Instructional Leaders Forum

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Instructional Leaders Forum

• Dr. Rebecca Garland
• Chief Academic Officer
• Academic Services and Instructional Support
• May 27, 2009

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Meeting Objectives

• Address concerns
• Ask questions
• Keep open lines of communication
• Hear updates
• Evaluate meeting format

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Agenda

• Welcome
• ACRE
• Elementary Issues
• K-2 Assessments
• Recent SBE Discussions
• Course for Credit Issues
• Graduation Project Delay
• Academic Scholars
• MS/HS Courses
• AIG Standards

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Agenda, contd.

• CEDARS
• Course Coding Issues
• LEO
• Transcripts
• Articulation Agreement
• Other Concerns
• CTE
• ELL
• Grade 3 Pretest
• ASIS Web site
• Math Graduation Requirements
• Future Ready Core
• ABCs Timeline
• Curriculum Advisory Group
• Plus/Delta

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ACRE Update

• aquick_at_dpi.state.nc.us http//www.dpi.state.nc.us/
  acre/
• Essential Standards Update answers to
  questions (Short turnaround time from
  feedback to implementation)
• Time line for future assessments
• Benchmarking tool - update and where are we?
• Writing Instructional System 2009-2010--Process
  for grades 4 7 writing
• Moodle update/concerns/How training will change
• Status of grade 7 optional or required?

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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 Tryout
Math, Sci, Eng 10 Comp, Skills Field Test
Math, Sci, Eng 10 Comp, Skills Operational
ELA and Social Studies Operational
ELA and Social Studies Essential Stds.
ELA and Social Studies Item Tryout
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 and Social
Studies (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)
New Accountability Comm. Reports (Sept 09)
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K-2 Math Assessment and Instructional Timeline

• cguthrie_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Forms AA and BB online
• http//community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/archives/in
  structional_resources/
• Can be used as summative assessments or can be
  edited by districts
• Forms CC and DD not released online but sent to
  central offices
• Can also be used as summatives
• Legislation that districts must do some kind of
  summative assessments

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K-2 Math Assessment and Instructional Timeline,
contd.

• Recommendations for math instruction
• http//community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/archives/200
  7/06/standard_course.php
• 2009/10 Essential standards/objectives
  developed continue to teach 2003 standards and
  embed 2009 standards as much as possible (tested
  on 2003 standards)
• 2010/11 teach 2009 standards and any 2003
  standards that are not included in 2009 standards
  will be tested on 2003 standards with field
  test items from 2009 standards
• 2011/12 Implementation year of 2009 standards -
  tested on 2009 standards

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K-2 Literacy Assessment

• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/language
  arts/elementary/
• k2literacy/
• Changes
• Alignment to NC SCOS
• Clear directions for administration of each
  component (some changes within components)
• Elimination of Targeted Assessments
• Additions table of contents, Frequently Asked
  Questions, directions for re-assessing, suggested
  timelines, letter/sound identification, primary
  spelling inventory, writing about reading

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K-2 Literacy Assessment

• Trainings
• July 7 and 8
• July 15 and 16
• August 26 and 27
• Sites to be determined
• Letterland researched-based multi-sensory
  program - some LEAs using this in early
  childhood/elementary settings

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Recent SBE Discussions

• rgarland_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Course for Credit Discussion
• AP Credit (weight is not punitive)
• Credit recovery (initial grade and recovered
  grade on transcript)
• Grading system (all LEAs brought into compliance)
• Clustering CC courses (must be studied)
• Honors courses (survey results)

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Graduation Project Delay

• ebrown_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• SBE April 2009 approved a one-year delay to
  become a requirement with 2011 graduates
• HB 223- now in Senate, changed from deletion of
  graduation project to a study bill
• LEAs are strongly encouraged to continue project
  as a local option
• Zoomerang survey in process
• http//www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p
  WEB2297J59UWDY

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Academic Scholars

• cwilliamson_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Alignment to minimum admissions requirements and
  21st c. instructional systems
• 24 credits/looking at unweighted 3.500

