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ACRE SymposiumAccountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
Overview and discussion of the work to develop new standards, assessments and accountability for North Carolina
students and schools.
Agenda for the Hour
~40 minutes ~20 minutes
Questions and Discussion
o Overview
o Essential Standards
o Assessment and Accountability
o Time Line
SBE’s Framework For Change NCDPI’s Response to Framework For Change
ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
Standards and Assessment
ACRE
Built on what is most important for students to learn in the 21st century
Summative (Statewide)
Essential Standards
To Inform Instruction…
o Centralized Benchmarking Tool
o Systematic Formative Assessment PD Modules
To Evaluate Knowledge…
o Transparent
o Appropriately UsedNon-Evaluative
District Controlled •
Tools and PD for Student Learning
Benchmark (Classroom, School,
District)
Formative Assessment(Classroom)
Note: This does not mean more sequestered testing like the EOCs or EOGs.
Essential Standards
Benchmark (Classroom, School,
District)
Formative Assessment(Classroom)
Summative (Statewide)
+ GraduationRate
+Future-ReadyCore
+ Readiness
Growth Achievement (EOCs and EOGs)
K-12
AccountabilityACRE
ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
Dr. Cindy Williamson
Essential Standards
Content Areas Under Development
English 10Occupational Course of StudyInformational TechnologyMathematics Science
Essential Standards
Membership on Writing Committees includes….
Teachers Higher Ed AccountabilityStaff
EC & Curriculum
Staff
School Readiness
Staff
External Business
Essential Standards
From around the state…
Lincoln
DurhamAlamance
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Carteret
Caswell
CatawbaChatham
CherokeeClay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
DareDavidson
Davie
Duplin
Edgecombe
ForsythFranklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
McDowell
Macon
Madison Martin
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
MontgomeryMoore
Nash
NewHanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pender
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
StokesSurry
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Perquimans
Chowan
Pasquotan
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CamdenCurrituc
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Alexander
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Swain ♦ Haywood ♦ Buncombe ♦ Yancey ♦ Rutherford ♦ Watauga ♦ Ashe ♦ Catawba
Iredell ♦ Surry ♦ Cleveland ♦ Gaston ♦ Mecklenburg ♦ Union ♦ Cabarrus ♦ Davidson
Forsyth ♦ Rockingham ♦ Guilford ♦ Randolph ♦ Caswell ♦ Alamance ♦ Chatham ♦ Orange
Richmond ♦ Moore ♦ Hoke ♦ Cumberland ♦ Columbus ♦ Durham ♦ Wake ♦ Johnston
Franklin ♦ Vance ♦ Nash ♦ Wilson ♦ Edgecombe ♦ Wayne ♦ Greene ♦ New Hanover
Onslow ♦ Carteret ♦ Craven ♦ Pitt ♦ Beaufort ♦ Perquimans ♦ Currituck
Essential Standards
Aligned to National and International Standards
• PISA •
• 21st Century Skills •
• TIMSS •
• National Content Standards •
• Rigor and Relevance •
• Back-mapped to the NCGP •
Objective
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Objective
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North Carolina Standard Course of Study Essential Standards Overview
Essential Standard
...zooming in on one
Essential Standard
Course
Prototypical Assessment
Prototypical Assessment
Classroom
EOC-EOG
Essential Standards
Essential Standards
Project Status
ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort
A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability
Dr. Gary Williamson
Assessment & Accountability
+ + +
CANG
IART
NAC
Writing
The Assessment and Accountability Working Groups are…
New Accountability Committee
Comprehensive Assessment - Next Generation
Innovative Assessment Research Team
North Carolina Writing Assessment System
+ + +
New Accountability Committee (NAC)
o Determining feasibility of K-12 developmental growth model
o Determining how to include the following in high school accountability…o Growth and Achievemento Graduation Rateo The Future-Ready Coreo Post-Secondary Readiness Measures
Assessment & Accountability
Working on…
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CANG Formative Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
o Designing Online PD Modules focused on the effective use of formative assessment in the classroom
o Planning for differentiated use of modules includingo Face-to-face meetingso Professional learning communitieso Individual study
o Collaborating with higher education and national experts to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the modules
Assessment & Accountability
Working on…
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CANG Benchmark Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
o Developing specifications to ensure a variety of item types are included in toolo Tool will include professional development on how to
use diagnostic information
o Gathering input from district staff and school staff
Assessment & Accountability
Working on…
+ + +
CANG Summative Comprehensive Assessment Next Generation
o Exploring the inclusion of constructive response items in new generation of summative assessments (EOCs and EOGs)
o Administering item tryouts for 3-8 reading and mathematics, English I0, and Integrated Mathematics in spring 2009
o Developing guidelines for understanding purpose of different item types on a summative assessment
Assessment & Accountability
Working on…
+ + +
Innovative Assessment Research Team (IART)
o Investigating alternative ways to assess learning includingo Computer-based simulations, gaming technologies, computer
adaptive testing and open-ended and performance-based tasks
o Developing a rubric that identifies when a particular objective would be best assessed by a constructed response/performance task item
o Exploring the possibility of a statewide portfolio system
o Researching how North Carolina can lead the way to online testing state-wide
Assessment & Accountability
Working on…
+ + +
North Carolina Writing Assessment System
o Writing Assessment System Pilot Surveys 1 and 2
o Reporting to the State Board of Educationo On-demand task redesign studyo Inclusion of NCCLAS and NCEXTEND1
studentso Revisions to online professional development
courses
Working on…
Assessment & Accountability
Timeline 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012 2012 - 2013
July July JulyJuly July
Math, Science, Eng 10, Comp Essential Stds.
Math, Sci, Eng 10, Comp SkillsItem Dev.
Math, Sci, Eng 10 Comp, Skills Field Test
Math, Sci, Eng 10 Comp, Skills Operational
ELA, Social Studies, OthersEssential Stds.
ELA and Social Studies Item Dev.
ELA and Social Studies Field Test
ELA and Social Studies Operational
Innovative Assessment Team (July 09)
Criteria for choosing CR/PT (Aug 09)
NAC Reports (Sept 09)
Formative PD Modules 1-5 (Aug 09)
Modules 6-13 (Jun 2010)
Online PD Community (Jun 2010)
Case Studies on Administering 21st Century, Computer-Based Assessments (Jan 2011)
Benchmarking Tool Operational for Math, Science and Eng 10 (July 2011)
Benchmarking Tool Operational for ELA, Social Studies and Other Subjects (July 2012)
ACRE
Questions and
Discussion