Unbridled Learning: What Everyone Should Know about P-20 as it Connects to 21 st Century Skills Eve Proffitt, Ed.D. Co-Director, Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab University of Kentucky

Unbridled Learning? 21 st Century Skills? Senate Bill ? CHETL? CIITS? KCAS/KCASS? Assessment of/for Learning? PGES/Edivation? What Do You Know?

Introduced and passed 2009 Directed revamping of Kentucky’s assessment and accountability system Direct Kentucky postsecondary institutions to plan and implement a process to develop core academic content standards for reading and mathematics for introductory courses. Senate Bill 1: KRS Senate Bill 1: KRS x

Section 2 – Revise state assessment system to be implemented – Variety of assessments including accelerated learning, criterion-referenced test, end of course examinations, formative assessments, interim assessments, national norm-referenced test Senate Bill 1 Provisions

– Academic standards Revision of academic content standards in all areas Must consider national standards Aligned with entry level college course requirements Included in teacher preparation programs so teachers will know how to use them Section 2

Writing portfolios required as instructional tools, but not included in accountability system No testing in arts & humanities and practical living/career studies Assessment consist of annual student assessments and state and local program reviews and audits in writing, practical living/career studies and arts & humanities Formative and summative Section 2 :Assessment

Diagnostic information use National comparisons Longitudinal student data Use of data by teachers Use for school accountability Compliance with NCLB Act Purposes of Assessment

Inappropriate Test Preparation has sanctions May purchase commercial interim assessments or develop local tests Accelerated learning for student who indicates skill deficiency or strength Alignment of core content on all levels Individual report to parents Section 2 Assessment

Deletes CATS accountability Requires KBE to determine how new assessment (KPREP) will classify schools Revise Accountability – Must use program review results – Use students’ academic performance – Use school improvement results – Other factors Section 4

Professional development programs – Made available to teachers based on their needs – Include strategies to reduce the achievement gaps among various groups of students – Include strategies to Provide continuous progress Curriculum content and methods of instruction for each content area including differentiated instruction School-based decision making Assessment literacy Integration of performance based student assessment into daily classroom instruction Section 8

To provide: – Non graded primary programs – Research based instructional practices – Instructional uses of technology – Curriculum design to serve needs of students with diverse learning styles and skills of students of diverse cultures – Instruction in reading including—phonics, phonemic awareness, comprehension, fluency and vocabulary – Educational leadership – Strategies to incorporate character education throughout the curriculum Section 8 continued

Requires each postsecondary institution to plan and implement a process to develop core academic content standards for reading and math for introductory courses in public postsecondary education institutions. Section 15

Requires EPSB and KDE to improve teachers’ ability to teach writing Review of teacher preparation requirements Review of PD and training for school administrators Section 17

Unbridled Learning Ky Dept of Education Pages – What students should learn – What will be tested – How subjects will be tested – When tests are given – What should comprise the public school accountability system – College Career Readiness (CCR)

Learning Networks Documents – Attributes of standards based unit of study – Combined curriculum document – Core Content for Assessment – EPAS connected to College Readiness Standards – ELA deconstructed Standards – Kentucky Core Academic Standards – Kentucky Model Curriculum Framework – Math Deconstructed Standards – NGSS Science Standards Curriculum Standards default.aspx default.aspx

Standards KCAS: uments/KCAS%20-%20June% pdf KCAS uments/KCAS%20-%20June% pdf ELA Standards: s/ELA-Deconstructed-Standards.aspx ELA Standards s/ELA-Deconstructed-Standards.aspx CCR: es/default.aspx CCR: es/default.aspx

Standards Cont’d Mathematics: s/Mathematics-Deconstructed-Standards.aspx Mathematics s/Mathematics-Deconstructed-Standards.aspx Curriculum Documents s/default.aspx Curriculum Documents s/default.aspx

Meet Each Child’s Needs Differentiation: s/default.aspx Differentiation s/default.aspx Culturally Responsive Instruction: s/CulturallyResponsiveInstruction.aspx Culturally Responsive Instruction s/CulturallyResponsiveInstruction.aspx ESS Targeted Interventions: /default.aspx ESS Targeted Interventions /default.aspx

s/Characteristics-of-Highly-Effective-Teaching- and-Learning-(CHETL).aspx s/Characteristics-of-Highly-Effective-Teaching- and-Learning-(CHETL).aspx Learning Climate Classroom Assessment and Reflection Instructional Rigor and Student Engagement Instructional Relevance Knowledge of Content Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning

Ky RtI: ages/default.aspx Ky RtI ages/default.aspx Districts of Innovation: istricts-of-Innovation.aspx Districts of Innovation istricts-of-Innovation.aspx Technology: default.aspx Technology default.aspx

Tool for pulling standards, instructional materials, lesson plans, assessments, data, and PD into integrated online resource One Stop Shop Includes KCAS (all content areas) ACT Quality Core ISTE National Edu Technology Standards AASL Library Media Standards Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS)

Links standards to instructional materials – KET Encyclomedia: Discovery Education – SAS Curriculum Pathways – Thinkfinity Common Core 360/Edivation (subscription) – Resources and PD on CCS Comprehensive student information and assessment data – reports CIITS default.aspx

Achievement Gap Growth College Readiness Graduation Rate EOC: end of course – U.S. History – Algebra II – English II – Biology Assessment Terms Assessment Terms

School Report Cards No Child Left Behind Assessment Reports Sample Test Items Accountability Terms

Assessment: x Assessment x School Report Cards: RC.aspx School Report Cards RC.aspx No Child Left Behind: index.html No Child Left Behind index.html

Assessment State Assessments: s/default.aspx State Assessments s/default.aspx Assessment Reports: fault.aspx Assessment Reports fault.aspx Sample Test Items: ult.aspx Sample Test Items ult.aspx

Teacher Professional Growth PGES: PGES.aspx PGES PGES.aspx TPGES: Pages/default.aspx TPGES Pages/default.aspx Kentucky Framework for Teaching: Pages/Kentucky-Framework-for-Teaching.aspx Kentucky Framework for Teaching Pages/Kentucky-Framework-for-Teaching.aspx

Resources EQuIP: EQuIPhttp:// Kentucky Teacher Newsletter: Kentucky Teacher Newsletter Edivation PD360 s-2/edivation/ Edivation PD360 s-2/edivation/

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