Presentation to USED Review Panel
March 16, 2010
Agenda
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Introductions
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Governor Perdue
o Education Reform in North Carolina: Action and Achievement
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The NC RttT Team
o Why Invest in North Carolina?
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Q&A
The North Carolina Team
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Beverly Perdue, Governor
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Bill Harrison, Chairman, NC State Board of Education
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June Atkinson, NC State Superintendent of Public
Instruction
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Bill McNeal, Executive Director, NC Association of
School Administrators
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Glenn Kleiman, Executive Director, Friday Institute for
Educational Innovation, and Professor, College of
Education, NC State University
Other NC Team Leaders at NCDPI
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Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer
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Angela Quick, Deputy Chief Academic Officer and Project
Director for Assessment and Curriculum Reform
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Adam Levinson, Director of Policy and Strategic Planning, and
Director for the P-13 and P-20 Data System projects
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Patricia Ashley, Director, District and School Transformation
Division
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Lynne Johnson, Director, Educator Recruitment &
Development
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Philip Price, Chief Financial Officer
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Peter Asmar, Chief Information Officer
Governor Beverly Perdue
Education Reform in North Carolina:
Action and Achievement
Statewide Capacity and Commitment
• Lessons learned
• Statewide infrastructure
• Strong, collaborative leadership
• Reform & innovation
• Great teachers and leaders Æ College/career ready students
RttT = Further and Faster
Statewide Standards and Assessments
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Common Core Standards adoption
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Statewide technology-delivered assessment system
• Formative, diagnostic, interim, summative
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Alignment
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Tools
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Customization
RttT = Student Mastery
Evidence of Prior Success
Data-Driven Decisions at All Levels
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Student
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School
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LEA
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State policy
RttT = Quality Decisions for Improved Performance
Engagement and Collaboration
• State leadership
• Professional associations
• Public and private colleges and universities
• NC Network of Grantmakers
• NC education organizations
• National organizations
RttT = 100% of the 115 LEAs
Effective Teachers in All Classrooms
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Statewide Teacher Evaluation System aligned to standards
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Qualified to effective
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Expanded partnerships
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Strategic staffing initiatives
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Expansion of virtual teaching
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Statewide professional development system
RttT = A Great Teacher for Every Student
Effective Leaders in All Schools
• Statewide Principal Evaluation System aligned to standards
• Qualified to effective
• Successful innovations in identifying, developing and
supporting effective leaders
• Expanded partnerships
RttT = A Great Leader for Every School
Turnaround of Low-Achieving Schools
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Focus on local capacity building
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Customized approaches to local setting and needs
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Evidence of prior success
o 34 schools moved out of low achieving
o 85% of schools in 5 low-achieving districts raised student
achievement
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Other innovative public and charter school models
RttT = Effective School for Every Student
Addressing the Needs of Rural Schools
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Diverse, highly rural state
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Effective teachers and principals
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Statewide technology infrastructure and resources
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Virtual learning for teachers and students
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Engaging communities
RttT = Building capacity in rural schools
STEM Focus
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Rigorous standards
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STEM-focused initiatives
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STEM integration
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Strong support from NC businesses and foundations
RttT = Expanded STEM opportunities
Technology to Support and Enhance All Initiatives
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Technology to enhance all reform areas
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Building upon technology-enabled education
initiatives
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Proposed next generation technology infrastructure
o PK-20 Education Network
o Cloud computing & Statewide Services Initiative
RttT = Technology to enhance all initiatives
Why Invest in NC?
Strong, collaborative leadership
Capacity to scale initiatives and
ensure statewide implementation
Support from all stakeholders
Provides the overall capacity to
implement and sustain initiatives
History of implementing reform
efforts statewide
Build upon lessons from past
reform efforts
Existing RttT related programs
Ready to move forward quickly
Unparalleled tech infrastructure
Ensures reliable statewide access
at a lower cost