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NCDPI SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATE
North Carolina Council for the Social Studies
44th Annual State Conference
Greensboro, NC
February20, 2014
NCDPI K-12 Social Studies Team
Section Chief
Fay Gore
fay.gore@dpi.nc.gov
K-12 Consultants:
Ann Carlock
Ann.Carlock@dpi.nc.gov
Justyn Knox
Justyn.Knox@dpi.nc.gov
Steve Masyada
Stephen.Masyada@dpi.nc.gov
Michelle McLaughlin
Michelle.Mclaughlin@dpi.nc.gov
Program Assistant
Bernadette Cole
bernadette.cole@dpi.nc.gov
Are We READY?
K-12 Social Studies
VISION
Every student graduates from high school with the
knowledge, skills, understandings, and dispositions
gained from the social sciences that will result in
informed and active citizens in a global society.
K-12 Social Studies
MISSION
Our mission is to provide leadership and support to
educators across the State of North Carolina to
build and reinforce the North Carolina Essential
Standards and Common Core State Standards,
implement the North Carolina State Board of
Education goals and to inform, clarify, and
disseminate state and federal policies and laws.
Essential Standards
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Crosswalks

Unpacking
Documents

Key Terminology
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Online Modules

Graphic Organizers

SS Updates &
Webinars

SS Wiki Site

SI 2011 Resources
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Unit Development
Planning & Design

Aligning Classroom
Assessments
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Disciplinary Literacy
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SI 2012 Resources
Phase III
IMPROVING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
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Phase II
DEVELOPING LOCAL CURRICULA
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARDS
Phase I

Concept-Based
Lesson Planning

Online Resources

Classroom
Assessment
Samples

Data Literacy

SI 2013 Resources
3 Shifts in the Essential
Standards
 Written Using The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
 Organized Around Five (5) Conceptual Strands

Written To A Conceptual Framework
Essential Standards

Crosswalks

Unpacking
Documents

Key Terminology

Online Modules

Graphic Organizers

SS Updates &
Webinars

SS Wiki Site

SI 2011 Resources

Unit Development
Planning & Design

Aligning Classroom
Assessments

Disciplinary Literacy

SI 2012 Resources
Phase III
IMPROVING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE

Phase II
DEVELOPING LOCAL CURRICULA
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARDS
Phase I

