Institute for Instructional Research and Practice

Institute for At-Risk Infants, Children, Youth,

and Their Families

© 2008 IIRP/ARI All Rights Reserved

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

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

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

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

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.

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 

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

• 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

Sampling of Client Activities

Credentialing Exams For Multiple Occupations and Professions

• Teachers • Grant professionals • Physicians • Assisted living facility

administrators • Attorneys• Educational leaders • Lab technicians

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

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

Patel Charter SchoolPlan and implement nation’s first

university-sponsored charter school

Internal Initiatives and Programs

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

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

• 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

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