Standards, Curriculum, and Research

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Standards, Curriculum, and Research

• Mathematically Connected Communities (MC2)
• Adapted from a PowerPoint by
• Barbara A. Austin, Ph.D.

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Logic of Standards Movement

• If a group can specify what students should know
  and be able to do,
• And if the standards are widely disseminated and
  accepted,
• And if the standards are used to guide
  instruction,
• And if the standards align with the assessments,
• And, if the assessments are deemed important,
• Then student outcomes are likely to improve.

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Quality of Instruction

• Content of Instruction
• Aligned with NM Mathematics Content Standards
• Vertically aligned
• Method of Instruction
• Consistent with best practices in mathematics
  teaching
• Aligned with NM Mathematics Process Standards

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Importance of Alignment with Standards

• Cohen 1987
• When instruction is not aligned with assessment,
  only higher aptitude students perform well. When
  instruction is aligned, both lower and higher
  aptitude students perform well.
• Wishnick 1989 Moss-Mitchell 1998
• The higher degree of alignment between
  instruction and the CRT, the lesser the effect of
  demographic variables on performance.
• Boaler 2002
• Students in standards-based classrooms out
  performed students in traditional classrooms on
  traditional standardized math exams.
• Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System
  1998-present
• Three highly effective teachers in a row or three
  highly ineffective teachers in a row changes
  students percentile rank by as much as 50 points

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CMP and Basic Skills
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CMP and Balanced Assessment
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Closing the Gap What the Research Says
 
The effect of schools and teachers   Students
entering at 50th percentile, leave
After two years, measured in percentile. R
. J. Marzano
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Putting It All Together in New Mexico
GISD Mathematics Test Data 1999-2000
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Putting It All Together in New Mexico
GISD Mathematics Test Data 2005-2006
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Putting It All Together in New Mexico
GISD Mathematics Test Data 2005-2006 Hispanics
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Putting It All Together in New Mexico
GISD Mathematics Test Data 2005-2006 ELL
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Putting It All Together in New Mexico
GISD Mathematics Test Data 2005-2006 Students
with Disabilities
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Putting It All Together in New Mexico
Anthony Elementary
School Demographics 100 Hispanic 100
Free/Reduced Lunch 84 English Language
Learners
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What do High Achieving Schools Do?

• The District
• Provides large scale professional development for
  teachers to develop district-wide goals and
  expectations for mathematics
• Ensures the adoption of curriculum resources that
  are aligned to state standards and testing
  expectations
• Provides ongoing professional development for
  teachers to develop proficiency with using the
  adopted curriculum and further developing
  teachers pedagogical content knowledge.

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What do High Achieving Schools Do?

• The Principal
• Requires participation in grade level
  collaborative planning
• Makes sure that teachers have at least two hours
  a week for grade level planning
• Ensures that teachers have the resources they
  need to implement standards based lessons
• Monitors instruction through classroom walk
  throughs

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What do High Achieving Schools Do?

• Teachers meet every other week in grade level
  teams to
• Develop a year long plan to address all grade
  level performance standards
• Plan units and individual lessons based on
  standards and benchmarks
• Agree (reach consensus) on the mathematical focus
  of each unit and lesson
• Develop classroom assessments that all teachers
  use to determine how well students are meeting
  learning goals for mathematics
• Analyze student progress and consider
  modifications for units based on student progress

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Take home message

• Quality instruction and good curriculum make a
  difference in student achievement

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Take home message

• Administrators are the number one influence in
  retaining highly effective teachers in any
  particular school

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Take home message

• If you have
• An aligned curriculum
• Quality instruction for every student
• Administrative support for math program
• Imagine what will happen in YOUR district!