Concept-Based
Lesson Planning

Online Resources

Classroom
Assessment
Samples

Data Literacy

SI 2013 Resources
Disciplinary Literacy
Honors Implementation
Information
http://honorsimplementation.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
How Are You Sequencing?
Social Studies Electives
There are no NCDPI prerequisites for any of
the social studies elective courses.
2010 Social Studies Essential Standards:
Electives
• American Humanities
• Psychology
• Sociology
• The Cold War
• Turning Points in American History
• Twentieth Century Civil Liberties and Civil
Rights
• Twenty-First Century Geography
• World Humanities
• African American Studies
• American Indian Studies
• Latin American Studies
Advanced Placement (AP) social studies
courses offered by College Board
• AP European History
• AP Government and Politics: U.S.
• AP Government and Politics: Comparative
• AP Human Geography
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Psychology
• AP U.S. History (May fulfill both U.S. History
graduation requirements)
• AP World History (May fulfill the World History
requirement)
K-12 Social Studies Wiki
2014-2015 Phase IV
What Does it Mean to be Literate
in Social Studies?
The C3 Framework
Preparing Students for the World:
Global Task Force
Recommendations
Goals
– Understand the current state of global education
in North Carolina
– Explore successful practices and new ideas
– Develop a set of commitments to improve the
global awareness, competency, and
engagement of North Carolina’s high school
graduates.
The 5 Commitments
• Robust and Cutting-edge Teacher Support and
Tools
• Leading-edge Language Instruction
• New School Models
• District Networking and Recognition
• Strategic International Relationships
Student Formative
Assessment Tool
Goal is to helps learners:
Assess their competency in the five strands of
social studies around learning
Document their active engagement in social
studies
Become reflective and autonomous in their
learning
•
Analyzing Student Work Pilot
 Process to collect data to populate Standard 6 for
educators teaching in grades/subjects where there is no
End of Grade (EOG), End of Course (EOC), Common
Exam, or Career Technical Education (CTE)
assessment
 Involves the collection of student work to document
student growth
 Social Studies Pilot with World History & 7th Grade
 Contact Jennifer DeNeal at
Jennifer.DeNeal@dpi.nc.gov or 919-807-3288
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/summerinstitutes/2014
/
Gilder Lehrman History
Teacher of the Year
2015 nominations are for K-5.
Contact Steve Masyada at
stephen.masyada@dpi.nc.gov
for more information.
Website:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/pr
ograms-exhibitions/nationalhistory-teacher-year
Justin Ashley of McAlpine Elementary
School, 2013 NC Winner! (photo: Union
County Weekly News)
North Carolina’s Official Senate Youth Site
http://senateyouthnc.webs.com/
Next Year’s Applications Available – August 1, 2014
RHO KAPPA
 National Social Studies
Honor Society
 rhokappa.socialstudies.org
 Partnership with Capitol Broadcasting
 NC Youth Advisory Council
 Student Leadership Institute
www.charactermattersnc.com
North Carolina Final Exams Update
Section Chief, Test Development
Email: Hope.Lung@dpi,nc.gov
919-807-3774
“NC Final Exams”
GCS-A-016 Adopted October 3, 2013 by the
State Board of Education
STATE-DESIGNATED ASSESSMENTS
FOR USE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA
TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS
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Policy Applies To:
All public schools including traditional,
charter, and regional schools who accepted
funding through the Race to the Top grant and
as a condition of an Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waiver.
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Assessments Used in Educator
Evaluation Process:
1. End-of-Grade English Language Arts/Reading (grades 3-8)
2. End-of-Grade Mathematics (grades 3-8)
3. End-of-Grade Science (grades 5 and 8)
4. End-of-Course Math I
5. End-of-Course English II
6. End-of-Course Biology
7. NC Final Exams
8. K-3 Checkpoints
9. Career and Technical Education State Assessments
10. Analysis of Student Work for Performance-Based Courses
11. Locally Developed Processes for Measuring Student Growth
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Testing Window
• Last 5 days of the course for block or
semester courses
or
• Last 10 days of the course for yearlong
courses
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Requirement
Public schools shall use the course-specific
assessment as the only final exam for the
course.
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Use of Test Results
• Minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the
student's final grade for each respective
course.
Does not apply to end-of-year assessments in
grades 3-8.
But schools may adopt policies to use results
from end-of-year assessments in grades 3-8
elementary and middle school assessments as
part of the student’s final grade.
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Item Types
Test Name
Number of Multiple
Choice Items
Number of Constructed
Response Items
Social Studies Grade 4 (S)
42
0
Social Studies Grade 5 (S)
42
0
Social Studies Grade 6
42
0
Social Studies Grade 7
41
0
Social Studies Grade 8
41
1
World History
41
1
American History I
41
1
American History II
41
1
Civics and Economics
41
1
US History
50
0
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Elementary School Exams
NC Final Exams for 4th and 5th grade Social
Studies and for 4th grade Science will not be
available for administration until the spring
2014 semester.
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Test Items
All NC Final Exams will contain a small portion
of experimental (field test) items that do not
count toward or against a students score.
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Administration Time and Testing
Schedule
Activity
Time
Administration Time
120 Minutes
2 Two-Minute Breaks
4 Minutes
General Instructions
12 Minutes (estimate)
Total Time
136 Minutes (estimate)
• Administration time must not exceed 120 minutes
• Must be administered in one school day
• Exceptions--students with documented testing
accommodations (e.g., Multiple Testing Sessions,
Scheduled Extended Time)
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Contact for Educator
Effectiveness Questions
Jennifer Preston
jennifer.preston@dpi.nc.gov
www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffectiveness
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Reference Materials
• Released Forms
www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/
common-exams/released-forms
• Assessment Specifications
www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/
common-exams/specifications
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NEXT STEPS…
What do we need to do or continue to prepare our
students to be college, career and civic READY?
What can we do to elevate and advocate for Social
Studies?
How can we support you?
Questions?
.
Thank you for attending the session!