Collaborative Conference
for Student Achievement
April 19, 2011
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Blue Ribbon
Commission Report SBE’s Framework For
Change
NCDPI’s Response to Framework
For Change
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
PROJECT MAP
Newer ACRE
work streams
connecting
directly with
teachers, leaders,
parents and
students
Tools and training,
blending online and faceto-face learning
experiences.
Professional
Development
Standards
Ongoing central
work to revise
standards,
assessment and
accountability
Newer work to
deliver new
standards,
assessments and
teaching tools
Newer work to
build LEA
capacity to
implement online
tools
2010-11
Communication &
Change
Management
Assessment
College and career-ready
standards. A new set of
academic standards
benchmarked against the
best national and
international expectations.
Summative
Benchmark
Formative
A comprehensive assessment
system with a focus on using
assessments to improve instruction
and fairly assess learning and
instructional effectiveness.
Diverse communication
strategies that memorably
inform all stakeholders
esp. students, parents,
teachers, principals.
Accountability
A revised model that
includes measures of postsecondary readiness,
robust, fair growth
measures, revised
reporting functions and
motivates behavior that
improves student
outcomes.
Instructional Improvement System (IIS)
User-friendly online platform to house and deliver teacher tools
Instructional Technology and Infrastructure Initiatives
Standards
College and career-ready standards. A
new set of academic standards benchmarked
against the best national and international
expectations. The goal is to set fewer,
clearer and higher standards that, when
achieved, ensure a student is ready for postsecondary education and work. Standards
include Common Core in ELA and Math and
NC Essential Standards in all other subjects.
Curricular support resources will be
developed to support the transition.
Time Line
Subject Area
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies, Healthful
Living, Arts, Guidance,
World Languages
Career and Technical
Education
Information and
Technology Skills
Early Learning
Extended Content
Standards
Where is NC in
the adoption process?
2010-2011
School Year
2011-2012
School Year
2012-2013
School Year
Common Core adopted
June 2010
Current taught
and assessed
Current taught
and assessed
Common Core
taught & assessed
Common Core adopted
June 2010
Current taught
and assessed
Current taught
and assessed
Common Core
taught & assessed
Essential Standards
adopted
February 2010
Social Studies, World
Languages and Arts
adopted; Healthful Living
and Guidance in Winter
2011
Current taught
and assessed
Current taught
and assessed
New Essential
Standards
taught & assessed
Current taught
and assessed
Current taught
and assessed
New Essential
Standards
taught & assessed
Anticipated adoption
January 2011
Current taught
and assessed
Current taught
and assessed
New Essential
Standards
taught & assessed
New Essential
Standards
taught
New Essential
Standards taught
Current taught
New Essential
Standards taught
New Essential
Essential Standards
Standards
adopted September 2009 piloted with
current
Anticipated adoption of
Essential Standards:
Current taught
Spring 2011
All Extended Content Standards will be on the same operational
time line as the standards in each individual content area.
Overview of the Common Core Initiative
o State-led and developed Common Core
Standards for K-12 in English Language Arts
and Mathematics
o Focus on learning expectations for students,
not how students get there
Similar Goals for Standards
North Carolina’s
Mandates
“Essential”
“Narrow”
“Deep”
“Rigorous +
Relevant”
“Readiness for
College and
Career”
“Enduring”
“Measurable”
“Clear and
Concise”
“Prioritized
and Focused”
Common Core
“Essential”
”Fewer, Higher,
Clearer”
”Focused”
”Rigorous”
”Readiness for
College and
Career”
Common Core Rationale
o Equity
Students expectations the same regardless of where they live
o College and Career Readiness
Students need to be more than proficient
o Comparability
State results will be comparable through common assessments
o Sharing of Resources
The ability to share instructional materials across state lines can improve practice
o Economies of Scale
Possible savings due to sharing of resources and assessments
o Student Mobility
Students moving into and out of states will have the same standards
June 3, 2010
SBE Adoption of the
Common Core Standards
www.corestandards.org
ELA Standards Advances
o Text complexity
o Balance of literature and informational texts
o Direct link to college and work readiness
o Literacy standards for science and social studies
o Clear vertical progressions across grades
Math Standards Advances
o Focus in early grades on number (arithmetic and
operations) to build a solid foundation in math
o Evened out pace across the grades
o High school math focus on using math and solving
messy problems, similar to what would see in the real
world
o Problem-solving and communication emphasized
Tools and training, blending
online and face-to-face learning
experiences to help educators
increase effectiveness and
transition to new standards and
assessments. Included are the
creation of instructional toolkits,
NC Falcon formative assessment
training modules, new standards
roll-out, using data to make
decisions and Response to
Instruction.
Professional
Development
Professional Development
for
Teachers and Leaders
Tools
&
Professional
Development
Online
for
Teachers and Leaders
Face-to-Face
Professional Development
“ A combination of online and face-to-face learning that includes different
combinations of technologies, pedagogies, and contexts.”
(Graham, 2006; Stacey & Gerbic, 2001; Garrison and Vaughn, 2008)
Face to Face
Virtual
RESA Partnership
Online modules
Conferences
Professional
Development
System
Summer
Institutes
Virtual PLCs
Assessment
Summative
Benchmark
Formative
A comprehensive assessment system with a
focus on using assessments to improve
instruction and assess learning and instructional
effectiveness. Plan includes updated EOG and
EOCs, a tool to build common benchmark
assessments and a variety of formative
assessment tools including progress monitoring
tools, writing assessments, in-class formative
assessment training, portfolio assessments and
data tools to improve instruction.
