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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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 A and B with annual updates  WVBE approved Policy to ensure the availability of electronic resources and to make alignment of current resources more timely

Progress – Implementation Expectation  Kindergarten fully implemented  First grade fully implemented  Second grade fully implemented  Third – twelfth grade fully implemented  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 A  Policy B

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

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

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