Superintendent’s Quarterly
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Wilmington Convention Center
12:00 noon – 3:50 pm
Meeting Objectives
• Consider and discuss student
growth over time
• Discuss ESSA implementation
• Receive updates on testing pilot
and standards revision
• Discuss other items as desired
Lunch
12:00 – 12:30 pm
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Welcome
June Atkinson
 Superintendent
State
committees
Superintendent
 Announcements
 State Board Policy
Update
FIRST VOTE
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Idea
Bill
Law
Bill
Law
Polling Question: What do North
Carolinians think education?
66% of all respondents
said that K-12
education receives
inadequate funding
-WRAL Poll, Winter, 2016
Polling Question: What do North
Carolinians think education?
Education is the most
important problem
facing our state—want
to see it addressed by
our leaders
-High Point University
Poll, 3/2/16
Polling Question: What do North
Carolinians think education?
51% think North
Carolina lawmakers
should increase
teacher pay by up to
10 percent
-WRAL Poll, Winter, 2016
Polling Question: What do North
Carolinians think education?
A majority of our state
think we need more
resources—to pay
teachers better and to
support classrooms more
-WRAL Poll, Winter, 2016
1:00 – 1:20 pm
 Student Growth Gary Williamson
over Time
Metametrics
1:20 – 2:15 pm
 ESSA
Discussion
Lou Fabrizio
Director,
Data, Research
and
Federal Policy
2:15 – 2:30 pm
 BREAK
Pre-function
area
2:30 – 2:50 pm
 Testing Pilot
Update
Tammy Howard
Director,
Accountability
Services
2:50 – 3:20 pm
 Standards
Review and
Revision
Tiffany Perkins
Director,
K-12 Curriculum
and Instruction
Content Standards
G.S. 115C-12 (9c) (i)-(vi)
“Power to Develop Content Standards…The Board shall develop a
comprehensive plan to revise content standards and the
standard course of study in the core academic areas of reading,
writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, and civics.
The Board shall involve and survey a representative sample of
parents, teachers, and the public to help determine academic
content standard priorities and usefulness of the content
standards. A full review of available and relevant academic
content standards that are rigorous, specific, sequenced, clear,
focused, and measurable, whenever possible, shall be a part of the
process of the development of content standards.
The revised content standards developed in the core academic
areas shall”
Content Standards
G.S. 115C-12 (9c) (i)-(vi) Continued
• Reflect high expectations for students and in-depth
mastery of the content;
• Be clearly grounded in the content of each academic area;
• Be defined grade-by-grade and course-by-course
• Be understandable to parents and teachers
• Be developed in full recognition of time available to teach
the core academic areas at each grade level;
• Be measurable, whenever possible, in a reliable, valid,
and efficient manner for accountability purposes
State Board of Education Policy GCS-F-012: Policy
delineating the Standard Course of Study Development Process
Content Standards
Session Law 2014-78 Section 6
“The current Standard Course of Study remains in effect until
official notice is provided to all public school teachers,
administrators, and parents or guardians of students enrolled
in the public schools of any changes made in the Standard
Course of Study by the State Board of Education.”
Curriculum
Session Law 2014-78 Section 6
“Local boards of education shall continue to provide for the
efficient teaching of the course content required by the
Standard Course of Study as provided under G.S. 115C-47(12).”
Standards Review Process
Research
Data
*Teachers, District Content
Experts, Higher Education and
Business Representatives
Surveys
Data Analysis
Committee Develops
Initial
Recommendations*
When Revisions are
Recommended
• Convene a writing team – teachers, district content
experts, higher education
• Drafts for public review and feedback
• Drafts revised, if needed
• Drafts presented to SBE for discussion
• Drafts revised, if needed
• Drafts presented to SBE for discussion/approval
• Notify all public school teachers, administrators,
and parents or guardians of students
• Provide professional development for teachers
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Determining the Scope of Work
Educator Feedback
• Approximately 5,000 responses to the educator ELA
survey
• 283 educators provided feedback at ELA focus
groups
• Collected feedback regarding ELA resource and
professional development (PD) needs during 36 ELA
PD offerings and 4 webinars since June 2015
ELA Educator Survey
• Approval rating percentages for the 481 ELA
Standards:
➢321 standards – 90% or more
➢143 standards – 80-89%
➢16 standards – 70-79%
➢1 standard – less than 70%
➢17 out of 481 standards K-12 fell below an 80%
approval rating.
• Most common request - clarity with certain standards
In Response to the Data
• Offered professional development “Are We Asking the
Right Questions” that focused on alignment of
standards –> desired student outcomes –> instruction
–> teacher assessments
• Surveyed the field to improve ELA LiveBinder and
other resources
• Created a plan to update ELA Wiki page to include
resources specific to elementary, middle, and high
needs
In Response to the Data
• Increased ELA ListServe membership
• Preparing new professional development for April:
Providing Clarity: A Close Look at the ELA
Standards
Committee
findings
compiled
July - Nov. 2016
Data
Review
Committe
e meets
July 2016
June 2016
Proposed ELA Standards Review
Timeline
Writing
Teams
meet
Release
drafts for
public
comment
February 2017
Share
ELA
drafts
January 2017
December 2016
Proposed ELA Standards Review
Timeline, cont.
Writing
Teams
review
feedback
Present
ELA drafts
to SBE
May 2017
Present
comments
and ELA
drafts to
SBE
April 2017
March 2017
Proposed ELA Standards Review
Timeline, cont.
Create ELA
professional
development
and
resources
2017 - 2018
Regional
professional
development
Aug. - May
June - August 2017
Proposed ELA Standards Review
Timeline, cont.
