Preparing Our Students for the 21 st Century

1. Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century August 10, 2011 Sasheen Phillips, Interim Associate Superintendent Center for Curriculum and Assessment Ohio Department of Education

2. Influential Components of a21st Century Education • College and Career Ready Academic Standards • High Quality Instructional Strategies • Rapid Data Reporting and Feedback • Modernized Assessments

3. What is College and Career Readiness? Being qualified for: • A degree-granting postsecondary education, without remediation • Achosen career, ready for advanced training.

4. Are Ohio Students Ready for College? ACT, “The Conditions of College & Career Readiness, Class of 2010: Ohio.”

5. Ohio College Students Needing Remediation Source: Ohio Board of Regents

6. Jobs Require More Education & Training Today and Tomorrow Source: Carnevale, Anthony P., Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl, “Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018”, Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 2010. almost 2/3

7. Ohio’s New Academic Standards Common Core Ohio’s revised standards • English language arts • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies

8. Common Core and State Revised Standards Reflect New Features: New Focus: • Fewer, clearer, and higher • Internationally benchmarked • An aligned model curriculum • College and career readiness • Content and skills • Coherence, focus, rigor

9. Attributes of the CCSS: English Language Arts • Shift in emphasis from fiction to nonfictionin reading and writing. • Focus on close analysis of texts with evidence to back up claims and conclusions. • Emphasis in teaching literacy skills in and through history/social studies, science, and technical content areas. Based on Reading framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

10. Attributes of the CCSS: Mathematics • Greater emphasis on reasoning and problem solving • Teach content through the standards for mathematical practices

11. Attributes of the Science Standards • Support learning at all cognitive levels • Promotescience application with content • Embedscientific inquiry, engineering and technological design

12. Attributes of the Social Studies Standards • Support a comprehensive curriculumthat includes history, geography, government and economics • Attend to historical and spatial thinking and civic participation • Include economic decision- making and financial literacy

13. How Does Response to Intervention (RtI) Contribute to 21st Century Education? Provides a comprehensive framework to meet the instructional needs of ALL students

14. What Is RtI? A school-wide system for allocating instructional resources where they are needed: • Gives all students access to the regularcurriculum AND provide differentiatedinstruction and support • Labels are less important than providing additional instruction where it is needed • Integrates regular and special education (Students with disabilities are in every tier--next slide)

15. RtI Framework Tier 3: (~3%) Intensive individualized interventions Tier 2: Targeted interventions (~15%) Rapid-response interventions for at-risk students Time, intensity, and data increasePercentage of students decreases Tier 1: High-quality curriculum and instruction for all students (100%) Differentiation, based on insights into student thinking

16. High Quality Instruction

17. Curricular Supports & Instructional Strategies Model Curricula Formative Instruction & Assessments Instructional Improvement System

18. Goals of Model Curricula To help teachers: • Reach a shared understanding of the intent of the Common Core and revised standards • Provide differentiated instruction fordiverse learners • Find resources that match higher expectations and support technological applications

19. Model Curricula Components • Content Elaboration • Detailed information on the content and skills addressed at a grade level, grade band and course • Expectations for Learning • Recommendations for how students may be evaluated • Applies only to science and social studies

20. Model Curricula Components • Instructional Strategies and Resources • Guidance and support for instructional, curricular and assessment design • Links to resources for diverse learners • Content Specific Sections • Address elements specific to a subject area, such as • Misconceptions (science and mathematics) • Enduring Understandings (English language arts and social studies)

21. Model Curriculum Template Content Elaborations Instructional Strategies and Resources Expectations for Learning Content Specific Sections

22. Science Standards and Model Curriculum Grade 7 -Earth and Space Science Content Elaborations Expectations for Learning

23. Instructional Strategies suggested by Ohio’s teachers Strategies for Diverse Learners Instructional Resources Include print and electronic Content Specific Sections-Unique to the Subject

24. ELA and Science Model Curricula Model Curricula English Language Arts Science

26. Model Curricula Summary 774Model Curricula have been developed across all four content areas. There is a model curriculum in grades K-12 for each: • Cluster in mathematics • Topic in English language arts • Content statement in science and social studies

27. Formative Instruction A continuous instructional process that elicits evidence of student understanding. Provides feedback so: • Teachers can make informed adjustments to instruction • Students can take ownership of their learning

28. Formative Instruction Modules and Professional Development Web-based formative instruction modules • Foundations of formative instruction • Content-specific modules • Module for instructional leaders • Module for instructional supervisors Regional Professional Development • Training and support on modules • Support to districts

29. Formative Assessment Pilot Will be implemented at the middle school level in Math and ELA: • Portfolio of processes and strategies tied to CCSS will support teachers in practice • Portfolio will be incorporated into the instruction improvement system (IIS) • Will include professional development and/or training on formative assessment strategy development connected to professional development modules

30. Instructional Improvement System Structure and Components: • Online access to electronic curriculum, resources and tools aligned to the new academic standards • Curriculum customization for differentiated instruction • Online portfolio of formative assessments • Data-analysiscapabilities including early-warning indicators for teachers, administrators, parents, and students.

31. IIS Operational Model Standards/Curriculum Curriculum Evaluation Curriculum Design & Development Curriculum Maintenance Advanced Analysis (current & historical) Instructional Practices Data Analysis & Rapid-Time Reporting Instructional Design Educator Profiles & Professional Development Achievement Reporting Tools for Learning Achievement Analysis Class Data Management Test Scoring & Processing Assessment Tools Test Creation & Storage Assessments & Growth

32. Ohio’s New Generation of Assessments

33. Ohio’s New Assessments: HB153 • K-8 • Combine reading and writing into a single English language arts assessment • Establish 3 performance levels (instead of 5) • High School • College Test • Series of End of Course exams

34. Ohio’s New Assessments Assessment consortia State-developed • English language arts • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies

35. Assessment Consortia Both PARCC & SMARTER Balanced consortia will have : • English language arts and mathematics assessments • On-line testing • Interim and summative components • Item Types • Multiple choice • Extended response • Technology-enhanced • Performance assessments • High school tests: End-of-course vs. End-of-year • Teachers involved in developing and scoring tests

36. Assessment Consortia • SMARTER Balanced (SBAC): • Consortia of 29 States • Attributes: • Computer-Adaptive Summative Assessment • Performance Tasks • Optional Formative Interim Assessments • Rapid reporting system to inform instruction and accountability • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness (PARCC): • Consortia of 23 states + D.C. • Attributes: • Computer-Based Summative Assessment • Performance-based Assessments • Optional Early and Mid-Year Formative Assessments • Rapid reporting system to inform instruction and accountability

37. Assessment Efforts • House Bill 1 Assessment Committee • SBAC Formative Assessment Work Group • SBAC Performance Assessment Work Group • CCSSO Implementing Common Core Standards • PARCC Transition and Implementation Institute

38. Assessment Timeline State Board Adopted Standards June, 2010 • Development Phase: • Test development • Field testing • Standards setting • 2012 - 2014 State Board Adopted Model Curriculum March, 2011 First Assessment Administration 2014-2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015