Standards Review Progress Update NC High School Mathematics
2015-16 Math I, II, & III Review and Revision Cycle
Timeframe &
Description of Action
Details of Action
January 2016
Comments from teacher surveys, community surveys,
teacher focus groups, and Academic Standards Review
Commission’s final report are assembled and copied in
preparation for data review team work.
Material Preparations
Group Invitation
February 4-5 and
March 4-5, 2016
Data Analysis/Review
Group Meetings
March 9-20, 2016
Revision and Rewriting
Process Preparation
Team of 23 educators (composed of ten teachers,
seven district math leaders and six professors from NC
Colleges) from across the state convened in Raleigh to
conduct a thorough analysis of all feedback as a part of
the Data Analysis/Review component of the Standards
Review Process. Business and industry were
represented through Chamber of Commerce who sent
two representatives to address the group and sit in on
part of the process.
Data Review Team duties:
1) Read through all data by standard across all
three high school courses
2) Identify common themes and record
3) Apply professional input based on comments
4) Reach small group consensus on whether to
keep standard, revise, remove or move & revise
5) Reach large group consensus by standard and
course
6) Develop guidelines for revision work
Invitations issued to members of Data Review Team to
begin the revision and rewriting phase. Summary
documents prepared for distribution to team
members.
Teams formed by conceptual category and will then
regroup by course. Invitees include 7 teachers, 4
district/state leaders, and 4 higher-education
representatives. Western, Central and Eastern regions
of NC are represented.
March 21 – April 15, 2016
Revise & Rewrite
Writing teams meet virtually and in-person to apply
recommendations of the Data Review Team. These
recommendations include overarching guidance such
as:
1) Examine and rewrite all standards for clarity by
removing unnecessary language and examples. *
2) Move Geometry standards according to topic.
3) Delete/Move identified standards to fourth math
courses.
4) Limit overly broad standards by rewriting with
clearer direction for teachers based on the
identification of functions and systems per course. *
5) Remove identified standards that span 2 or 3
courses that were viewed as duplicative and
unnecessary. *
A first draft will be produced at the conclusion of a 1-2
day meeting in Greensboro – Date TBD depending on
the progress of the work.
April 18 – April 26, 2016
Public Review of Draft
April 26 – May 3, 2016
Draft Feedback Summary
May 4-5, 2016
June 1-2, 2016
State Board of Education
Communication with LEAs regarding upcoming public
comment period.
Draft of revised high school math courses made public
for comment and posted to eBoard for SBE.
Prepare feedback on drafts of revised courses in
anticipation of SBE presentation. Note any revisions
needed and apply.
SBE presentation of revised draft for discussion.
Vote on adoption of revised high school math courses.
June 6 – July 30, 2016
Regional meetings with high school math teachers and
district leaders across the state to communicate and
District & Teacher Training begin training under new standards using statewide
system of support and service.
* Recommended by or contained in final report of the Academic Standards
Review Commission