January, 2013

Every Child a Graduate, Every Child a Graduate, College and Career ReadyCollege and Career Ready What and how should kids learn? How do we know if they have learned it? How do we ensure kids have highly effective teachers and schools? How should we pay for schools?

Science Standards - The final, public draft will be available in early January, 2013 Social Studies Standards - Work at the national level has halted. DPI is currently discussing options for WI Career & Technical Education - New WI standards are due to be released Fall, 2013

http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/stn_ccss

PALS• Mid-Year screening window January 7th - February 1st• Mid-Year materials now available to download• Online course available: Using PALS-K Data to Drive Instruction Which data can be used to identify struggling students How to use the diagnostic data to plan instruction Which tools are designed for progress monitoringhttp://www.palswisconsin.info/

PALS Resource• Downloadable lesson plans from the Planning Instruction tab of your PALS Account

PALS DPI Budget Request• Provide funding to phase in the PALS assessment by adding pupils in grades 4K-2

Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot Test• Grades 3-11• Purpose of the pilot is field test items. No reports on student performance will be provided• Schools randomly selected OR volunteered• To volunteer, contact Alison Place at aplace@air.org Jennifer Teasdale at Jennifer.Teasdale@dpi.wi.gov

Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot TestImportant DatesImportant DatesThe table below presents upcoming key activities:The table below presents upcoming key activities:Activity DatesInterested schools volunteer to participate via the online survey

November 2012 – January 2013Scientifically selected schools contacted to confirm their participation in the Pilot

Late November 2012 – January 2013Online training test is available Mid January 2013Smarter Balanced Pilot Test window February 20 – May 10, 2013

Smarter Balanced and ACT Suite DPI Budget Request• Provide funding to schools to implement ACT Suite and Next Generation Assessments1.Fully fund WKCE in FY 142.Implement SMARTER/Balanced and Dynamic Learning assessments in FY 153.Replace Science and Social Studies portions of WKCE in FY 154.Administer ACT Suite: EXPLORE, PLAN,ACT, & WorkKeys in FY 15

Statewide School Information System (SSIS)• Vendor to be selected in December, 2012• January-February, 2013 first group of schools to begin implementation• Districts will have 5 years to migrate data

February, 2013 Individual Student Reports will be released• By January, DPI will have resources available for schools to prepare parents, including sample letters• Report Card presentation for parents http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/index.php?Prog=SDocument&Task=Init&ID=452

The Developmental Pilot phase is currently underway. 94 school districts piloting the three components of the system: 1.Teacher Practice2.Principal Practice3.Student Learning Objectives (SLOs for teachers).To get on the SLO pilot waiting list, contact:eeteam@dpi.wi.gov

School Learning Objectives (SLOs for principals) are scheduled to be piloted during spring 2013. Next year, additional pilots will be available

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