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Institute for Instructional Research and Practice
Institute for At-Risk Infants, Children, Youth,
and Their Families
© 2008 IIRP/ARI All Rights Reserved
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Who We Are
• Two institutes with complementary missions, run by shared leadership
• Part of the University of South Florida College of Education
• Models of university-affiliated research, development and service centers
• Successful managers of research and development grants and contracts of more than $120 million
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Clients and Funders Include
National, State, and Local Government Agencies• U.S. Departments of Education, Housing and Urban
Development; U.S. Agency for International Development
• Florida Departments of Business & Professional Regulation, Education, Elder Affairs, Health, Labor & Employment Security, Insurance, and Juvenile Justice
• Multiple School Districts, Consortia, and Municipal Authorities
Private Sector/Professional Organizations• Enterprise Florida, Inc. • Computer Adaptive Technologies, Inc.• Florida Bar• Jim Walter Partnership Center• Grant Professionals Certification Institute
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Services We Provide
Educational Development• Curricula and instructional materials in
multiple media types
• Tests, surveys, and assessments
• Analytical and holistic scoring
• Performance and product assessment
Research and Analysis • Primary and secondary, qualitative and
quantitative• Psychometrically sound approaches
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Services We Provide
• Specifications and requirements development
• Resource allocation and management
• Project scheduling and fiscal oversight
• Technology solutions and support• Conference and workshop planning
and coordination• Comprehensive program evaluation
End-to-End Program and Project Management
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An Educational Network Integrator
Extensive Florida Network• Teachers and professors throughout preK-12, community
college, and state university systems; private colleges and universities
• District-level professionals, administrators, and other SMEs• State officials
Extensive National Network• Internationally renowned scholars in multiple fields of study
ASCD, AERA, NCME, ASTD, ANSI/ISO, NCTM, NCTE,
NCSS, APA, AAGP, APMP
Our job is to make each project successful by leading or integrating the work of our extensive network of partners.
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Curriculum/Instructional Approaches
• Organizational strategies – determining what learners need to learn, in what sequence
• Delivery strategies – selecting instructional media and developing methods of transferring information to learners – Web, computer, paper,
classroom
• Management strategies – helping learners interact with activities designed for learning
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Assessment-Related Services
• Conducting job and task analyses
• Identifying knowledge requirements
• Developing, administering, and scoring performance and product assessment
• Developing specifications and procedures for the entire program
• Providing content outlines and blueprints for assessments
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• Conducting field or pilot testing and validation
• Completing item writing and validation
• Developing test forms
• Developing and maintaining item banks
• Analyzing and revising test items
• Setting standards
• Developing study guides and manuals
• Offering computer-based testing, including adaptive
• Providing security measures and procedures
Assessment-Related Services
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Sampling of Client Activities
Credentialing Exams For Multiple Occupations and Professions
• Teachers • Grant professionals • Physicians • Assisted living facility
administrators • Attorneys• Educational leaders • Lab technicians
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Interdisciplinary Surveys and Studies
• Juvenile justice
• Special education
• Teen pregnancy
• Migrant families
Educator Preparation Programs
• HIV/AIDS
• Plan for Social Excellence
• Project CREATE
• Paraprofessionals
Sampling of Client Activities
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Internal Initiatives and Programs
• Prepare leaders and enhance leadership skills of educational administrators through a full-year program
• For leaders of any industry moving to higher levels of organizational leadership
• Develop and deliver training for facilitators to implement the program nationwide
Executive Leaders Program
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Patel Charter SchoolPlan and implement nation’s first
university-sponsored charter school
Internal Initiatives and Programs
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Our Faculty and Staff
• USF faculty across disciplines
• Data analysts, statisticians, psychometricians
• Program and project managers
• Developmental and technical editors• Computer network and server specialists
• Test developers
• Communications professionals
• Facilitators
• Educators and trainers
• Auditors
• Instructional
designers and technologists
• Graduate research assistants
• Knowledgeable support personnel
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Solid Institution with Solid Backing
• Accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and fully approved by the Florida Department of Education
• Nation’s 7th largest public college of education
• Ranked 9th nationally for generating external research funding
• Top 17% overall (45th) in 2009 by U.S. News & World Report
College of Education
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• Among the nation's top 63 public research universities and one of 39 community engaged public universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• One of Florida's top three research universities – awarded more than $300 million in research contracts and grants last year
• Offers 219 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate, specialty, and doctoral levels and has a $1.8 billion annual budget, an annual economic impact of $3.2 billion, and more than 45,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee, and Lakeland
• Member of the Big East Athletic Conference
Solid Institution with Solid BackingUniversity of South Florida
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The Basics
Whom Do You Need to Teach?
What Do They Need to Know?
What’s the Right Teaching Medium?
How Will You Measure Their Learning?
How Can We Help?3x = y 2