Assets & Needs Assessment

February 2022

Teacher Level Report

Teacher Name

Teacher School

Teacher District

As part of the first Assets & Needs Assessment, Teaching Lab conducted a variety of data collection activities, including surveys and assessments for participating teachers, their students, and families.

Section 1: Mindsets

Teachers responded to seven items about mindsets, including three items related to equitable mindsets and four items related to holding high expectations for all students on a 5-point Likert scale. Composite measures were created for each construct by reverse coding some items and then averaging responses across items. In this way, higher scores correspond to holding equitable mindsets and high expectations.

Overall Mindsets Score

	Percent
Overall Score	66%
Equitable Mindsets	66%
High Expectations	65%

Equitable Mindsets items

	Question	Percent
Overall Score		66%
Equitable Mindsets	I am color blind when it comes to my teaching I don't think of my students in terms of their race or ethnicity	60%
Equitable Mindsets	The gap in the achievement among students of different races is about poverty not race	59%
Equitable Mindsets	I think about my own background and experiences and how those affect my instruction	80%

High Expectations items

	Question	Percent
Overall Score		65%
High Expectations	I try to keep in mind the limits of my students ability and give them assignments that I know they can do so that they do not become discouraged	55%
High Expectations	Before students are asked to engage in complex learning tasks they need to have a solid grasp of basic skills	47%
High Expectations	It is not fair to ask students who are struggling with english to take on challenging academic assignments	73%
High Expectations	Teachers should provide all students the opportunity to work with grade level texts and tasks	86%

Teachers also responded to six items about self-confidence in their ability to engage in culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) practices on a scale from 0 (not at all confident) to 10 (extremely confident). Responses were averaged across items. Higher scores correspond to higher self confidence.

CRSE Summary

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  Question                                                                                                                                                                                       Percent
  <chr>                                                                                                                                                                                            <dbl>
1 Please rate your confidence on the<br>following items br I am able to adapt<br>instruction to meet the needs of my<br>students                                                                    74.7
2 Please rate your confidence on the<br>following items br I am able to identify<br>ways that the school culture e g values<br>norms and practices is different from my<br>students home culture    70.3
3 Please rate your confidence on the<br>following items br I am able to use my<br>students prior knowledge to help them<br>make sense of new information                                            77.7
4 Please rate your confidence on the<br>following items br I am able to revise<br>instructional material to include a<br>better representation of cultural groups                                   67.4
5 Please rate your confidence on the<br>following items br I am able to<br>teach the curriculum to students with<br>unfinished learning                                                             65.7
6 Please rate your confidence on the<br>following items br I am able to teach<br>the curriculum to students who are from<br>historically marginalized groups                                        69.7

Question	Percent
Overall Score	71%
Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to adapt instruction to meet the needs of my students	75%
Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to identify ways that the school culture e g values norms and practices is different from my students home culture	70%
Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to use my students prior knowledge to help them make sense of new information	78%
Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to revise instructional material to include a better representation of cultural groups	67%
Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to teach the curriculum to students with unfinished learning	66%
Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to teach the curriculum to students who are from historically marginalized groups	70%

CRSE Items

	Question	Average
Overall Score		7.09
	Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to adapt instruction to meet the needs of my students	7.47
	Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to identify ways that the school culture e g values norms and practices is different from my students home culture	7.03
	Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to use my students prior knowledge to help them make sense of new information	7.77
	Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to revise instructional material to include a better representation of cultural groups	6.74
	Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to teach the curriculum to students with unfinished learning	6.57
	Please rate your confidence on the following items br I am able to teach the curriculum to students who are from historically marginalized groups	6.97

Section 2: Knowledge

Teachers answered eight questions related to content and pedagogical content knowledge, including strategies for students with unfinished learning and equitable instruction. The score below is the overall percent correct (note: some questions had multiple correct answers and were worth more than one point).

% Correct
95%

Section 3: Practices

Teaching Lab staff observed teachers using the IPG rubric. Ratings of 3 and 4 on 4-point Likert scales and Yes on a Yes/No items were considered positive.

IPG Ratings

	Percent
Overall % positive IPG ratings	62%
% positive ratings Core Action 1	69%
% positive ratings Core Action 2	55%
% positive ratings Core Action 3	62%

Core Action 1

Core Action 2

Core Action 3

Section 4: Student Learning Experiences

Teachers administered a student survey to at least one of their groups. Using 5-point Likert-type scales, students responded to eight items related to their teachers’ engagement in CRSE practices, three items related to teacher-student relationships, five items about self-efficacy, six items about happiness and sense of belonging, and five items about being challenged. Responses were averaged across items. Higher scores correspond to more positive experiences.

	Percent
Overall Positive Student Learning Environment Score: %	70%
Culturally Responsive & Sustaining Education: %	80%
Teacher-Student Relationships: %	60%
Self-Efficacy: %	70%
Happiness & Sense of Belonging: %	95%
Being challenged: %	55%

Section 5: Student Math Proficiency

Teachers collected student work samples of a task that involved explaining mathematical thinking or reasoning from all students in at least one of their groups. Teaching Lab coaches first determined if the task was on grade-level. If so, then the work samples were scored using a 2-point rubric.

	Percent
Student task was/was not on grade-level.	29%
x% of students performed at or above grade level	73%

Section 6: Family Experiences & Perceptions

Schools and teachers assisted in sending home a voluntary survey to their students’ families. Using Likert-type scales, caregivers responded to seven items related to teacher-family relationships and support, five items related to teacher-student relationships, and two items related to their child’s learning. Responses were averaged across items. Higher scores correspond to more positive family perceptions and experiences.

	Percent
Overall Positive Family Experiences & Perceptions Score: %	42%
Teacher-Family Relationships and Support: %	82%
Teacher-Student Relationships: %	66%

Caregiver Perceptions of Student Learning

How many assignments does your child complete?

	Number
All of their assignments	1
Most of their assignments	2
Some of their assignments	3
Few of their assignments	4
None of their assignments	5
My child has no assignments	6
I’m not sure	7

Which best matches your belief about your child’s experience so far this year?

	Percent True
My child has learned a lot this year.	25%
My child has learned some this year.	25%
My child has learned a little this year.	25%
My child has learned nothing this year.	25%

Mississippi Department of Education Mathematics Instructional Coaching Services