ACRE Symposium
Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
Overview and discussion of the work to
develop new standards, assessments
and accountability for North Carolina
students and schools.
Agenda for the Hour
~40 minutes
~20 minutes
o Overview
o Essential
Standards
o Assessment
and
Accountability
o Time Line
Questions and
Discussion
SBE’s Framework For Change
NCDPI’s Response to
Framework For Change
ACRE
Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
Standards and
Assessment
ACRE
Summative
(Statewide)
Note: This does not mean more
To Evaluate
sequestered testing
like theKnowledge…
EOCs or
EOGs.
o Transparent
o Appropriately Used
Benchmark
(Classroom, School,
District)
Formative Assessment
(Classroom)
Essential Standards
Non-Evaluative
To Inform Instruction…
District Controlled
o Centralized Benchmarking
•
Tool
Tools and PD for
o Systematic Formative
Student
Learning
Assessment
PD Modules
Built on what is most
important for students to
learn in the 21st century
Accountability
ACRE
Growth
Summative
Achievement
(EOCs and EOGs)
(Statewide)
K-12
Benchmark
(Classroom, School,
District)
+ Graduation
Rate
Formative Assessment
(Classroom)
Essential Standards
+
FutureReady
Core
+
Readiness
ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
Dr. Cindy
Williamson
Essential Standards
Content Areas Under Development
English 10
Occupational Course of Study
Informational Technology
Mathematics
Science
Essential Standards
Membership on Writing Committees
includes….
Teachers
Higher Ed
Accountability
Staff
EC &
Curriculum
Staff
School
Readiness
Staff
External
Business
Essential Standards
From around the state…
Alleghany
*Ashe
*
Watauga
*Surry
*
Swain
*
Macon
Cherokee
Clay
Haywood Buncombe
Jackson
Graham
*Yancey
*
Yadkin
Rutherford
*
Alexander
*
*
Lincoln
*
*
*Guilford
*
Davidson
Person
*
Vance
*
Cabarrus
Stanly
*
Mecklenburg
Union
*
Granville
*
Orange
Durham
Alamance
*
*
*
Franklin
*
* Chatham
Lee
*
Anson
*
*
Nash
Hertford
*
Edgecombe
*
*
*
Hoke
*
*
WashingtonTyrrell
*
Beaufort
Greene
*
Dare
Hyde
Wayne
*
Lenoir
*
Cumberland
Sampson
Craven
Pamlico
Jones
Duplin
Scotland
Onslow
Robeson
Martin
Pitt
*
Johnston
Moore
Montgomery
Richmond
Gates
Bertie
Wilson
Harnett
*
Northampton
Warren
Wake
*
Randolph
Rowan
Catawba
Cleveland Gaston
Forsyth
*
Davie
Iredell
Burke
McDowell
Henderson
Polk
Transylvania
Caldwell
Rockingham Caswell
Halifax
Wilkes
MitchellAvery
Madison
*
*
Stokes
*
Bladen
* Carteret
Pender
*
New
Hanover
Columbus
Brunswick
Swain ♦ Haywood ♦ Buncombe ♦ Yancey ♦ Rutherford
♦
*
Watauga ♦ Ashe ♦ Catawba
Iredell ♦ Surry ♦ Cleveland ♦ Gaston ♦ Mecklenburg ♦ Union ♦ Cabarrus ♦ Davidson
Forsyth ♦ Rockingham ♦ Guilford ♦ Randolph ♦ Caswell ♦ Alamance ♦ Chatham ♦ Orange
Richmond ♦ Moore ♦ Hoke ♦ Cumberland ♦ Columbus ♦ Durham ♦ Wake ♦ Johnston
Franklin ♦ Vance ♦ Nash ♦ Wilson ♦ Edgecombe ♦ Wayne ♦ Greene ♦ New Hanover
Onslow ♦ Carteret ♦ Craven ♦ Pitt ♦ Beaufort ♦ Perquimans ♦ Currituck
Essential Standards
Aligned to National and International
Standards
• PISA •
• 21st Century Skills •
• TIMSS •
• National Content Standards •
• Rigor and Relevance •
• Back-mapped to the NCGP •
Essential Standards
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Essential Standards Overview
Course
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Prototypical
Classroom
Assessment
Objective
Essential
Standard
Prototypical
EOC-EOG
Assessment
Objective
Objective
...zooming in
on one
Essential
Standard
Objective
Essential Standards
Project Status
ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Dr. Gary
Williamson
Accountability
