Superintendents
Quarterly
July 30, 2009
Blue Ribbon
Commission Report
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
Essential Standards
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Essential Standards Overview
The Drafted Essential Standards have the
same aims as those proposed for the
Common Core…
• Focused
• Rigorous
• Coherent
The common core and the Draft Essential
Standards use the same adjectives
North Carolina’s
Mandates
“Essential”
“Narrow“
“Deep“
“Rigorous +
Relevant“
“Readiness for
College and
Career“
“Enduring“
“Measurable“
“Clear and
Concise”
“Prioritized
and Focused”
RTTT and Smart
Choices
“Essential”
”Fewer, Higher,
Clearer”
”Focused”
”Rigorous”
”Readiness for
College and
Career”
Status of Essential Standards Development
We currently have
3.0 drafts of…
English 10
K-12 Math
Information and
Technology Skills
K-12
Occupational
Course of Study
And are engaged
in…
• Analyzing the trends in the
feedback from over 10,000
stakeholder respondents
• Developing supporting
resources
• Refining assessment
prototypes
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
21st Century Skills
National & International
TIMSS
Mandate
for a
narrowed
and
deepened
curriculum
PISA
Essential Standards
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Essential Standards Overview
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Essential Standards Overview
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Prototypical Assessment
Classroom
Objective
Prototypical Assessment
EOC-EOG
Essential
Standard
Objective
Objective
Timeline 08-13
2008 - 2009
2009 - 2010
July
2010 - 2011
July
P1
P1
P1
Essential Standards
Item Development
Field Test
P1
July
2011 - 2012
July
2012 - 2013
Essential Stnds.
P1 and Assessments
Operational
Benchmarking Tool for First Set (P1) of
Essential Standards Operational July 2011
P2
P2
P2
Essential Standards
Item Development
Field Test
P2
Elementary Diagnostic
Assessment Piloted
Results in June 2010 D
Stnds.
P2 Essential
and Assessments
Operational
Benchmarking Tool for Second Set (P2) of
Essential Standards Operational July 2012
Elementary Diagnostic
Assessment
Operational
D
P1 = Phase I (Math,
Innovative Assessment
Team Report (July 09)
Science, Eng 10,
Information and Tech
Skills, Occupational)
Criteria for Choosing Constructed
Response Items (Sept 09)
P2 = Phase I (ELA,
Formative PD Modules 1-5
(August – Dec 2009)
Modules 6-13
(June 2010)
Online PD Community Launch (June 2010)
Case Studies on Administering 21st Century, Computer-Based
Assessments (January 2011)
New Accountability Committee
Report (September 09)
Social Studies, Other
Subject Areas)
D = Elementary
Diagnostic Assessment
Proposal For Integration of ACRE and RTTT
Growth
Achievement (EOCs and EOGs)
K-12
Summative
(Statewide)
Benchmark
(Classroom, School,
District)
Apply for $350 million
assessment grant.
From Smart Options~
“Develop local data systems
with formative, interim, and
benchmark
assessment data....”
Formative Assessment
(Classroom)
Essential Standards
Will inform and reflect
the common core
work
Improved Data
Systems
The work of the
Blue Ribbon Commission,
Framework for Change
and ACRE is aligned to the
RTTT assurances.
Support for
Low-performing
RTTT
Standards and
Schools
Assurances Assessments
Summative
Benchmark
Formative Assessment
Essential Standards
Teacher
Effectiveness