1. Worth County Schools Mission: To ensure a quality education for all students leading to graduation and productive citizenship. January 10, 2012

3. 2012—State Average 95% 2011—State Average 93% 100% Baker97% Lee 97% Mitchell95% Grady 96% Grady93% Mitchell 96% Lee91% Thomas 95% Thomas90% Calhoun 95% Worth90% Decatur 95% Early90% Miller 94% Thomasville89% Early 93% Calhoun88% Worth 93% Decatur87% Baker 91% Miller87% Thomasville 91% Seminole84% Dougherty 90% Terrell83% Pelham 89% Dougherty83% Terrell 89% Pelham77% Seminole

4.  Grade 8 Writing Assessment, January 23  Grade 5 Writing Assessment, March 6  GHSGT, March 25-29  CRCT, April 15-19  EOCT, May 6-10

5. CCGPS in ELA and Mathematics Implementation 2012-2013 CRCT, EOCT in spring 2013 will be aligned to the new curriculum Continue to administer CRCT and EOCT in ELA and Mathematics for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 In 2014-2015, we will administer the PARCC assessment. This will take the place of our current CRCT and EOCT in ELA and Mathematics.

6.  Georgia is a governing state within the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a consortium of 23 states focused on building a common assessment based on the Common Core.  –Implementation is planned for the 2014- 2015 SY

8.  CCGPS aligned assessment in ELA and math  More rigorous assessment  Longer reading passages, but same amount of questions and time  Students must use evidence from text to arrive at answers  Students must be able to articulate HOW they know what they know

9.  A shift away from strictly multiple choice test items to constructed response and performance based items  Scaffolded, 2 and 3 part questions  Requirement for students to SHOW their math work (partial credit for answers)— how do students know what they know?  Electronic based assessments  www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCProtot ype_main.html www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCProtot ype_main.html

10.  First state to adopt Common Core State Standards and first to administer a CC aligned assessment  “Results from new state tests in Kentucky—the first in the nation explicitly tied to the Common Core State Standards—show that the share of students scoring “proficient” or better in reading and math dropped by roughly a third or more in both elementary and middle school the first year the tests were given.” Education Week, December 2012

11.  PREPARE teachers and students now for a much more rigorous assessment beginning in 2013.  EXPECT a decline in Common Core aligned assessment scores beginning in 2013.  COMMUNICATE with stakeholders about what to expect.

12.  Monthly SI meetings—Directors, Principals, and SI Coordinators stay informed of C&I, Title programs, and SPED issues. This is where we communicate what is new with CCGPS/Assessment and what we expect to happen in our system.  SI Coordinators meet with teachers regularly—we must first get this information to the ones that make it happen (our TEACHERS)  Teachers participate in CCGPS webinars and have release days to prepare instruction and assessment aligned to Common Core  More rigorous unit and benchmark assessments  Using state developed Online Assessment System to pull sample assessment questions like the ones students will see this spring on the CRCT and EOCT  Move to more performance based classroom tasks—Students must SHOW what they KNOW!  Writing in ALL classes (including connections and CTAE)—not just ELA  Informing School Councils, PTOs, WCBE, parents, and community about changes  Realizing the need and planning for more technology in our schools