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2022\u003Cbr>Examining Teaching and Learning Environments among Kentucky Schools to Watch and Non-Schools to Watch Schools Using TELL Survey Data\u003Cbr>Michael DiCicco\u003Cbr>Northern Kentucky University, [diciccom1@nku.edu](diciccom1@nku.edu)\u003Cbr>Ryan Alverson\u003Cbr>Northern Kentucky University, [alversonj1@nku.edu](alversonj1@nku.edu)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle](https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle)[ ](https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle) Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, and the Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nDiCicco, Michael and Alverson, Ryan (2022) \"Examining Teaching and Learning Environments among Kentucky Schools to Watch and Non-Schools to Watch Schools Using TELL Survey Data,\" Current Issues in Middle Level Education: Vol. 27: Iss. 1, Article 3. DOI: 10. 20429/cimle.2022.270103  \nAvailable at: [https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle/vol27/iss1/3](https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cimle/vol27/iss1/3)  \nThis research is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Digital  \nCommons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current Issues in Middle Level Education by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please [contact](contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu)[ digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu](contact digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu).  \nExamining Teaching and Learning Environments among Kentucky Schools to Watch and  \nNon-Schools to Watch Schools Using TELL Survey Data  \nMichael DiCicco  \nRyan Alverson  \nNorthern Kentucky University  \nIntroduction  \nIn 2017, the state of Kentucky distributed the Teaching, Empowerment, Leading, and Learning (TELL) survey to gain an understating of the learning environments in Kentucky schools. Many of the items on the TELL survey were similar to the Schools to Watch (STW) criteria and rubric. Researchers were interested in the teaching and learning conditions in Kentucky middle schools that contributed to successful school environments as defined by the Schools to Watch criteria and to use results from the TELL survey to see what high scoring  \nschools were doing well according to the teachers and principals that completed the survey.  \nResearchers compared the 12 STW schools in Kentucky to other top scoring schools using TELL survey and STW report data. Findings suggest Kentucky STW schools are performing slightly above average compared to all other middle schools in all areas of the TELL survey. However, only two STW schools scored in the top 10 of the survey and the top scoring schools performed much better on the survey. Researchers discuss the implications of these results and suggest areas for future research.  \nSchools to Watch (STW) is a program developed by The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform to highlight middle schools that are highly successful in educating and developing young adolescents. STW schools are meant to be exemplars of academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity, and middle grades organizational structures and processes (National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, 2016) . Middle schools who wish to be named STW go through a rigorous process including an in-depth self-study, an application review, and a site visit from their state STW team. From 2016-2018, twelve schools in the state of Kentucky were named and/or re-designated as Schools to Watch. Also, in 2017, Kentucky launched the Teaching, Empowerment, Leading, and Learning (TELL) survey,  \ndeveloped by the New Teacher Center (2020) which focused on the teaching and learning  \nconditions in Kentucky schools. The survey was distributed to all administrators and teachers  \nacross Kentucky and collected data a","cbCaimDLIBLNCX4w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimDLIBLNCX4w","pdf",231146,18,"English","# Introduction\n# Literature Review\n## Highly Successful Middle Schools\n# Findings and Implications","[{\"question\":\"What data sources does the study use to analyze Kentucky middle school environments?\",\"answer\":\"The study compares Schools to Watch (STW) schools with other high-scoring schools using TELL survey results and STW report data.\"},{\"question\":\"How do Kentucky STW schools perform on the TELL survey compared with other middle schools?\",\"answer\":\"Kentucky STW schools perform slightly above average across all areas of the TELL survey, though only two STW schools fall within the top 10.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study examines which teaching and learning conditions in Kentucky middle schools contribute to successful environments defined by STW criteria and evaluates what high-scoring schools do well according to responding teachers and principals.\"}]","Current Issues in Middle Level Education - Vol. 27 - Issue 1 - Article 3 | PDF",1792090317,45]