements






In Service Training



Informal Education

# of students

# of PhDs

Geo-ThemedSchools


Online Education

Who Can Provide Information Annually?

NCGE

TGIF

NCLB

State Standards and

Requirements



NAEP

AP

IB

GED

Roper


H.S. Exit Exams


In Service Training



Textbooks


Online Education

Geo-ThemedSchools


Informal Education

# of departs.

# of students

# of PhDs

NGS AAG NCGE Federal

ReportsCS4 Fordham College

Board ESRI Self ReportingAlliances


AAG


APTraining

ESRITraining

Alliances



TEAC

NCATE

NBPTS

PRAXIS

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