WEST VIRGINIA SUPERINTENDENTS’ LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE National perspective on education reform Gene Wilhoit CCSSO June 24, 2010

DRIVERS OF DRAMATIC CHANGE  GLOBALIZATION  TECHNOLOGY EXPLOSION  POPULATION SHIFTS  International Competition  JOB SHIFTS  U.S. DEBT  SOCIAL WELFARE COSTS

THE TWO-EDGED SWORD  Teach to much higher levels  Reach Each and Every Child  Thus…………  Performance Based Accountability,  Evidenced by Student Results,  In All Schools, Districts and States

NEW REFORMERS  Governors  Business and industry  Federal government  Foundations

EARLY SEARCH FOR ANSWERS  Find and emulate best places  Put into place a new program  Treat the symptom  Hire a “wiz” consultant  Do an in-service

WHAT WE NEED IS SYSTEMS CHANGE AT SCALE WHAT WE NEED IS SYSTEMS CHANGE AT SCALE

CLEAR PURPOSE  Common Core State Standards for Learning  New Goal: College and Career Ready  New Benchmark: Internationally Comparable  New Approach: Evidence Based  New Knowledge: Essential Knowledge Plus 21 st Century Skills

BETTER ASSESSMENT PRACTICES  Formative + Benchmark + Summative  Richer forms of student expression  Multiple opportunities to succeed  Greater diagnostic capacity  Stronger teacher capacity to assess

REVISED ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY  Measure each and every child  Focus on low performance  Dropouts count  Growth and Status  Increased state role

SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS  Aligned system  Redeploy resources  Redesigned preparation  True profession growth experiences  Differentiated roles and compensation  Strong building leadership

NEXT GENERATION LEARNING  Individualized, customized learning  World class learning goals  Performance-based crediting  Stronger supports  Technology at the center of learning  Student voice, responsibility, engagement

Leadership Imperative  Increased leadership role for states and districts  New federal-state compact