Legislative Requirements from General Assembly

August 2, 2012

Agenda

• K-3 Literacy Initiative

• Data Collection on Military Students

• School Performance Grades

• CPR Certification as Graduation Requirement

• Revisions to Elementary Licensure

K-3 Literacy Initiative

• By 2013 – 2014, all districts must be using mClass: Reading 3D for diagnostic and formative assessment

• LEAs choose when to begin implementation

• By start of 2013 – 2014, all training must be completed

• State funding for devices and licenses

K-3 Literacy Initiative

• Third grade retention policy effective with 2013 – 2014 school year

• Retained third graders must attend LEA-run summer reading camp; summer camps must first be offered in Summer 2014

• Third graders who are not proficient after summer reading camp must be placed in transitional fourth grade classrooms; requirement begins 2014 – 2015 school year

Data Collection on Military Students

• One-time requirement to report on the number of students with an immediate family member who has served in the Armed Forces since September 1, 2001

• School principals enter number of students in web application

• LEA testing directors/coordinators ensure that all principals have entered data

Data Collection on Military Students

• LEAs must also respond to questions about staff capacity to support the unique needs of students with immediate family members in the military

• Web application opens September 15, 2012 and closes October 15, 2012

• Sample parent letter sent out from NCDPI

School Performance Grades

• Required grade of A-F for each school in NC

• For high schools, grades determined by:– Percent of students scoring proficient on the English II, Algebra

I/Integrated Mathematics I, and Biology End-of-Course assessments

– Percent of students who demonstrate workplace readiness on WorkKeys

– Percent of students who demonstrate college readiness on the ACT

– Percent of students who graduate within four years of entering high school

– Percent of students who take and pass a higher-level mathematics course (Algebra II or Integrated Mathematics III)

School Performance Grades

• For elementary and middle schools, grades determined by:– Percent of students scoring proficient on English Language Arts,

Mathematics, and Science End-of-Grade assessments

• General Assembly intends to include growth in performance grades

• Legislature will approve final grading process in session beginning January 2013

CPR Certification as Graduation Requirement

• CPR certification required to graduate

• Certification should take place as part of grade 8 Healthful Living class

• High schools need to screen students to ensure requirement has been met

• Certification must be entered into new field in Student Information System (SIS)

• Requirement begins in 2014 - 2015

Elementary Licensure

• Revise Coursework/Competencies in Reading and Mathematics

• Review required assessments (replacing Praxis with Massachusetts tests for licensure)

• Use technology-based formative assessments (Reading 3D)

• Integrate Arts into curriculum