Learning and
Accountability
• College- and
Career- Ready
Standards
• A Balanced
Assessment
System
• A New School
Accountability
Model
Why New
Standards and
Accountability?
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Why is this the right work right now?
Let’s look at some data...
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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
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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School Dropouts,” unpublished
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Why is this the right work right now?
Achievement gaps persist.
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% 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.
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…but we can do something
about it.
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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?
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Why the Common Core?
• Equity
• College and Career Readiness
• Comparability
• Sharing of Resources
• Economies of Scale
• Student Mobility
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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?
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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
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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
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The Essential Standards
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Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Arts Education
Information and Technology
Healthful Living
Guidance
Occupational Course of Study
English Language Development
Career and Technical Education
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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
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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/
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New Tools
and Opportunities
District Leadership Teams
Currently
Available
Opportunities to Learn More at http://www.ncpublicschools.org