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Office of Curriculum, Instruction and
Standards (OCIS)Update
Holiday Inn
Albany, New York
October 15, 2010
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OCIS Program Offices
Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studies
Career and Technical Education Curriculum and Instruction Early Education and Reading Initiatives Teacher Quality and Professional Development Summer Institutes
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RTTT Award Will Help NY Achieve Regents Goals in 4 Reform Areas
Adopting internationally-benchmarked standards and assessments that prepare students for success in college and the workplace
Building instructional data systems that measure student success and inform teachers and principals how they can improve their practice
Recruiting, developing, retaining, and rewarding effective teachers and principals
Turning around the lowest-achieving schools
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NYSED Strategies To Make the RTTT Goal A Reality
Integrated approach to achieve student success
Adopted Common Core State Standards Dramatically raised proficiency bar on state
assessments to match college-readiness Making state assessments more rigorous and
performance-based Committed to building sequenced, content-rich
statewide curriculum with embedded formative assessments
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) – Governing State
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Race to the Top
The Board of Regents will review recommendations of:
ELA and Mathematics additions, including PreK-3 College and Career Readiness Work Group revisions
of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) Revised draft of NYS Teaching Standards Training plans for Annual Professional Performance
Reviews (APPR)
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RTTT Network Teams Teams of expert support --
Curriculum, Instruction and Data
Provide ongoing professional development and technical assistance
Coordinate with school-based Inquiry Teams
Types – BOCES/Regionally-based Big 5 Network Teams Network Team Equivalents
Up to 75% of 4-year allocation to purchase or create Network Team Services
Implemented by July 1, 2011
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Technical Assistance Centers (TACs)
NYS Research and Support Center for Career and Technical Education (CTE Center)
Statewide Literacy Resource Center (SLRC) Regional Bilingual Education Resource
Network (RBE-RN) Math/STEM Center Curriculum Resource Center for Math Curriculum Resource Center for ELA
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Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Adoption of Common Core State Standards: current update and next steps for additions
There are only minor changes to the CCSS for Mathematics and CCSS for ELA
Timeline for Common Core implementation
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School year Implications
2010-2011 Student achievement expectations are based on the 2005 ELA and Mathematics Learning Standards and Core Curricula.Districts begin developing curricula aligned to CCSS (Jan. 2011) with a goal of implementing the new state curricula in Sept. 2012.
2011-2012 Student achievement expectations are based on the 2005 ELA and Mathematics Learning Standards.Districts continue to develop curricula and begin implementing instruction aligned to CCSS.The 3-8 Testing program and Regents examinations in ELA and Mathematics are aligned to the 2005 ELA and Mathematics Learning Standards.
2012-2013 Student achievement expectations are based on CCSS and state standards as added.CCSS Interim Assessments are administered. Curriculum models will be available for schools.Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) field testing will occur.
2013-2014 Student achievement expectations are based on CCSS and state standards as added.
2014-15 CCSS PARCC assessments are operational.
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Limited English Proficient / English Language Learners (LEP/ELLs)
RTTT goals for LEP/ELLs: Funds used on the implementation of the Seven Essential
Elements in high need districts.
Funds support: Preparation and certification of bilingual and ESL staff LEP/ELL parent empowerment Capacity building at the school and district levels Provision of equitable services for LEP/ELLs
RFP will be released for Regional Bilingual Education/Resource Network to start July 2011
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Literacy
Across the content areas Internal Literacy Work Group
Focusing on Early Learning Outcomes and RTTT activities
Will form the basis for the P-12 Statewide Literacy Team
New literacy website http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/literacy/
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Early Education and Reading Initiatives
RTTT Invitational Priority # 3 Goals: Finalize world class prekindergarten standards
Develop early childhood assessment system
Incorporate early childhood assessment protocols into P-12 data system
Develop regional technical assistance center
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College and Career Readiness
The Regents College and Career Readiness Work Group have discussed revisions to the following: High school Diploma requirements
High School Assessments
General Educational Development (GED) policy and programs
The Board of Regents will seek public comment
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STEM Addressed in many components of our RTTT initiative.
Addressed in many current NYSED programs
Partnering with/supporting NYS STEM initiatives
For all learners, STEM education: o Connects all disciplines while maintaining the integrity of each;o Applies research to increase achievement of education and
business and industry standards; o Promotes interest in scientific and technological fields; o Provides a foundation to pursue lifelong learning and
professional growth
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Annual Professional Performance Reviews (APPR)
APPR regulations are being revised to reflect recommendations of the Regents Task Force on Teacher and Principal Effectiveness.
The current time line:
June, 2010 –
March, 2011
Task Force deliberations
April, 2011 –
June, 2011
Draft APPR regulations created
Draft training plans for APPR are developed
Solicit feedback from the field and revise
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Regulation changes
Amendments to Commissioner Regulations to eliminate the: Second Language Proficiency Examination (SLP);
Regents comprehensive examinations in Hebrew, Latin and German;
Grades five and eight Social Studies assessments.
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Next steps
RTTT RFPs and RFIs will be posted on the RTTT web
site www.nysed.gov/rttt . Visit this page periodically for postings and current information.
OCIS Please send your Standards and Assessment
questions relating to RTTT to [email protected]. A Question and Answer document will be developed over the next few months.
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Contact Information
Jean C. Stevens
Associate Commissioner
Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Standards
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (518) 474-5915
Fax: (518) 486-2233
Website: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ocis/
Office mailbox: [email protected]