Learning and Accountability • College- and Career- Ready Standards • A Balanced Assessment System • A New School Accountability Model.
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Learning and Accountability • College- and Career- Ready Standards • A Balanced Assessment System • A New School Accountability Model Why New Standards and Accountability? Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Why is this the right work right now? Let’s look at some data... Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation North Carolina Graduation Rates The data show very encouraging progress in North Carolina…. …at the same time, there is profound room for improvement. 85,986 77.9% = 110,377 graduated students that were eligible 110,377 – 85,986 = 24,391 students who could have graduated and didn’t Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Graduating with knowledge and skills impacts students’ future prospects 5 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 6 Alliance for Excellent Education, “The High Cost of High School Dropouts,” unpublished Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Why is this the right work right now? Achievement gaps persist. Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation % of students graduating from High School within four years of entering the 9th grade. Gender 10-11 American Indian Female 74.7 Asian Female 89.1 Black Female 78.6 Hispanic Female 72.3 Multi Racial Female 80.8 White Female 85.3 Total Female 82.0 American Indian Male 64.2 Asian Male 84.5 Black Male 64.0 Hispanic Male 65.2 Multi Racial Male 73.2 White Male 79.6 Total Male 73.5 % of students at or above achievement Level III in Reading and Mathematics in grades 3 through 8 10-11 American Indian 55.1% Asian 78.2% Black 48.5% Hispanic 54.4% Multi Racial 69.3% Pacific Islander 63.7% White 79.0% Economically Disadvantaged 53.3% Not Economically Disadvantaged 82.2% Students with Disabilities 34.4% Why is this the right work right now? Some of our students are READY…not all of our students. Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation …but we can do something about it. Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Learning and Accountability • College- and Career- Ready Standards • A Balanced Assessment System • A New School Accountability Model Common Core What do you know about the Common Core State Standards? Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Why the Common Core? • Equity • College and Career Readiness • Comparability • Sharing of Resources • Economies of Scale • Student Mobility Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Common Core Principals: What will you look for in classrooms next fall because of the Common Core State Standards? Teachers: What will you do differently next fall because of the Common Core State Standards? Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Three Shifts in Mathematics Shift 1 Focus strongly where the standards focus Coherence Shift 2 think across grades and link to major topics within grades Rigor Shift 3 require conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency and application with intensity Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Three Shifts in Literacy Informational and Nonfiction Shift 1 Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts Evidence Shift 2 Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text Complex Texts Shift 3 Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation The Essential Standards • • • • • • • • • • Science Social Studies World Languages Arts Education Information and Technology Healthful Living Guidance Occupational Course of Study English Language Development Career and Technical Education Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Meaningful Goals for NC Students English Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies World Languages Arts Education Information and Technology Healthful Living Guidance Occupational Course of Study English Language Development Career and Technical Education Common Core New Standard Course of Study Essential Standards • Internationallybenchmarked • When achieved, ensures students are ready for postsecondary education Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation Standards 6 Modules Support Tools READY follow-up Webinars Quarterly Content Webinars Summer Institutes Moving From What to How Regional-based Content Training Moving From What to How 11 New Modules Established Last Summer https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/ http://www.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ Summer 2012 /profdev/conferences/summerinstitutes/ Throughout 2012 http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/district/ Throughout 2012 https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/ Draft – March 2012. Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for Updates to this Presentation New Tools and Opportunities District Leadership Teams Currently Available Opportunities to Learn More at http://www.ncpublicschools.org