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ACRE Symposium Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort

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. ~20 minutes. ~40 minutes. Overview Essential Standards

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ACRE Symposium Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort

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  1. ACRE SymposiumAccountability and Curriculum Revision Effort Overview and discussion of the work to develop new standards, assessments and accountability for North Carolina students and schools.

  2. Agenda for the Hour ~20 minutes ~40 minutes • Overview • Essential Standards • Assessment and Accountability • Time Line Questions and Discussion

  3. NCDPI’s Response to Framework For Change SBE’s Framework For Change

  4. ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision EffortA Simple Vision Essential Standards Assessments Accountability

  5. ACRE Standards and Assessment Note: This does not mean more sequestered testing like the EOCs or EOGs. • To Evaluate Knowledge… • Transparent • Appropriately Used Summative (Statewide) Non-Evaluative District Controlled •Tools and PD for Student Learning Benchmark (Classroom, School, District) • To Inform Instruction… • Centralized Benchmarking Tool • Systematic Formative Assessment PD Modules Formative Assessment (Classroom) Essential Standards Built on what is most important for students to learn in the 21st century

  6. ACRE Growth Achievement (EOCs and EOGs) K-12 Benchmark (Classroom, School, District) Future-Ready Core Graduation Rate + + + Readiness Formative Assessment (Classroom) Essential Standards Accountability Summative (Statewide)

  7. ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision EffortA Simple Vision Dr. Cindy Williamson Essential Standards Assessments Accountability

  8. Essential Standards Content Areas Under Development English 10 Occupational Course of Study Informational Technology Mathematics Science

  9. Essential Standards Membership on Writing Committees includes…. AccountabilityStaff Teachers Higher Ed EC & CurriculumStaff School Readiness Staff External Business

  10. Essential Standards * Alleghany Camden Currituck * * Northampton * Gates * Ashe Surry Stokes Rockingham Person * Caswell Warren Vance Hertford * Pasquotank * Halifax Wilkes Watauga Yadkin Granville Forsyth * Perquimans * * Chowan * Avery * Bertie Orange Mitchell Guilford * Franklin * * Nash Durham * Caldwell Alamance Davie Alexander Edgecombe * Yancey Madison * * Martin Dare Davidson Wake Iredell * Washington Tyrrell Burke * * Randolph Chatham Wilson * McDowell * * Rowan Catawba * Buncombe Pitt * * Haywood Beaufort * Johnston Lincoln Swain Greene Lee Hyde * * Rutherford Cabarrus * Harnett * Henderson Wayne * Jackson * Graham Stanly Moore * Polk Cleveland Gaston * * Montgomery Lenoir Mecklenburg Craven Transylvania Macon * Cherokee Pamlico * Clay Cumberland Richmond Hoke Jones Union * Anson Sampson Duplin * Scotland Carteret Onslow * * Robeson Bladen Pender * New Columbus Hanover * Brunswick From around the state… 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

  11. Essential Standards Aligned to National and International Standards • PISA • • 21st Century Skills • • TIMSS • • National Content Standards • • Rigor and Relevance • • Back-mapped to the NCGP •

  12. Essential Standards Objective Objective Objective Essential Standard ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES North Carolina Standard Course of Study Essential Standards Overview Course Prototypical Assessment Classroom Objective Prototypical Assessment EOC-EOG ...zooming in on one Essential Standard

  13. Essential Standards Project Status

  14. ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision EffortA Simple Vision Essential Standards Assessments Dr. Gary Williamson Accountability

  15. Assessment & Accountability + + + The Assessment and Accountability Working Groups are… New Accountability Committee NAC Comprehensive Assessment - Next Generation CANG Innovative Assessment Research Team IART North Carolina Writing Assessment System Writing

  16. Assessment & Accountability + + + New Accountability Committee (NAC) Working on… • Determining feasibility of K-12 developmental growth model • Determining how to include the following in high school accountability… • Growth and Achievement • Graduation Rate • The Future-Ready Core • Post-Secondary Readiness Measures

  17. Assessment & Accountability + + + CANG FormativeComprehensive Assessment Next Generation • Designing Online PD Modules focused on the effective use of formative assessment in the classroom • Planning for differentiated use of modules including • Face-to-face meetings • Professional learning communities • Individual study • Collaborating with higher education and national experts to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the modules Working on…

  18. Assessment & Accountability + + + CANG BenchmarkComprehensive Assessment Next Generation • Developing specifications to ensure a variety of item types are included in tool • Tool will include professional development on how to use diagnostic information • Gathering input from district staff and school staff Working on…

  19. Assessment & Accountability + + + CANG SummativeComprehensive Assessment Next Generation • Exploring the inclusion of constructive response items in new generation of summative assessments (EOCs and EOGs) • Administering item tryouts for 3-8 reading and mathematics, English I0, and Integrated Mathematics in spring 2009 • Developing guidelines for understanding purpose of different item types on a summative assessment Working on…

  20. Assessment & Accountability + + + Innovative Assessment Research Team (IART) Working on… • Investigating alternative ways to assess learning including • Computer-based simulations, gaming technologies, computer adaptive testing and open-ended and performance-based tasks • Developing a rubric that identifies when a particular objective would be best assessed by a constructed response/performance task item • Exploring the possibility of a statewide portfolio system • Researching how North Carolina can lead the way to online testing state-wide

  21. Assessment & Accountability + + + North Carolina Writing Assessment System Working on… • Writing Assessment System Pilot Surveys 1 and 2 • Reporting to the State Board of Education • On-demand task redesign study • Inclusion of NCCLAS and NCEXTEND1 students • Revisions to online professional development courses

  22. Timeline 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011 2012 - 2013 2011 - 2012 July July July July July Math, Science, Eng 10, Comp Essential Stds. Math, Sci, Eng 10, Comp Skills Item Dev. Math, Sci, Eng 10 Comp, Skills Field Test Math, Sci, Eng 10 Comp, Skills Operational ELA and Social Studies Operational ELA, Social Studies, Others Essential Stds. ELA and Social Studies Item Dev. ELA and Social Studies Field Test Innovative Assessment Team (July 09) Benchmarking Tool Operational for Math, Science and Eng 10 (July 2011) Benchmarking Tool Operational for ELA, Social Studies and Other Subjects (July 2012) Criteria for choosing CR/PT (Aug 09) Formative PD Modules 1-5 (Aug 09) Modules 6-13(Jun 2010) Online PD Community (Jun 2010) Case Studies on Administering 21st Century, Computer-Based Assessments(Jan 2011) NAC Reports (Sept 09)

  23. ACRE Questions and Discussion

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