1. Standards Review Update

2. Standards Review Timeline ELA and Math –Last year, more than 130,000 reviews and more than 20,000 comments were collected on the current ELA and math standards. –An advisory team of nearly 50 Tennessee educators and higher education faculty worked to evaluate and revise the standards during Summer 2015. –A second window of public feedback on the newly revised ELA and math standards opened in October and closed on Dec. 1, 2015. The revised standards documents were also posted online for public review. –An appointed Standards Recommendation Committee convened in August, October, November, and December 2015 to learn about the advisory team’s work, hear public feedback received, and issue a set of recommendations for further revision to the standards. The Committee will issue their final recommended standards to the State Board in January 2016. –The State Board will first read the draft standards in January 2016 and will hold a second reading in April 2016, when they will likely vote to approve the standards. –Implementation will take place in the 2017-18 school year.

3. Standards Review Timeline Science –Initial revisions to science standards were developed by teams of educators from throughout the state in 2014-15. –The first of two windows of online public feedback on new science standards closed Dec. 15, 2015. –Educator development teams will review the website feedback in early 2016 and make additional revisions. –Another draft set of standards will be posted in spring 2016 and an appointed Standards Recommendation Committee will make the ultimate recommendation for new science standards to the State Board of Education in summer 2016. –Implementation will take place in the 2018-19 school year. Social Studies –The standards review process for social studies will begin in January 2016.

4. Educator and Parent Roundtables Purpose: Gather more feedback Goals: –Explain rationale behind math and ELA standards revisions –Directly answer questions about the standards –Come away with specific feedback and comments REGIONDATECITY First TN Monday, Nov. 2Kingsport East TN Tuesday, Nov. 3Knoxville Mid Cumberland Monday, Nov. 9Nashville Northwest Thursday, Nov. 12Martin Southwest Tuesday, Dec. 1Jackson

5. Resources Tennessee Education Standards Review Feedback: https://apps.tn.gov/tcas/ Questions: TNStandardsReview@tn.govTNStandardsReview@tn.gov 5