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MS/HS Courses

• cwilliamson_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Policy Science, Math, and Second Languages
• SBE may approve Social Studies in June

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AIG Standards

• scoltrane_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Response to audit
• Presented to the SBE in June 2009
• Increased rigor and consistency

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CEDARS

• bblack_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• NCs Common Education Data Analysis Reporting
  System
• Web site at www.ncpublicschools.org/cedars/
• Longitudinal Data Warehouse
• Questions?
• cedars-info_at_dpi.state.nc.us

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UID Pilot Participants

• Carteret CountyChapel Hill-
  CarrboroCurrituck CountyDavie CountyHenderson
  CountyHoke CountyMoore CountyStokes
  CountyWinston- Salem/ Forsyth CountyYadkin
  CountyGray Stone Day SchoolSallie B. Howard
  Charter SchoolMore At Four

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Course Coding Issues

• bblack_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• SWAT Team
• LEO, Curriculum, NC WISE
• FERPA/HIPPA and Transcripts
• CAA (Comprehensive Articulation Agreement)
  available from http//www.northcarolina.edu/conten
  t.php/assessment/reports/student_info/caa.htm

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CTE Concerns

• rpayne_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Tech Prep Virtual Conference now live
• Memo forthcoming
• Questions/concerns from the field
• Courses/plans
• Call for outside vendors/budget

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English Language Learners (ELL)

• hfasciano_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Question/Suggestion
• Use of NCWISE for LEP data collection we
  currently have two other data bases (LEP FDC and
  W-APT)

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English Language Learners (ELLs)

• June 2008 State Board of Education approved
  joining the World Class Instructional Design and
  Assessment (WIDA) Consortium
• English Language Proficiency Standards
• WIDA Access Placement Test
• ACCESS for ELLS

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English Language Learners (ELLs)

• LEP Federal Data Collection (FDC) Tool
• W-APT information captured
• Additional reporting information captured
• Districts review Tier placement for ACCESS before
  order is placed from the FDC
• ACCESS information is stored in the FDC
• Federal and State Reporting elements

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English Language Learners (ELLs)

• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (
  SIOP) teaching content to ELLS in strategic ways
  that make subject matter comprehensible while
  developing academic language
• Since 2005 have trained over 500 ESL and content
  teachers
• Science SIOP this summer
• Administrator webinars and teacher book studies
  online

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Grade 3 Pretest

• gwilliamson_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Eliminated for 2009-10 due to budget crisis
• Use K-2 Assessments or formative assessments for
  diagnostics
• K-3 schools will use feeder pattern for ABCs
  growth

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Web site - ASIS

• bblack_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/academicservices/
• Instructional updates

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Math graduation requirements

• ebroadway_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Graduation requirements resources
  www.ncpublicschools.org/gradrequirements/resources
  
• Mathematics Requirements
• http//community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/archives/200
  7/10/graduation_requ.php
• Guidelines for Substitution
• http//community.learnnc.org/dpi/math/archives/200
  8/12/guidelines_for.php

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Checklist
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Future-Ready Core

• ebrown_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Freshman 2009-10 under one set of diploma
  requirements (except for OCS)
• Web resource
• www.ncpublicschools.org/gradrequirements/resources
  
• NC WISE changes being made to HS transcript to
  reflect FRC requirements

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ABCs Timeline

• lfabrizio_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• June 30 Deadline for LEAs to submit data to
  NCDPI
• July DPI does quality control and prepares
  report
• July 21 LEAs report preliminary AYP results to
  enable choice options for designated Title I
  schools
• August 5 (or 6) Official Release Depends on
  SBE meeting one or two days
• August 5 (or 6) through September 5 Appeals
  process for ABCs Growth, data change requests
• September 10 Compliance Commission reviews
  appeals
• October 1 SBE approves final changes to
  ABCs/AYP

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Curriculum advisory committee

• rgarland_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• To consider statewide curricular issues
• Membership from each of 8 regions

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How did this format work for you?

• Plus

• Delta