Assessment &
Accountability
+
+ +
The Assessment and Accountability Working
Groups are…
NAC
CANG
New Accountability
Committee
Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
IART
Innovative Assessment
Research Team
Writing
North Carolina Writing
Assessment System
Assessment &
Accountability
+
+ +
New Accountability Committee (NAC)
Working on…
o Determining feasibility of K-12 developmental
growth model
o Determining how to include the following in high
school accountability…
o
o
o
o
Growth and Achievement
Graduation Rate
The Future-Ready Core
Post-Secondary Readiness Measures
Assessment &
Accountability
+
CANG
+ +
Formative
Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
Working on…
o Designing Online PD Modules focused on the
effective use of formative assessment in the classroom
o Planning for differentiated use of modules including
o Face-to-face meetings
o Professional learning communities
o Individual study
o Collaborating with higher education and national
experts to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of
the modules
Assessment &
Accountability
+
CANG
+ +
Benchmark
Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
Working on…
o Developing specifications to ensure a variety of
item types are included in tool
o Tool will include professional development on how to
use diagnostic information
o Gathering input from district staff and school
staff
Assessment &
Accountability
+
CANG
+ +
Summative
Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
Working on…
o Exploring the inclusion of constructive
response items in new generation of summative
assessments (EOCs and EOGs)
o Administering item tryouts for 3-8 reading and
mathematics, English I0, and Integrated
Mathematics in spring 2009
o Developing guidelines for understanding
purpose of different item types on a summative
assessment
Assessment &
Accountability
+
+ +
Innovative Assessment Research Team (IART)
Working on…
o Investigating alternative ways to assess learning
including
o Computer-based simulations, gaming technologies, computer
adaptive testing and open-ended and performance-based tasks
o Developing a rubric that identifies when a particular
objective would be best assessed by a constructed
response/performance task item
o Exploring the possibility of a statewide portfolio
system
o Researching how North Carolina can lead the way to
online testing state-wide
Assessment &
Accountability
+
+ +
North Carolina Writing Assessment System
Working on…
o Writing Assessment System Pilot Surveys 1
and 2
o Reporting to the State Board of Education
o On-demand task redesign study
o Inclusion of NCCLAS and NCEXTEND1
students
o Revisions to online professional development
courses
Timeline
2008 - 2009
July
Math, Science,
Eng 10, Comp
Essential Stds.
Innovative
Assessment
Team (July 09)
2009 - 2010
2010 - 2011
July
July
Math, Sci, Eng
10, Comp Skills
Item Dev.
Math, Sci, Eng
10 Comp, Skills
Field Test
Math, Sci, Eng
10 Comp, Skills
ELA, Social
Studies, Others
Essential Stds.
ELA and Social
Studies
Item Dev.
ELA and Social
Studies
Field Test
Formative PD
Modules 1-5 (Aug 09)
Benchmarking Tool Operational for
ELA, Social Studies and Other
Subjects (July 2012)
Modules 613 (Jun 2010)
Online PD Community (Jun 2010)
Case Studies on Administering 21st Century,
Computer-Based Assessments (Jan 2011)
NAC Reports (Sept 09)
July
Operational
Benchmarking Tool Operational for
Math, Science and Eng 10
(July 2011)
Criteria for choosing
CR/PT (Aug 09)
2012 - 2013
2011 - 2012
ELA and Social
Studies
Operational
ACRE
Questions
and
Discussion