AN UPDATE ON THE NEXT GENERATION COMMON CORE STATE

STANDARDS

A REPORT TO THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

FEBRUARY13, 2013

Four Broad Areas

Questions from the Board regarding progress and national perspective on the Common Core

Roll-out of the Next Generation Common Core professional development

Questions from the Board regarding progress on Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium

Progress on sequence of math content

Three Questions from the Board regarding the Common Core

Where are we in the implementation of the CCSS in West Virginia?

What are the next steps for West Virginia schools?

What is the national landscape in terms of the CCSS movement?

First Question

Where are we in the implementation of the CCSS in West Virginia? Board action and direction Implementation expectations Professional development – system

readiness Resource development and deployment

Progress – Board Action and Direction

2010 – WVBE adopted the CCSS for ELA and mathematics (second state to do so)

WVBE approved the multi-year professional development cycle and implementation schedule

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Professional Development Schedule: 2011-12 Kindergarten2012-13 First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Grade2013-14 Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Tenth Grade2014-15 Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth Grade

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CCSS-Aligned Professional Development and Implementation Schedule

Legend for CCSS-Aligned Professional Development and Implementation Schedule

PD/Implementation Schedule: First Year of PD/Implementation for Grade

2011-12 K2012-13 Grades 1, 4, 5, and 92013-14 Grades 2 and 3, 6 – 8, and 10 - 12(0)(1)(2)(3) Number of Years of Standards Implementation this

cohort of students has experienced by this school year

Red Text: First year of CCSS-aligned assessment

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Progress – Board Action and Direction

2010 – WVBE adopted the CCSS for ELA and mathematics (second state to do so)

WVBE approved the multi-year professional development cycle and implementation schedule

WVBE approved Policy 2520.1A and 2520.1B with annual updates

WVBE approved Policy 2445.41 to ensure the availability of electronic resources and to make alignment of current resources more timely

Progress – Implementation Expectation

Kindergarten fully implemented 2011-12 First grade fully implemented 2012-13 Second grade fully implemented 2013-14 Third – twelfth grade fully implemented 2014-15

Professional development at least two years ahead of implementation expectations for grades 3-12

Some systems are implementing early following professional development cycle

Progress – Professional Development

Touching every teacher in every classroom Train-the-Trainer model Kindergarten, First, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth grades

Teacher Leadership Institute model Kindergarten – 295 First Grade – 284 Fourth/Fifth Grade – 331 Ninth Grade – 292

Capacity building from the WVDE Capacity building within RESAs and districts Involvement of higher education

TLI teams HEPC Seminars

Progress – Professional Development

Changing model in response to the needs of districts

Remaining grades (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) Train-the-Trainer model for RESA-based teams RESA/districts will design and deliver training Funding will flow to districts and RESAs to

conduct the training Capacity building within RESAs and districts Continued capacity building from WVDE on a

RESA basis Memorandum of Understanding

Progress – Resource Development

Working with master teachers across the state including higher education

Electronic web-based warehousing of resources Model lessons/videos Full lesson plans Web-linked sites

Smarter Balanced Digital Library (WV Network) Quality criteria policies Exemplar instructional modules Inventory of currently available resources Professional learning resources Educator training materials

Selection of instructional resources for official adoption greatly enhanced and on-going

Second Question

What are the next steps for West Virginia schools?

Next Steps

Decentralization of professional development Development of support structures for RESA-

based professional development Adoption of CCSS for Science

Develop a logical/workable timeline for implementation to align with assessment development, etc.

Bring to the WVBE in spring for discussion Adjustment of policy to reflect lessons learned

Policy 2510 – aligning expected practice to the standards

Policy 2520.1A Policy 2520.1B

Third Question

What is the national landscape in terms of the CCSS movement?

National Landscape

Formally adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia

Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia Minnesota adopted ELA solely

CCSSO State Collaboratives on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS system)

Joint planning and sharing among states Coordination of resources Specific content SCASS Inclusive of higher education

National Landscape

Taking the pulse of the nation Moving Forward Education Week

www.corestandards.org

National Landscape

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

25 states Leadership on multiple work groups

Brenda Williams - technology work group Juan D’Brot – summative assessments, pilots

workgroups Carla Williamson – formative processes,

professional development, digital library work groups

Lou Maynus – performance tasks, item review

www.smarterbalanced.org

Progress on Math Sequencing

Progress on Math Sequencing

Proposal to rename courses to alleviate confusion

Providing acceleration models/options to districts Standardized readiness tests Multiple pathways for districts to consider

Providing guidance for districts who wish to request waivers to bundle course content into a more traditional but more stringent model of delivery

AN UPDATE ON THE NEXT GENERATION COMMON CORE STATE

STANDARDS

A REPORT TO THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

FEBRUARY13, 2013