RACE TO THE TOP OVERVIEW

Carol Bush Network Team Specialist Orleans Niagara BOCES

Rollout of Race to the Top

State Education Department (SED)

Network Team (NT)

Inquiry Team (IT)

Building Faculty

Shift happens

Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS)

High

quality assessments of data portal

Data-Driven Instruction (DDI)

Creation

APPR Teacher/Leader Evaluation

Common Core Learning Standards

College and Career Ready (CCR) 6 ELA/literacy shifts (new standards for noncore areas) 6 math shifts

Are you ready for the real world?

(college and career ready capacities)

Demonstrate independence Build strong content knowledge Respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline Comprehend and critique Value evidence Use technology and digital media strategically and capably Understand and appreciate other perspectives and cultures

Data-Driven Instruction
4 Components
Assessments Data

analysis Action plans Data-driven culture

Assessments

Common interim assessments (6-8 weeks)

Standards-aligned Comparable

to state test Re-assess previously taught standards

Transparent starting point

Data Analysis
Immediate data analysis User-friendly data reports

Item-level Standards-level Bottom-line

Teacher-owned Test-in-hand Deep thoughtful analysis

Action Plans
New lessons Action plans Ongoing assessment Accountability Engaged students

Data Driven Culture

Highly effective leadership team Introductory professional development Ongoing professional development Build by borrowing

APPR Teacher/Leader Evaluation

Original SED proposal Teacher Rubrics 20 State Assessment 20 Local Measures (can double state assessment) 40 Multiple Classroom Observations 20 Multiple Measures As it stands now Teacher Rubrics 20 State Assessment 20 Local Measures (cant double state assessment) 60 Multiple Measures (collectively bargained)

Implementation Timeline for RTTT Components

CCLS

2005 NYSS
Begin Aligning Curriculum

Teach CCLS NYS Assessments / Regents Interim Assessments* PARCC Being Created
Pilot March 2012

Data

State Assessments

Launch Date October 2012 Normal

60 / 20 / 20, 4-8 ELA & Math

APPR

60 / 20 / 20** ALL Teachers

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

Any questions?