Clinton City Schools

1. Curriculum Team Presentation October 27, 2011 Clinton City Schools

2. What percentage of all US fourth graders are considered below a basic level in reading on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress?

3. 4th Grade Reading (2009) 33% below basic level 67% below proficient level National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) NAEP website, 2009

4. What is the rate of reading failure among minority populations such as African Americans and Hispanic Americans?

5. Reading achievement for Latino and African American fourth graders, 56 percent and 60 percent, respectively, of whom read at those below-basic levels that do not even provide sufficient support to allow the completion of schoolwork (Lee, Grigg, & Donahue, 2007).

6. What percentage of high school students graduate on time with a regular diploma?

7. Only 70 percent of high school students graduate on time with a regular diploma, and fewer than 60 percent of African-American and Latino students do so. (Greene & Winters, 2005)

8. What percentage of students do “reading scientists” predict can be taught to read accurately and fluently?

9. Reading researchers have shown that 95% of students can learn to read with high levels of fluency and comprehension.

10. Approximately what percentage of high school graduates lack the literacy skills employers seek?

11. Approximately40 percent of high school graduates lack the literacy skills employers seek, and approximately 32 percent of high school graduates are not ready for college level English composition courses (ACT, 2005).

12. What percentage of US middle and high school students require differentiated instruction?

13. Afull70 percent ofU.S. middleandhighschoolstudentsrequiredifferentiated instruction —that isinstructiontargetedtotheirindividual strengths and weaknesses.

14. What percentage of juvenile offenders has reading problems?

15. 60% of America's prison inmates are illiterate and 85% of all juvenile offenders have reading problems.

16. 21st Century learning SBE Guiding Mission “Every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.”

18. Call for Change

19. Data Driven Instructional Practices What does our data tell us? Clinton City schools’ test data

24. Common Core and Essential Standards ACRE: Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort Race to the Top Career and College, Ready, Set, Go Information and Technology Skills Next Generation Assessments Teacher Evaluation System Principal/Assistant Principal Evaluation State Initiatives

25. North Carolina adopted CCSS June 2, 2010 for English Language Arts and Mathematics, K-12, to be implemented for 2012-13 school year • Information and Technology Essential Standards were implemented for 2011-12 school year • All other content areas will implement the Essential Standards in 2012-13 School year • Clear and consistent goals for learning to prepare students for success in college and career • Standards can be viewed at www.corestandards.org • Video – “Vision of the Common Core”www.pd360.com Common Core and Essential Standards

26. Common Core and Essential Standards 2012-13 School Year Preparation with continuity across the School System • SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) 2010-11 • Reading Foundations 2010-11 • NC FALCON/Formative Assessments – 2010-11 • Comer – 2010-11 • North Carolina State Improvement Project (NCSIP) EC Project – 2010-11 Clinton City Schools Initiatives

27. Race to the Top - 2011-12 • Information and Technology Essential Standards – 2011-12 • CORE Reading Program integrating Literary and Informational Skills – 2011-12 • ClassScape Benchmarks (3-12) - 2011-12 • AIG Plan - 2011-12 • Beginning Teacher Support Plan - 2011-12 • Next Generation Assessments – 2012-13 Clinton City schools initiatives