1. Defining Student Success under WIOA Texas AEL Content Standards (Part 1)
Anson Green Director Adult Education and Literacy Texas Workforce Commission
March 8, 2017

2. Outline What are standards? History and requirement
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Outline
What are standards?
History and requirement
What does this mean to me? Moving from a requirement to enhancing service delivery
Sources, process, experts and enhancement
Organization
Rollout

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What Are Standards?

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What Are Standards?
Standards are documented agreements containing technical specifications designed to be used guidelines to ensure that processes, materials, products, and services most effectively address their purpose.

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Industry Example
In industry, standards form the fundamental building blocks for product, process development, and services and help ensure product functionality and compatibility, facilitate interoperability and support consumer safety and public health.
Health / food safety standards
Metric and standard mesurement systems
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

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Education Standards
In education, standards are the learning goals for what students should know and be able to do at a specified level.
TEKS and grade levels in public schools
certification level in training

7. Not Curriculum Education standards are not a curriculum
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Not Curriculum
Education standards are not a curriculum
They provide the road map for the targeted, systematic use of a curriculum
Schools, communities and educators choose their own curriculum, which is a detailed plan for day-to-day instruction
Clear standards provide educators with specific student performance indicators which drive instructional practice. 

8. Confirm Essential Skills
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Confirm Essential Skills
Classroom activities, assignments, and a range of formative and summative assessments all help determine whether or not students are attaining the essential skills and knowledge included in the standards.

9. Set at Exit-level Standards are set at exit or mastery level
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Set at Exit-level
Standards are set at exit or mastery level
Approximate a demonstration of mastery of content and skills
Offer educators and students a transparent view of what is expected at exit
Allow all stakeholders to gauge student preparedness for college, job training, entry and middle-skill employment

10. History & Requirements
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History & Requirements

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History
Year
Action
2008
Texas Adult Education Content Standards and Benchmarks (TAECSB)
2009
Texas College and Career Readiness Standards (TCCRS)
2011
Gap analysis between TAECSB & TCCRS
2013
Federal CCRS
2014  
WIOA passed
2016
Revised Texas AEL Content Standards
2017
Requirement in year 4 contracts

12. Requirement in year 4 contracts
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Requirement in year 4 contracts

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WIOA Regulation: §
“…the Unified State Plan must describe how the eligible agency will, by July 1, 2016, align its content standards for adult education with State-adopted challenging academic content standards under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.”

14. What Does This Mean To Me?
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What Does This Mean To Me?
Moving from a requirement to enhancing service delivery

15. Promise Provides an opportunity to think systemically about change
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Promise
Provides an opportunity to think systemically about change
Confirming the range of knowledge and skills that learners should have
measuring learners’ knowledge and skills, and
developing curriculum with a clearly articulated instructional approach and with a strong delivery system

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Direction
Having a shared understanding of the goals for standards and a common language will allow partner agencies, adult educators, and learners to work more efficiently in planning, developing, reviewing, and implementing the standards across the state.

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Elevated Rigor
The newly revised Texas AEL Content Standards are ambitious across:
Mathematics
English Language Arts and Literacy
English as a Second Language

18. Mathematics2 Standards reflect content in:
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Mathematics2
Standards reflect content in:
Beginning and more advanced algebra and geometry courses
Data analysis and statistics courses

19. English Language Arts and Literacy
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English Language Arts and Literacy
Standards demand:
Robust analytic and reasoning skills
Strong oral and written communication skills

20. English as a Second Language
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English as a Second Language
Standards have expanded from a focus on basic personal communication skills to proficiency skills required for participation in academic environments
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Writing

21. Trends in Education and Work
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Trends in Education and Work
Expectations have already been set…
New National Reporting System Performance Level Descriptors
High School Equivalency tests
College
Employment

22. Opportunity Raise expectations for all learners
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Opportunity
Raise expectations for all learners
Engage stakeholders in building a common set of goals and vocabulary
Improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment
Enhance professional development to support instruction
Hold teachers accountable for appropriate and high- quality education
Strengthen assessment
Articulate goals and align them with goals from programs
Raise awareness and visibility in the community and, thereby, increase commitment to the programs and the learners served

23. Sources, Process, Experts and Next Steps
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Sources, Process, Experts and Next Steps

