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Status Report on NC Race to the Top
(RttT) Implementation & Reform
Agenda
Briefing for NCASCD
Dr. Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer
NCDPI
February 8, 2013
Changes in North Carolina
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Blue Ribbon
Commission Report
SBE’s Framework For
Change
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Grounded in FewerClearer-Higher principles
and career and college
readiness
NC was prepared for the
change in standards;
Common Core and NC
Essential Standards in all
other subject areas
implemented in 2012-13
with new assessments.
Goal of RttT:
Advance Core Education Reforms
College- and career-ready
standards and high quality,
valid, and reliable assessments
for all students, including ELLs
and students with disabilities
Pre-K to higher education data
systems that meet the principles
in the America COMPETES Act
Teacher effectiveness and
equitable distribution of
effective teachers
Intensive support and effective
interventions for lowestperforming schools
Race To The Top
• Race To The Top enabled North
Carolina to provide support and
tools for schools
• The READY initiative ties
together the career and college
readiness agenda
PROJECT
MAP
Strong Leaders
A Fair Evaluation System
Tools and Training to
Improve Practice
New Standard
Course of Study
Balanced Assessment
System
New Accountability
Model
Improved Supply of Teachers
Support in Low-Achieving
LEAs and Schools
Initiatives & Status
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Common Core Implementation
New NC Assessments
New Assessments – SBAC
Teacher Effectiveness Initiatives
MSL (Common Exams) Implementation
Explore, Plan, ACT – College Career
Promise
• Transition Courses - SREB
Continued
• Instructional Improvement System –
Home Base
• Accountability – A-F
• ESEA Flexibility
• Reading Promotion Policy
• Teacher Preparation
• Next Generation Science Standards
Common Core Implementation
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Regional Institutes & Technical Support
Toolkits & Online Modules
Local Initiatives
Partnerships
• Core to College Grant – CC & UNC
• CCSSO
Additional Curriculum Information
Common Core Connections
• Focus early on Reading
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Diagnostic (mCLASS and Reading 3D)
Regional Reading Literacy Coaches
MTEL and Test of General Curriculum
Early Literacy Task Force – SBE Policy
Partnership with UNC GA
• K-5 Math endorsement
NC General Assembly Read to Achieve
Program
• Extensive Statutory Requirements
• Retention if not proficient on 3rd grade
EOG
• Multiple testing opportunities
• Summer Camps with specific teachers
• 3rd/4th Transition/Accelerated Classes
• Mid-Year Promotion possibility
• Reporting Requirements
Agenda For Institute
2012-2013 Professional Development Plan
 Common Core State and NC Essential Standards PD 
~96 sessions
 Information and Technology Essential Standards PD 
~24 sessions
 Fidelity Support PD 
8 sessions
8 sessions
 NC Educator Evaluation System PD 
 Creating the 21st Century Classroom PD 
 EVAAS PD 
+90 optional sessions
 ACT or PLAN PD
 AIG-Focused
PD
July
June
May
Apr
Mar
Feb
Jan
Dec
2013
Nov
Oct
Sep
Aug
2012
Support Tools
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Crosswalk between Old and New
Unpacking Documents
Glossary of Terms
Assessment Examples
Graphic Organizers
Live Binder and Wikis – Wiki Central
North Carolina Summer Institutes
Learning Path
Summer
Institutes
2011
Summer
Institutes
2012
Summer
Institutes
WHAT
HOW
Focus:
Internalizing a
new SCOS
Focus:
Planning how
instruction
needs to
change
Essential
Standards
2013
IMPROVING
PRACTICE
Focus:
Reflecting,
adjusting and
improving after
year one of
implementation
Online Modules
New NC Assessments
• Focus on text complexity
• Focus on academic vocabulary and
multiple/nuanced word choice
• Constructed response English II
• Science/Math – more higher order
thinking skills (Gridded Response)
• Technology enhanced items
• SBAC assessments
Assessment Vision
Formative Assessment, Benchmark and
Continuous Checks for Understanding
Start of
Schooling
K
2/8/2012
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Measure of
Readiness
High School End-ofCourse Assessments
3-8 End-of-Grade Assessments
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2 Graduation
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High School Endorsements
• Career Endorsement
• College Endorsement
• Future-Ready Core Mathematics
foundation
• University Requirements?
• Current Legislation
College Readiness
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SREB Partnership – Multiple states
Transition Courses
Piloting this semester
Online & Face-to-face delivery
Career and College Promise
• Dual Enrollment Program for Juniors &
Seniors
• 3 Options – College Transfer, Career &
Technical Certificate or Degree,
Cooperative Innovative Program
• Eligibility & Continuation Requirements
CCP Eligibility & Continuation
• 3.0 Weighted GPA
• And/or Principal Recommendation
• Pre-requisites, including testing
requirements
• 2.0 GPA for continuation
• Must adhere to pathway courses
CCP College Transfer Pathway
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math
• Life and Health Sciences
• Business and Economics
New CC Remediation Standards
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Placement tests revisited
High School Graduates within 5 years
GPA 2.6
Successful Completion of Algebra II
Math GPA will determine if additional
requirements necessary
North Carolina
Educator Evaluation
A process for professional growth
North Carolina Educator Evaluation Process
Teachers
We have a total of 6 standards in our teacher evaluation system.
All standards, 1-6, are of equal value.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Demonstrate
Leadership
Establish
Environment
Know
Content
Facilitate
Learning
Reflect on
Practice
Contribute
to Academic
Success
Common Core Focus
7/17/2015 • page 24
Measures of Effective Teaching
Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs
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Growth Model
Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs
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Teachers
Contribute
to Academic
Success
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Principals
Academic
Achievement
Leadership
Academic
Achievement
Leadership
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Standards 6 and 8
are measures of
Growth
Growth Model
Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs
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Teachers
Contribute
to Academic
Success
6
Principals
Academic
Achievement
Leadership
Academic
Achievement
Leadership
8
We will use
Educator Value-Added
Assessment System
EVAAS
for standards 6 & 8 when possible
Status
Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs
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Ratings
Status
Teachers
6 separate ratings to help
teachers grow each year
Principals
8 separate ratings to help
principals grow each year
Both on a 5 rating scale
• A single overall status that
is determined once a
principal or teacher has
three years of growth
data to populate 6 or 8
• Categories for Status
1. In Need of Improvement
2. Effective
3. Highly Effective
Four Buckets of Assessments for Growth
Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs
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EOCs,EOGs
and VoCATS
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MSLs
Assessment Common
Across Districts
Growth using EVAAS
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Courses
Focused on
Performance
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Locally
Developed
Courses
• Guidance from DPI with local
implementation options
• Growth determined by
evaluator
Lessons from MSLs
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Around 30 systems participated
Items good
Some tests too long
World History focus revisions next year
Scoring time not an issue
Teachers want more specificity in
scoring
• Revisions for Spring!!!!
Home Base is an online tool for
teaching and learning.
Every user will have
one password to
enter only one time
to access resources
and tools.
Why is North Carolina developing Home
Base?
The central focus
of READY is
improving every
student’s
learning ...
…and enabling
and ensuring
great teaching is
how we get
there.
One of the ways to enable
great teaching is to put
powerful tools in the
hands of teachers and
school leaders.
Other Initiatives
• A-F School Performance Grades
• Report Sent to General Assembly
• Grading against a Mean – different for each
indicator
• Improve a letter grade with growth
• ESEA Accountability
• Next Generation Science Standards