1. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director UPDATE State Board of Education Dr. Gary Nixon Dr. David Sevier Dr. Scott Eddins

2. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director State Department of Education Teacher Characteristics and Effectiveness February 1, 2013 SBE Meeting

3. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director The distribution of TVAAS Evaluation Composites does not differ substantially by years of experience.

4. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director The distribution of TVAAS Evaluation Composites also does not differ substantially by salary level.

5. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Similarly, the distribution of TVAAS Evaluation Composites does not differ substantially by education level.

6. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director A teacher’s prior experience is not a strong predictor of their effectiveness as measured by their TVAAS score.

7. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Similarly, salary explains very little of the variation in TVAAS scores.

8. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Differentiated Pay Plans Mandated by the General Assembly in 2007 Plans to be based on SBE guidelines No funding was provided Statute not enforced SBE has strongly stated that differentiated pay with current resources is insufficient.

9. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Salary Improvement 2013-2014 Appropriation is a 1.5% improvement to the BEP salary funding component Not an across the board raise

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12. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director High School Equivalency Diploma GED HiSET

13. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Implementing the Common Core Standards TNCore website www.tncore.orgwww.tncore.org www.corestandards.org

14. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Specialized Content Knowledge (SCK) Dr. Deborah Ball’s research

15. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Verbal Description TabularGraphSymbolicSet Notation Contextual Problem y is 3 less than twice a number x y = 2x - 3 {(-4,11),(-2,7), (0,3),(2,1),(4,5)} Lakisha, a freshman basketball player, scored three less than twice the total number of points of her fellow teammates combined. Write an equation to model this. If Lakisha scored 25 points, how many total points did her teammates score? Xy -4 -2 0 2 4 -11 -7 -3 1 5 Multiple Representations

16. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Ten high-leverage practices for ambitious mathematical learning for all 1.Choosing and using mathematical tasks that entail complex mathematical work and build basic skills 2.Choosing examples 3.Teaching and using academic language 4.Leading a productive whole-class math discussion 5.Responding productively to students’ “errors” 6.Using homework equitably 7.Using specific, mathematically focused positive reinforcement 8.Using public recording (posters, whiteboard) 9.Diagnosing common patterns of student thinking (and not-so-common) 10.Assessing students’ mathematical proficiency and teaching responsively Dr. Deborah L. Ball © 2011 Mathematics Teaching and Learning to Teach School of Education University of Michigan

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18. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Necessary for using complex mathematical tasks with “high expectations” 1.Helping students to believe they can do hard work 2.Scaffolding complex work appropriately 3.Making wise judgments about what to leave open and what needs to be made explicit 4.Commenting on mathematics, and mathematical productions, not features of students 5.Supporting error as a fruitful site for mathematical work, and teaching students to use error productively Dr. Deborah L. Ball © 2011 Mathematics Teaching and Learning to Teach School of Education University of Michigan

19. State Board of Education Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director Questions? Gary.Nixon@tn.gov David.Sevier@tn.gov Scott.Eddins@tn.gov