24. Development Process Standards Working Group 3/8/2017 TWC
Texas State University

25. Standards Working Group Mathematics
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Standards Working Group Mathematics
Name
Title
Organization
Juan Carlos Aguirre, M.A.
Dean of Continuing, Professional and Workforce Education
South Texas College
Tamara Clunis, Ph.D.
Dean, Academic Success
Amarillo College
Cesar Diaz, M.P.A., J.D.
Coordinator
Tarrant County College
David Lindsay, M.S., M.B.A.
VP Technical Research
Central Texas Water Coalition; Board of Directors, Literacy Texas
Denise Lujan, M.S.
Director of Developmental Math
The University of Texas at El Paso
Mary Helen Martinez, M.A.
Director of College Readiness
Alamo Community College
LaShondia McNeal, Ph.D.
Program Director for Research, Evaluation & Professional Development
Houston Community College
James Slack, M.S., M.B.A.
Statewide Mathematics Coordinator
The Texas Education Agency

26. Standards Working Group English Language Arts
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Standards Working Group English Language Arts
Name
Title
Organization
Kay Brooks, M.A.
AEL Grant Project Manager
Brazosport College
Tamara Clunis, Ph.D.
Dean, Academic Success
Amarillo College
Cesar Diaz, M.P.A., J.D.
Coordinator
Tarrant County College
Tammy Donaldson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Reading & Developmental Education Coordinator
Del Mar College
Suzanne Morales-Vale, Ph.D.
Director, Developmental and Adult Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Marta M. Edwards, M.A.
The Center for College Access and Development
El Paso Community College
Denise Guckert, M.A.
Adult Education Coordinator
Austin ISD
David Lindsay, M.S., M.B.A.
VP Technical Research
Central Texas Water Coalition; Board of Directors, Literacy Texas
Mary Helen Martinez, M.A.
Director of College Readiness
Alamo Community College
 Glenda Rose, Ph.D.
Professional Development Center Specialist
Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning

27. Standards Working Group English as a Second Language
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Standards Working Group English as a Second Language
Name
Title
Organization
Tamara Clunis, Ph.D.
Dean, Academic Success
Amarillo College
Cesar Diaz, M.P.A., J.D.
Coordinator
Tarrant County College
Marta M. Edwards, M.A.
The Center for College Access and Development
El Paso Community College
Annette Gregory, M.Ed.
Executive Director for Career and Technical Education
Austin ISD
Denise Guckert, M.A.
Adult Education Coordinator
David Lindsay, M.S., M.B.A.
VP Technical Research
Central Texas Water Coalition; Board of Directors, Literacy Texas
Mary Helen Martinez, M.A.
Director of College Readiness
Alamo Community College
Denise Orand, M.Ed.
Director, Adult Education Grants
San Jacinto College
Glenda Rose, Ph.D.
Professional Development Center Specialist
Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning
Sandi Schneider, M.Ed.
Trainer
Texas A&M University

28. Sources Texas College & Career Readiness Standards
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Texas College & Career Readiness Standards
End-of-Course Exams for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR);
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS);
Texas Certificate of High School Equivalency (TxCHSE); and
Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA).
National Reporting Systems guideline descriptors
College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (federal)
STAAR performance standards;
Work readiness skills or criteria recognized by Board or private sectors employers;
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) standards for Adult Education programs; and
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS) standards.

29. Influence and Enhancement
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Influence and Enhancement
The foundation for..
Standards
What will be taught at each level
Curriculum
How the content is taught
Instruction
How mastery will be measured
Assessment

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Organization
How to Read the Standards

31. Three Domains Mathematics English Language Arts and Literacy
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Three Domains
Mathematics
English Language Arts and Literacy
English as a Second Language

32. Example Content Area (Designated by Roman numerals)
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Example
Content Area (Designated by Roman numerals)
Subarea I.3 (Designated by the Roman numeral of the Content Area with an Arabic numeral. e.g., I.3)
Content Standard (Designated by bold letters that begin with capital letters.)
Benchmarks. (Designated by Arabic numerals.)

33. Example 2 I. English Language Arts and Literacy Subarea I.2 – Reading
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Example 2
I. English Language Arts and Literacy
Subarea I.2 – Reading
A. Vocabulary Development. Understand new vocabulary and concepts and use them accurately in reading, speaking, and writing.
Identify new words and concepts acquired through study of their relationships to other words and concepts.
Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to infer the meanings of new words.
Use reference guides to confirm the meanings of words.

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Roll-out

35. Anticipated Roll-out Plan
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Anticipated Roll-out Plan
-Ongoing PD
-Support and mentoring of local coaches
-Monitoring of implementation of contract requirement by TWC
May – June 2017
-Instructional coaches for each program identified
-Letters of commitment completed -Progress report at AEL Summer Institute, June 20-23
December 2017
-Full alignment of local curriculum to content standards
2018
Updated standards aligned to certain entry-level and intermediate-level occupational skill requirements and/or certifications
Healthcare Science
Advanced Manufacturing
Construction and Extraction
Transportation, Distribution, Logistics

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Conclusion