1. Math Teacher Leader Network January 2013

2. Annual ‘Quality Counts’ survey shows gains in transitions, alignment K-12 Achievement Standards, Assessments and Accountability Teaching Profession School Finance Transitions and Alignment Chance for Success (an index that combines information from 13 indicators that cover state residents’ lives from cradle to career) Kentucky Breaks into Top 10 in National Education Ranking

3. Findings No states received a grade of A in the 2013 edition of Quality Counts. The highest-ranking state was Maryland, with a B- plus. Three states received B grades; eight states (including Kentucky) received B-minus grades; and 19 states received C-plus grades.

4. Kentucky’s Scores & Rank 2011-2013 KENTUCKYNATION KENTUCKY’S RANK NATIONWIDE 201120122013201120122013201120122013 Overall Score CC+B-CCC+341410 K-12 Achievement C- D+C- 1913 Standards, Assessments & Accountability *n/aA- *n/aBB 20 Teaching Profession *n/aB- *n/aCC 55 School Finance C- CCC35 34 Transitions & Alignment B- AC+ B-14 4 Chance for Success CCCC+ 383638 *Quality Counts does not provide ratings on all of the six categories each year.

5. Commissioner’s Fast Five January 25, 2013

6. QUESTION OF THE WEEK Where can I get more information on the change to EOC constructed response mentioned in the Commissioner’s Fast Five on Friday, January 25?

7. The End-of-Course assessment model has a combined purpose, instruction and accountability. These areas have different needs that must be kept in balance within the program. To keep that balance, changes to the EOC model must be made. The QualityCore program offers many instructional resources. However, the constructed response items in the QualityCore assessment program were unable to add instructional value to the teaching and learning process. Therefore, constructed response items will shift from state administration to local administration. Shifting constructed response to a local administration will render much more instructional value, student motivation, and test security than can be provided at the state level. This change also means a school could move to computer based EOC testing that provides immediate results for final exams.

8. When The change will take effect beginning with the February 1 – March 15 test window. To support the implementation a video recording is linked below. The training will focus on Spring 2013 policy changes and test administration. http://media.education.ky.gov/video1/On- Demand2013/QualityCore_1-28-13.mp4

9. Contact for Information For questions, Division of Support and Research in the Office of Assessment and Accountability at (502) 564- 4394 or dacinfo@education.ky.gov.dacinfo@education.ky.gov

10. KDE Math Connections In order to be more responsive to the needs of Kentucky math educators, a mailbox KDEmath@education.ky.gov has been created and is monitored by Frankfort-based math consultants. KDEmath@education.ky.gov CIITS - “CIITS Item Issues Form.” This document can be found on the CIITS homepage. Users complete the form when an issue is found and send the form to kdeciitsmailbox@education.ky.gov kdeciitsmailbox@education.ky.gov

11. CIITS ISSUES FORM

12. CIITS Material Review Process StateSchool District School “CIITS Instructional Resource Submission Process” on CIITS homepage

13. Materials submitted for state approval Be mindful when naming a file to be uploaded for state approval. Every user will see and have access to the file.

14. State Student Data in CIITS K-PREP have been loaded into CIITS EPAS scores from last year have been loaded into CIITS EPAS scores from fall will be loaded into CIITS

15. HS Open Source Resource http://www.mathematicsvisionproject.org/ (c) 2012 Utah Secondary One by Mathematics Vision Project and in partnership with the Utah State Office of Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.Mathematics Vision ProjectCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License MVP items by Mathematics Vision Project are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.Mathematics Vision ProjectCreative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

16. Leadership http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/transforming_learni ng/2013/01/five_essential_schoolwide_conditions_for_ common_core_achievement.html?cmp=SOC-SHR- TW http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/transforming_learni ng/2013/01/five_essential_schoolwide_conditions_for_ common_core_achievement.html?cmp=SOC-SHR- TW http://www.achieve.org/publications Mathematics http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/tools- for-teachers/problems-of-the-month http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/tools- for-teachers/problems-of-the-month

17. http://mrvaudrey.com/ problems similar to Dan Meyer – Matt Vaudrey is a middle school math teacher. http://mrvaudrey.com/ The Mathematics Teaching Community https://mathematicsteachingcommunity.math.uga.ed u/ https://mathematicsteachingcommunity.math.uga.ed u/

18. Illustrative Mathematics Illustrative Mathematics Illustrative Mathematics Illustrative Mathematics now plays nice with search engines “You can, for example, google "illustrations for A-SSE" and get direct links to the tasks that illustrate Seeing Structure in Expressions in the Algebra category. Googling "illustrations for 2.MD" takes to the page in the illustration index which includes all the illustrations for 2.MD.” – Bill McCallum

19. KCM Conference 2013 KCM Conference "Reasoning for Readiness" February 25 and February 26, 2013. Lexington, KY

20. http://knp.kentuckymathemati cs.org/#!/page_home

21. Math Resources http://www.sharemylesson.com/home.aspx http://mathlanding.com/ http://caccssm.cmpso.org/

22. What Works Clearinghouse Guides http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/rti_ math_pg_042109.pdf http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/rti_ math_pg_042109.pdf http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/fracti ons_pg_093010.pdf http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/fracti ons_pg_093010.pdf http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/mps_ pg_052212.pdf http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/mps_ pg_052212.pdf

23. http://education.ky.gov/educational/CCadv/op/P ages/default.aspx

24. NGSS - released http://www.nextgenscience.org/next- generation-science-standards http://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/ng ss/files/Appendix%20K%20%E2%80%93 %20Connections%20to%20the%20Com mon%20Core%20State%20Standards%2 0for%20Mathematics%20- %20FINAL_0.pdf