Implement
Standards
If assessment changes are needed:
2017 – 2018
August – May
Test development, Yearlong PD, resources creation,
and revision of all support materials
June – August
Summer PD delivery
2018 – 2019
New Standards Implemented
Goals
Provide updates specific to Math I, II & III review and
revision process to include:
● Detail each step of the process including timeline
● Outline potential action steps for spring and summer
● Discuss roles LEAs play in feedback and implementation
● Answer questions and solicit input
Provide timeline for K - 8 review and revision process
Update on Overall Process
• ASRC final report December 2015
• Materials prep - Data Review and Analysis
portion of Standards Review January 2016
• February-March 2016 Data Review
Committee
• March-April 15, 2016 Writing Groups
Convene using guidance from Review
Group
Attachment 5
Overall Process Continued
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April 18 - April 26, 2016 LEA receive draft
April 26, 2016 Feedback due
May 4, 2016 SBE receives draft & feedback
June 1-2, 2016 SBE votes on revisions
*June 6 - July 30, 2016 Regional meetings with
district leaders and high school math teachers to
communicate revisions
* Pending SBE approval
Types of Data Used by Data Review Committee
Teacher
Survey
3314 Teacher Responses K-Math III
591 Teacher Responses Math I, II & III
Community
Survey
January - April 2015
Teacher Focus
Groups
Held in 8 Regions, every LEA Represented
Over 200 teachers by grade band
Leader Focus
Group
NCCTM (NC Council Teachers of Mathematics)
Leader Session Focus Group - over 150
Academic
Standards
Review
Commission
Final Report Submitted December 31, 2015
Data Review
Committee Members
VideoEstablish
mathematics
goals Thoughts….
to focus learning
A glimpse of the
process...
Collaboration
Who was in the room?
Sharon Ashe
Henderson County
District Math Leader
Kelsey Ballard
Nash-Rocky Mount
Math Teacher
Lauren Baucom
Union County
Math Teacher
Stefanie Buckner
Buncombe County
Math Teacher
Jeff Crayton
Guildford County
Math Teacher
Debbie Crocker
Appalachian State
Professor
Sonia Dupree
Wake County
District Math Leader
Peter Eley
Fayetteville State
Professor
Suzanne Gibbons
Wake County
Math Teacher
Julie Graves
NC School of Science & Math
Math Teacher
Tim Hendrix
Meredith
Professor
Erica Isabella
Person County
Math Teacher
Michael Jones
Nash-Rocky Mount
District Math Leader
Michael Kestner
AB Technical Community College
Professor
Allison Landry
Carteret County
District Math Leader
Robert Leichner
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Math Teacher
Katie Mawhinney
Appalachian State
Professor
Deborah Murray
Franklin County
District Math Leader
Katie Salter
Carteret County
Math Teacher
Velvet Simonton
Forsyth County
District Math Leader
Michelle Stephan
UNC Charlotte
Professor
Brittany Taylor
Johnston County
Math Teacher
Joanne Whitley
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
District Math Leader
Considered Feedback on EVERY
Standard
Consensus for Writers
Committed Educators!
Writing Groups
• By conceptual category (Functions,
Algebra, Geometry, etc.)
• Working across all 3 courses
• Meeting in Greensboro to finalize
drafts April 14-15
• Applying guidance from Data Review
Committee
Writing Groups Continued
• Examine and revise all standards for clarity*
• Move Geometry standards according to
topic
• Delete/Move identified standards to fourth
math courses
• Limit overly broad standards by rewriting and
renaming with clearer direction for teachers based
on functions/systems *
• Remove identified standards that span 2-3 courses
that were viewed as duplicative *
Testing Thoughts
Testing/Accountability and the Math
Curriculum & Instructional teams will review
drafts against current forms of Math I EOC and
Math II & III Final Exams
LEA Feedback
• April 18 - 26th Tentative Window depending
on Writing Teams’ Progress
• Superintendents receiving same information
at their Quarterly Meeting April 13th
• C & I Leaders in LEA were asked to begin
forming feedback teams
LEA Feedback Continued
• Feedback will be guided using a
framework to allow for quick
turnaround to present to SBE at May 45 meeting
• Draft and Feedback anticipated for
May meeting are dependent upon
progress of writers
K-8 Timeline
• Will follow similar process beginning
with Data Review Committee in SeptOct 2016
• Refer to attachment 6
K-8 Timeline 2016
Date
Action
Description
2016
SeptemberOctober
K- 8 Math Data Review Committee Meets
DecemberJanuary
Math Data Review Committee findings compiled and
shared
Group will conduct a thorough analysis of all feedback from
teacher surveys, community surveys, teacher focus groups,
leader focus group, and the ASRC .
Updates presented at December 2016 and January 2017 SBE meeting. Results from SeptemberOctober Data Review Committee meetings shared including how the results and data from ASRC,
parent and community survey, teacher survey, math leader focus group and teacher focus groups
were organized and prioritized for K-8 to identify priorities, concerns and changes.
K-8 Timeline 2017
2017
JanuaryFebruary
Writing Teams Convene
March
Drafts K – 8 Released
April
Update on Drafts
May
K-8 Math Drafts Presented
June
K-8 Math Drafts Action
Present K-8 Math standards draft for action.
June - Aug
Regional PD sessions
Host regional professional development and information
sessions on revisions to K-8 Math standards by grade
bands of K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 for teachers and district
leadership.
Aug
Implement Standards
Districts implement new standards. Continue support.
Writing teams convene to create drafts of K-8 standards.
K-8 Math drafts released to public for comments and
shared with SBE.
Update provided to SBE on data collection from public
comment.
Final drafts with comments shared with SBE.
NC Math Standards Video
• https://youtu.be/4eFQLABUg1Q
3:20 – 3:50 pm
 Questions and June Atkinson
Closing
and Staff
Remarks