John L. Smithson is a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, where he has worked for the past ten years on developing indicators of classroom practice and instructional content.
He has worked on several federal and state funded research projects investigating changes in classroom instruction based upon various reform initiatives. Studies that he has participated in include the CPRE studies: Reform-Up-Close; A classroom analysis, and the Upgrading Mathematics Project.
More recently he has worked with a group of states under the auspices of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to develop, field-test, manage and analyze survey measures of classroom practice.Contact Informationjohns@wcer.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-4354
Office: 461B Ed Sciences
Website: www.seconline.org
Current ProjectsMeasuring Effects of a School-Based Data-Driven Professional Learning Model on Raising Mathematics Achievement in Low-Performing Secondary SchoolsCompleted Projects2005 SEC Initiative for EdvantiaAdding Value to the Mathematics and Science Partnerships Evaluations Collaborative Project to Conduct a Content Analysis Workshop of Selected Standards and Assessments in Four States Content Analysis and Alignment Study for Pearson Education Develop Instrumentation to Analyze Fidelity of Instruction for Students with Disabilities in Relation to Assessments and Standards Experimental Design for Measuring Effects of Teachers Using Data to Guide Improvement of Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics and Science Education (Data on Enacted Curriculum) Improving Alignment Tools for Enhanced, More Accessible Assessments: Development of an Electronic, Automated Alignment Analysis System for States Improving Methods of Analyzing Alignment of Instruction to Assessments and Standards for English Language Learners and Analyzing Relationship of Alignment to Student Achievement Longitudinal Design to Measure Effects of MSP Professional Development in Improving Instruction in Mathematics and Science Education Measures of the Enacted Curriculum Modern Red SchoolHouse SEC Initiative A Proposal to Conduct and Support Data Collection, Reporting, Analysis and Research Associated with the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum SCASS Science Assessment Materials Compact Disc What Makes Schools Work Study |
