Regions
I & II
Region
III
Regions
IV, V & VI
Research & Publications
The Intermountain Center for Education Effectiveness (ICEE) at Idaho State University conducts ongoing research to determine the potential of the Idaho TIA project and its effectiveness in bringing about increased student achievement.
Survey results from the most recent Working Conference (June 2012) indicate that Idaho educators believe in the effectiveness of Idaho TIA as a framework and a process which can positively support implementation of the CCSS into classroom instruction and untimately, student achievement.
The following documents were produced by researchers in the ICEE. Each study provides important research findings regarding the Idaho TIA process as it is being implemented:
Idaho Total Instructional Alignment: The Common Core State Standards and Teacher Professional Development
2012 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 23rd International Conference
Austin, Texas – March 7, 2012
Dr. Susan Jenkins
Dr. Joachim Jack Agamba
Total Instructional Alignment: PK-16 Seamless Education
National Association of Concurrent Enrollment Programs Conference
Mystic, Connecticut – October 23-25, 2011
Dr. Susan Jenkins
Eight Components of the TIA Training Model
Fall 2011
Dr. Susan Jenkins
TIA and Student Achievement in South East Idaho Schools
Summer 2010 Working Conference
Dr. Susan Jenkins & Ms. Devshikha Bose
Improving Student Achievement through TIA
Summer 2009 Working Conference
Dr. Susan Jenkins & Ms. Elizabeth Stickel
Latest Research Findings
A survey was conducted following the June 2010 and the June 2011 Working Conferences at ISU - Pocatello. The participants included 304 Idaho educators from 19 school districts in 2010; and 551 Idaho educators from 43 school districts in 2011:
| Number of Participants | Number of School Districts | |
| Pocatello 2010 | 304 | 19 |
| Pocatello 2011 | 447 | 30 |
| Meridian 2011 | 104 | 13 |
The survey revealed the following promising results:
- • Idaho teachers plan to increase implementation of Idaho TIA in their classrooms.
- • Idaho teachers believe that Idaho TIA will improve PK-12 teaching through:
- o Increased clarity of state standards.
- o Use of state standards to plan instruction and design assessment.
- o Increased consistency of implementation.
- o Increased alignment of standards, curriculum, instruction and assessment.
- • Idaho teachers desire the following supports for CCSS implementation through Idaho TIA:
- o More time to become familiar upon the CCSS;
- o More opportunity to discuss and collaborate with colleagues regarding the integration of the CCSS into instructional practice; and
- o More in-service training focused on how to unpack the CCSS and on how to apply the CCSS to actual classroom instruction and assessment design.
Total Instructional Alignment Publications
Total Instructional Alignment: Defining, Designing, and Aligning Educational Systems for Learning
Lisa Carter
TIA and CCSS: Same Process, Increased Rigor
Lisa Carter
Total Instructional Alignment: Leading the Process of Designing and Aligning Educational Systems for Learning
Lisa Carter
Research Symposiums
Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Statewide Training Model in Idaho
ISU Research Day
Fall 2011
Dr. Susan Jenkins
Joachim Jack Agamba
Improving Student Achievement through Total Instructional Alignment (TIA)
Graduate Student Symposium
April 9, 2010, Idaho State University
Dr. Susan Jenkins
Devshikha Bose