AN UPDATE ON THE NEXT
GENERATION COMMON CORE
STATE STANDARDS
A REPORT TO THE WEST VIRGINIA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
FEBRUARY13, 2013
Four Broad Areas
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Questions from the Board regarding progress and
national perspective on the Common Core
Roll-out of the Next Generation Common Core
professional development
Questions from the Board regarding progress on
Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium
Progress on sequence of math content
Three Questions from the Board
regarding the Common Core
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Where are we in the implementation of the CCSS in
West Virginia?
What are the next steps for West Virginia schools?
What is the national landscape in terms of the
CCSS movement?
First Question
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Where are we in the implementation of the CCSS in
West Virginia?
 Board
action and direction
 Implementation expectations
 Professional development – system readiness
 Resource development and deployment
Progress – Board Action and Direction
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2010 – WVBE adopted the CCSS for ELA and
mathematics (second state to do so)
WVBE approved the multi-year professional
development cycle and implementation schedule
Professional Development Schedule
2011
2012
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Professional Development Schedule:
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2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
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Kindergarten
First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Grade
Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Grade
Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth Grade
8/28/2012
CCSS-Aligned Professional Development and Implementation Schedule
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Legend for CCSS-Aligned Professional Development and Implementation Schedule
PD/Implementation Schedule:
First Year of PD/Implementation for Grade
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
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Red Text:
K
Grades 1, 4, 5, and 9
Grades 2 and 3, 6 – 8, and 10 - 12
Number of Years of Standards Implementation this
cohort of students has experienced by this school
8/28/2012
year
First year of CCSS-aligned assessment
Progress – Board Action and Direction
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2010 – WVBE adopted the CCSS for ELA and
mathematics (second state to do so)
WVBE approved the multi-year professional
development cycle and implementation schedule
WVBE approved Policy 2520.1A and 2520.1B with
annual updates
WVBE approved Policy 2445.41 to ensure the
availability of electronic resources and to make
alignment of current resources more timely
Progress – Implementation Expectation
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Kindergarten fully implemented 2011-12
First grade fully implemented 2012-13
Second grade fully implemented 2013-14
Third – twelfth grade fully implemented 2014-15
Professional development at least two years ahead
of implementation expectations for grades 3-12
Some systems are implementing early following
professional development cycle
Progress – Professional Development
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Touching every teacher in every classroom
Train-the-Trainer model
Kindergarten, First, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth grades
Teacher Leadership Institute model
 Kindergarten – 295
 First Grade – 284
 Fourth/Fifth Grade – 331
 Ninth Grade – 292
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Capacity building from the WVDE
Capacity building within RESAs and districts
Involvement of higher education
TLI teams
 HEPC Seminars
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Progress – Professional Development
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Changing model in response to the needs of districts
Remaining grades (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12)
Train-the-Trainer model for RESA-based teams
RESA/districts will design and deliver training
Funding will flow to districts and RESAs to conduct
the training
Capacity building within RESAs and districts
Continued capacity building from WVDE on a RESA
basis
Memorandum of Understanding
Progress – Resource Development
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Working with master teachers across the state including
higher education
Electronic web-based warehousing of resources
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Smarter Balanced Digital Library (WV Network)
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Model lessons/videos
Full lesson plans
Web-linked sites
Quality criteria policies
Exemplar instructional modules
Inventory of currently available resources
Professional learning resources
Educator training materials
Selection of instructional resources for official adoption
greatly enhanced and on-going
Second Question
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What are the next steps for West Virginia schools?
Next Steps
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Decentralization of professional development
Development of support structures for RESA-based
professional development
Adoption of CCSS for Science
Develop a logical/workable timeline for implementation to
align with assessment development, etc.
 Bring to the WVBE in spring for discussion
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Adjustment of policy to reflect lessons learned
Policy 2510 – aligning expected practice to the standards
 Policy 2520.1A
 Policy 2520.1B
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Third Question
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What is the national landscape in terms of the
CCSS movement?
National Landscape
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Formally adopted by 46 states and the District of
Columbia
 Alaska,
Nebraska, Texas, Virginia
 Minnesota adopted ELA solely
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CCSSO State Collaboratives on Assessment and
Student Standards (SCASS system)
 Joint
planning and sharing among states
 Coordination of resources
 Specific content SCASS
 Inclusive of higher education
National Landscape
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Taking the pulse of the nation
Moving Forward
Education Week
www.corestandards.org
National Landscape
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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
 25
states
 Leadership on multiple work groups
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Brenda Williams - technology work group
Juan D’Brot – summative assessments, pilots workgroups
Carla Williamson – formative processes, professional
development, digital library work groups
Lou Maynus – performance tasks, item review
www.smarterbalanced.org
Progress on Math Sequencing
Progress on Math Sequencing
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Proposal to rename courses to alleviate confusion
Providing acceleration models/options to districts
 Standardized
readiness tests
 Multiple pathways for districts to consider
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Providing guidance for districts who wish to request
waivers to bundle course content into a more
traditional but more stringent model of delivery
AN UPDATE ON THE NEXT
GENERATION COMMON CORE
STATE STANDARDS
A REPORT TO THE WEST VIRGINIA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
FEBRUARY13, 2013