Acclerating Achievement

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Accelerating
Achievement
2007 January Conference Day Two, January 12
Dr. Terry Bergeson Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction
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Voices from the Field

• Join us today
• Sessions 4-5
• Top of Sheraton, Cirrus Room
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Share your thoughts about keeping the Education
  Reform Vision Alive and Well
• OSPI will be there to listen to you!

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The world in 1993

• Cell phones were the size of bricks
• 15 million people connected to the Internet
• First Internet browser introduced
• Birth year of new economy, dot.com boom
• BlackBerries baked in pies

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New word order

• Some words we didnt know in 1993

• Download
• Blog
• Podcast
• iPod
• Bluetooth

• Webinar
• Photoshop
• Nanotechnology
• Laptop
• Red/blue states

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The way we were, 1993Optimism and innocence

• Rabin and Arafat shake hands on White House lawn
  Clinton declares, Peace in the Middle East is
  within our reach.
• Planning underway for first multi-racial election
  in South Africa
• European Union created
• First World Trade Center bombing considered an
  aberration, not a harbinger of things to come

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Washingtons Response in 1993 A Focus on
Student Learning

• Goals
• Essential AcademicLearning Requirements
• Grade-Level Expectations
• Assessments
• Accountability

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K-12 Transformed from a Random to a
Results-Driven system
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The results Huge gains on achievement

• Quality Counts 4th in the nation
• SAT, ACT results
• Advanced Placement
• Top performance African American students on
  4th grade NAEP
• A reading revolution

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2006 high school WASL results
Students performing at each level
70,000
Level 4
Level 2
61,516
Level 3
Level 1
60,000
50,000
40,000
43,795
30,000
20,000
9,425
10,000
17,721
6,714
2,711
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Met
Not Met
Reading
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Now we must move to the next level and become a
world-class, learner-centered system

• Double achievement overall
• Triple achievement for struggling groups
• Keep students engaged and keep them in school
• Build a better educated population

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Six steps to realize our vision

• Change the purpose of reform think cradle to
  career
• Tie funding of public education to our purpose
• Give teachers and local districts new tools, time
  and support for success
• Solve the math and science problem
• Personalize and accelerate learning for each
  student in our increasingly diverse population
• Create more meaningful partnerships
• With early learning and higher ed
• With parents and communities
• With our students future employers

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Make the focus of schools preparation of all
students for college and work

• More time for struggling students
• Opportunities for students to soar ahead
• Rigorous curriculum
• Student engagement and guidance
• Targeted practices to reduce dropout rate

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Personalize education

• Navigation 101 A program, but also a way of
  thinking
• Teaching students to focus on their future
• Learning more about students frame of reference

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Define basic education around student learning
goals and system performance and fund that
definition
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Invest in quality early learning and full-day
kindergarten and add value to the primary and
intermediate grades
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Implement a state curriculum menu aligned to
standards with support for teachers to deliver it
effectively

• Mathematics
• Science
• Secondary Literacy
• English Language Learner programs

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Solve the math and science problem

• Elements of the math problem
• Standards/testing
• Curriculum chaos
• Math teacher supply
• Diagnostic tool interventions
• Math war
• Parent concerns

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Proposal for temporary graduation provision

• Intent, for the next three years
• Students who have not yet met standard enroll in
  mathematics courses aligned with high school
  standards until they graduate or meet standard
• Math education system improves

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The proposal

• Students who have not yet met standard on the
  math WASL will
• continue to take math WASL each spring
• meet all other graduation requirements
• in class of 2008, earn one math credit designed
  to increase math proficiency toward meeting or
  exceeding the high school math standards
• in class of 2009 and 2010, earn two math credits
  as above.

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The challenge in teaching science parallels that
of math

• Align
• Teacher professional development
• Coaching and mentoring
• Pre-service
• Curriculum and instruction

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Science Matters World-Class Investments in
Science

• Standards Assessments
• Compare GLEs to International Standards
• Instruction
• Curriculum Menu
• LASER
• Professional Development
• Targeted for Science Teachers
• Science Helping Corps
• Regional/ESD Science Support

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New National Research Council Recommendations For
Science

• Parallel to Mathematics Focal Points
• Reflect cognitive research on how children learn
• Identify a few core ideas
• Present science as building theories and models
  using evidence
• Students engage in all four strands of science
  proficiency (EALRs 1, 2, 3)

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Secondary Literacy Project Proposal

• Identified schools with high numbers of students
  in Grades 10
• Targeted interventions developed with regional
  partners
• Implement Three-Tiered Model of Instruction
  Response to Intervention (RTI)
• Assessment systems Coaching
• LETRS Secondary Struggling Student Strategies

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Literacy Leadership Cadre 2006-07

• 80 district leaders TOSAs, coaches elementary
  and secondary teachers
• District supported/funded
• 18 days of professional learning
• Literacy Coaching
• K-12 Reading Model
• RTI (Response to Intervention)
• LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of
  Reading and Spelling)

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LETRS and LINKSProfessional Development in
Reading Research

• Statewide regional delivery of high quality
  professional development in reading research
• All ESDs offering training sessions monthly
• ParaReading Training ESD offerings and
  Washington Reading Corps schools more than 260
  members trained who assist struggling readers

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Improve support for our English Language Learners

• Develop a menu of effective ELL programs and
  strategies for districts to use
• Develop consistency in curriculum and instruction
• Use classroom assessments to measure student
  achievement in students primary language
• Improve teacher credentials in English language
  development, cultural awareness and primary
  language instruction
• Help parents of ELL students understand what is
  critical for their children to learn

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Teachers teaching teachersA statewide system
forprofessional development

• Strategic plan for
• Math and science
• Secondary literacy
• English language learners
• Coaches and mentors
• Organized by OSPI delivered at ESDs, in local
  districts, and at state conferences and summer
  institutes
• Training for coaches and mentors as well as
  classroom teachers

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Implement Meaningful partnerships

• CISL/Ombudsman
• Community partnership grants
• Dropout prevention and retrieval partnerships

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Stimulating each others appetites for change

• Celebrate success
• Confront challenges with confidence
• Focus on what we can do
• AND do it with joy and pride!

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Sherilyn Eng, age 15, 9th grade at Kent Meridian
High School her definition of success

• Doing well at being the person you were meant to
  be.

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The challenges we face

• Mathematics
• Science
• Secondary Literacy
• Support for English Language learners
• Professional development
• Compensation
• Funding
• Involving parents and communities in meaningful
  ways
• Closing the achievement/opportunity gap

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Grade Four Reading
For most groups, fourth-grade reading scores have
doubled, narrowing the achievement gap.
23 Point Gap
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Plus - Efficiency
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The vision we need todayA new day has dawned

• Its about the skills, not the tests
• Its about school, districts and systems, not
  teachers alone
• Aim higher preparation for college and career
• Think cradle to career, not K-12
• Closing the gaps Move from good intentions to
  good results

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The last 13 years in educationWhat weve
accomplished

• Raised the bar for both students and educators
• Tripled student achievement
• Revolutionized teaching
• Raised expectations