Next Generation Assessments
• A comprehensive balanced assessment
system
• Updated EOG and EOCs (online,
innovative item types, computer adaptive)
• Tools to build common benchmark
assessments and a variety of formative
assessment tools
• Data tools to improve instruction
Comprehensive Balanced Assessment System
Formative Assessments: A process used
by teachers and students during
instruction that provides feedback to
adjust ongoing teaching and learning to
help students improve their achievement
of intended instructional outcomes.
Formative Assessment includes:
•Questioning
•Discussions
•Learning Activities
•Feedback
•Conferences
•Interviews
•Student Reflections
Classroom
Summative Assessments: A measure of
achievement to provide evidence of
student competence or program
effectiveness
Summative Assessment includes:
• Selected Response Items
Multiple-Choice
True/False
Matching
• Short Answer
Fill in the Blank
1-2 Sentence Response
• Extended Written Response
• Performance Assessment
Statewide,
Benchmark, and
Classroom
Online EOCs and EOGs
NC is moving towards online only assessments, accessed through the IIS
(by 2014-2015).
Online assessments will allow the state to incorporate technology-enhanced
items and implement computer adaptive testing, which will allow for a more
accurate assessment of student learning.
Support for moving to online assessments includes working with
LEAs/Charter Schools to ensure that schools have the logistical and
technical knowledge and skills to move rapidly to an online testing
environment and a Best Practices Guide for Online Assessments (July
2011).
Online EOCs and EOGs
NOW: All EOCs are available online; All LEAs are expected to participate
2012/2013: While all EOCs will be available online, the following assessments will be
developed specifically for an online environment, some with technology-enhanced
items. LEAs are encouraged to complete them online.
EOG Science at Grades 5 and 8
NCEXTEND2 Science at Grades 5 and 8
NCEXTEND2 Mathematics and ELA Grades 3-8
EOC English I
EOC Algebra I
EOC Biology
NCEXTEND2 English I
NCEXTEND2 Algebra I
NCEXTEND2 Biology
2014/2015: The plan is to have all EOCs/EOGs developed specifically for an online
environment with limited use of an alternate paper and pencil version.
Instructional Improvement System (IIS)
Single, user-friendly online platform to house and deliver new tools, particularly the
delivery of formative and summative assessments, provision of data analysis tools, delivery
of professional development and instructional resources to teachers and establishment of
online learning communities.
Instructional Improvement System (IIS)
The IIS will be:
• An online resource
• An integrated repository of shared tools and
applications
• A tool to help educators improve instruction
• A device to integrate data from multiple sources,
including NC WISE
IIS Tools
Tools will be available for managing formative assessment, student
work and organizing classroom activities.
Student Artifact Repository for evidence of learning
such as digital work, including documents, video files,
photographs, etc.
Classroom and
Instruction
Management
Tools (potential
tools)
Classroom grouping, organization, and seating tools.
Tools to document use of formative assessment such
as teacher observations about student skill and
behavior.
Grade management tools, such as grade books, student
work reports, etc.
IIS Tools for Teachers
The Educator Evaluation System will be available, with direct links to
professional development modules.
Leadership
Respectful environments
Educator
Evaluation
System
Content knowledge
Facilitating learning
Reflective practice
Professional
Development
Modules
(e.g., NC FALCON)
IIS Assessment Tools
The assessment tool can be used to create classroom, grade, or LEA assessments.
Test Generator
High-quality Item Bank
Assessments
scored online,
using:
• artificial
intelligence
• scoring
rubrics
Secure item
pool
Non-secure
item pool
LEAs create
assessments
Teachers
create
assessments
Variety of item types, including:
open-ended
technology-enhanced
multiple-choice scenario-based
3/22/2016
Can be used
with:
• student
response
“clickers”
• handheld
devices
IIS Timeline (Key Dates)
IIS Tool
Release Date
Assessment Tool
Science/Social Studies
July 2012
ELA/Math
January 2013
Data Dashboard
Phase I
July 2012
Phase II (optional…)
January 2013
Digital Artifact Repository
January 2013
Data Guides
Using Data for Instruction
December 2011
Best Practices for Using the IIS
July 2012
Accountability
A revised model that includes
measures of post-secondary
readiness, robust, fair growth
measures, revised reporting
functions and motivates behavior
that improves student outcomes.
Indicators
Student
Achievement
Based on authentic assessments
Post-Secondary
Readiness
Metric to be determined
Student
Growth
Graduation Rates
Math Course
Rigor
Robust measures using more
historical data
5-year Cohort
Students meeting the Future-Ready Core
requirements
Growth Index
Matrix
Lower Performance
Higher Growth
Higher Performance
Higher Growth
Lower Performance
Lower Growth
Higher Performance
Lower Growth
Performance Index
Uses
Report
Reward and
Sanction
Target Assistance
Levels at which indicators might be used
Student
o Revised Student Accountability
Classroom
o RttT and Educator Effectiveness Workgroup
o Teacher Evaluation Tool
School
LEA
State
o Much is decided;
key issues remain
outstanding
Decisions
School
•
Future-Ready Core Inclusion
LEA
•
More Robust Growth Model
•
Five-Year Grad Rate
•
Index System (including bonus points)
•
Student Accountability Updated
State
Outstanding Issue
•
Post-Secondary Readiness