2008 Pilot : Annual Report on the Status of Geography Education

1. 2008 Pilot :Annual Report on the Status of Geography Education

2. 2008 GENIP Intern Lindsey Hays Wellesley GIS Boston University MassGIS

3. 2008 Project:Establish RationaleSet GoalsDevelop Content OutlineDraft 2008 Report(Aggregate Past GENIP Intern Reports)

4. 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.

5. 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

6. What Would We Like To Know?

7. Content Outline Teacher Quality Teacher Quality Teacher Quality Status in Curriculum Status in Curriculum Status in Curriculum Legislation Legislation Legislation Assessment Assessment Assessment Federal Federal Higher Education Higher Education Higher Education State State State National National National State State State National National National State State State K-12 K-12 K-12 Federal # of students # of students Pre-Service Requirements Pre-Service Requirements AP AP H.S. Exit Exams H.S. Exit Exams PRAXIS PRAXIS # of departs. # of departs. Online Education Online Education IB IB Testing at Other Levels Testing at Other Levels NBPTS NBPTS University Requirements University Requirements Geo-Themed Schools Geo-Themed Schools GED GED NCATE NCATE # of PhDs # of PhDs Alternative Certification Alternative Certification # of teachers certified in geo # of teachers certified in geo NAEP NAEP TEAC TEAC Textbooks Textbooks In Service Training In Service Training Roper Roper NCLB Supplemental Materials Supplemental Materials Alliances Alliances NCLB State Standards and Requirements TGIF TGIF State Standards and Requirements G.I. Science Education G.I. Science Education Scheduled Revision of Standards Scheduled Revision of Standards NCGE NCGE Quality of Standards Quality of Standards Informal Education Informal Education ESRI Training ESRI Training Geography in Curriculum Geography in Curriculum AP Training AP Training # of geography students # of geography students AAG AAG What Works in Geography What Works in Geography

8. Is the Information Knowable?

9. Information is freely available & updated on an annual basis Information is periodically available but not updated annually No recent information found to be available Periodicity Green Yellow Red

10. Teacher Quality Status in Curriculum Legislation Assessment Federal Higher Education State National State National State K-12 # of students Pre-Service Requirements AP H.S. Exit Exams PRAXIS # of departs. Online Education IB Testing at Other Levels NBPTS University Requirements Geo-Themed Schools GED NCATE # of PhDs Alternative Certification # of teachers certified in geo NAEP TEAC Textbooks In Service Training Roper Supplemental Materials Alliances NCLB State Standards and Requirements TGIF G.I. Science Education Scheduled Revision of Standards NCGE Quality of Standards Informal Education ESRI Training Geography in Curriculum AP Training # of geography students AAG What Works in Geography Content Outline

11. Status in Curriculum Legislation Assessment TEAC Content Outline Teacher Quality Higher Education State National State National State K-12 Federal Scheduled Revision of Standards Pre-Service Requirements AP H.S. Exit Exams PRAXIS # of departs. TGIF Online Education NCLB IB Testing at Other Levels NBPTS University Requirements # of students State Standards and Requirements Geo-Themed Schools GED NCATE # of PhDs Alternative Certification # of teachers certified in geo Quality of Standards NAEP Textbooks In Service Training Roper Supplemental Materials Alliances G.I. Science Education NCGE InformalEducation ESRI Training Geography in Curriculum AP Training # of geography students AAG What Works in Geography

12. TEAC Annual Content Teacher Quality Status in Curriculum Legislation Assessment Higher Education Federal State National State National State K-12 Pre-Service Requirements PRAXIS # of departs. TGIF NCLB AP NBPTS IB NCATE # of teachers certified in geo GED Textbooks In Service Training Alliances G.I. Science Education NCGE ESRI Training AP Training AAG

13. Baselines

14. 40,110! Longitudinals

15. Patterns 2007 AP Human Geography Average Scores

16. 2006 APSI HG Workshops and 2007 Average Scores

17. 2007 AP Human Geography Test Taking Populations by State

18. Policy GED Social Studies (Current Test Content Distribution)

19. Track Standards National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1994 and 2001Content Coverage of Geography for Life (“Johnson Report” 2006)

20. Periodic Content Teacher Quality Status in Curriculum Legislation Assessment Higher Education Federal State National State National State K-12 Scheduled Revision of Standards Pre-Service Requirements H.S. Exit Exams NAEP In Service Training Roper What Works in Geography

21. Social Studies Framework Revisions Calendar* *Information gathered by the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Texas State University.

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23. “What Works in Geography”

24. Supplemental Materials Geo-Themed Schools Online Education “Unknowable” Content Geography Legislation Teacher Quality Status in Curriculum Assessment Higher Education Federal State National State National State K-12 Pre-Service Requirements Testing at Other Levels University Requirements # of students State Standards and Requirements # of PhDs Alternative Certification Quality of Standards In Service Training Informal Education Geography in Curriculum # of geography students

25. Who Can Provide Information Annually?

26. PRAXIS NBPTS NCATE TEAC TGIF Online Education AP NCLB H.S. Exit Exams IB NAEP Scheduled Revision of Standards State Standards and Requirements Roper Quality of Standards G.I. Science Education Testing at Other Levels # of departs. GED # of teachers certified in geo Informal Education University Requirements Alliances Supplemental Materials What Works in Geography Textbooks Geography in Curriculum Geo-Themed Schools ESRI Training # of geography students Alternative Certification NCGE AP Training AAG # of students # of PhDs Pre-Service Requirements In Service Training

27. What’s Next...