1. 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

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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Essential Standards
Project Status
Cindy

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. Timeline
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)

23. Questions and Discussion
ACRE
Questions and Discussion
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