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. Angela

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

SBE’s Framework For Change NCDPI’s Response to Framework For Change Angela SBE’s Framework For Change NCDPI’s Response to Framework For Change

ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort A Simple Vision Essential Standards Assessments Angela Accountability

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

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

ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort A Simple Vision Dr. Cindy Williamson Essential Standards Assessments Angela to Cindy Accountability

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

School Readiness Staff Essential Standards Membership on Writing Committees includes…. Accountability Staff Teachers Higher Ed EC & Curriculum Staff School Readiness Staff External Business Cindy

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

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

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

Essential Standards Project Status Cindy

ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort A Simple Vision Essential Standards Assessments Dr. Gary Williamson Cindy to Gary Accountability

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

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 Gary et al

Assessment & Accountability + CANG Formative Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation Working on… 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 Gary et al

Assessment & Accountability + CANG Benchmark Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation Working on… 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 Gary et al

Assessment & Accountability + CANG Summative Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation Working on… 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 Gary et al

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 Gary et al

North Carolina Writing Assessment System 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 Gary then to Mike for Time line.

Timeline 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012 2012 - 2013 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, Social Studies, Others Essential Stds. ELA and Social Studies Item Dev. ELA and Social Studies Field Test ELA and Social Studies Operational Innovative Assessment Team (July 09) Benchmarking Tool Operational for Math, Science and Eng 10 (July 2011) Criteria for choosing CR/PT (Aug 09) Benchmarking Tool Operational for ELA, Social Studies and Other Subjects (July 2012) Mike 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)

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