Ohio’s goals for Pre-K to 12 education Linda T. Keller Superintendent Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center

Current System Asks Too Little

57% Excellent or Above OGT Performance 41% College Remediation

The world has changed… and continues to change.

Yesterday

Our lives and our students’ lives have changed.

Schools need to change!

Digitized. Automated. Outsourced.

Job Requirements NO COLLEGE REQUIREDCOLLEGE REQUIRED Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 2010.

Ohio’s Goal CREATE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION SYSTEM IN OHIO IN WHICH ALL STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE AND BE WELL PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, WORK AND LIFE

Race to the Top

To accomplish Ohio’s goal… New Common Core standards Change in classroom practice and school culture New system of online tests Increased accountability – New principal and teacher evaluation systems – New rating system for districts and schools

Ohio and Common Core

Implementation of the Common Core Standards

Standards Reflect  Fewer, clearer, and higher  Internationally benchmarked  An aligned model curriculum  College and career readiness  Relevant content and skills  Coherence, focus, rigor NEW FEATURESNEW FOCUS

Measuring Higher Expectations

Comparing OAA/OGT to Projections for Online Tests

Teachers as Facilitators

Evaluation for Student Improvement

Classrooms of the Future  Teacher centered  Content coverage  Memorizing information  Textbook dependent  Learner centered  Learning and doing  Using information  Multiple sources of information CURRENT:FUTURE:

Focused on transitions to new standards and assessments for ALL students Passionate about blended learning & project- based learning Providing professional learning for all staff Excited about the P-16 approach

Today’s students. Tomorrow’s world.

Our Students Will Meet the Challenge