Academic Services &
Instructional Support Update
Parent Advisory Council Meeting
January 21, 2009
Dr. Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer
Angela H. Quick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer
ACRE/ A Simple Vision---A. Quick
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
Accountability and Curriculum Redesign Effort (ACRE) in Response to the Framework for Change
Jan 2009 Status Report to SBE
General Status
X
On Track (OT)
Delayed (D)
Significantly Delayed
(SD)
Current Major Work Streams and Status
All deliverables met; No major
issues to be addressed
1. Essential Standards Writing
OT
All deliverables met; Some
issue(s) impeding progress
2a. New Accountability Committee (NAC)
OT
>1 deliverables overdue;
Major roadblock(s)
2b. Comprehensive Assessments – Next
Generation
OT
2c. Innovative Assessment Research Team
OT
2d. NC Writing Assessment
OT
Major Work Streams: Update
1. Essential Standards Writing (Science, Math, Eng 10, Comp Skills and
Occupational Courses of Study)
 Completed an effective and transparent communication plan to
ensure 24 hour information
 Utilizing online collaborative tools to share information with and
gather feedback from content writing committees
 Solicited external feedback regarding current standards via on-line
survey
 Established meeting timelines (face-to-face and electronic) for
content writing committees
 Facilitating meetings with content writing committees
 Approximated breakdown of total participants on content writing
committees: (Science, Math, Eng 10, Comp Skills and Occupational
Courses of Study)
94 classroom teachers
30 LEA curriculum leaders
25 IHE representatives
55 Diverse members of DPI, TOPS, and Office of School
Readiness
 Collaborating with Dr. Lorin Anderson to ensure the credibility and
validity of the essential standards
2. Assessment and Accountability
2a. New Accountability Committee
 First meeting Dec. 5
 Internal membership established; working on external members
2b. Comprehensive Assessments – Next Generation
 Meeting schedules set
 Internal members established; working on external members
 Working on organization graph
 Working on Intent to Contract with LEARN NC to help with moodle
development; meeting with LEARN NC to finalize MOU
 Benchmark tool—moving forward with RFP
 Professional Development Modules, plan for 8 modules in first batch
(open source), establishing working relations, planning PD with John
Ross and Shirley Carraway, arranged for CRESST content reviewer,
developed new evaluation piece to accompany modules in order to
collect teacher feedback
 Summative field test, design & transparency subgroup established
2c. Innovative Assessment Research Team
 Compiling internal and external membership and scheduled meetings
each week for Jan. and Feb. and 3 each month afterwards
2d. NC Writing Assessment
 Have met twice; meeting on Tuesday afternoons.
 Planning 09-11 NC Writing Assessment
NEXT STEPS IN COMING MONTHS : ► Essential Standards drafts to external
PROJECT MANAGEMENT UPDATE:
stakeholders ► External Stakeholder oversight committee meeting ► Feedback provided
from Dr. Anderson, field, stakeholders and experts on Essential Standards drafts
►Development of ACRE website
Project structure, reporting cadence and detailed Oct 08 –
Oct 09 calendar finalized; Detailed objectives for all working
groups and teams finalized; Communication leads tapped
Academic Services Instructional Support
R. Garland
•Re-testing
•New Principal Evaluation Tool
•District and School Assistance
•School Improvement Plan
Questions & Feedback