Parent Meeting on Academic Performance, State Standards, and Legislation

1. 2011-2012 Parent Meeting Common Core State Standards & Current Legislation

2. Where are we now?

3. Where are we now? How is the Academic Performance Index (API) Calculated? School Grade Span OSTP School Academic Completion Excellence K-12 District K-12 80% 10% 10% High School 9-12 80% 10% 10% TSMS 6-8 90% 10% N/A Eastside 3-5 90% 10% N/A Liberty K-3 90% 10% N/A

4. Sallisaw Public Schools API comparison to State Avg.

6. Common Core State Standards . Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers 48 of 50 States are Participating in CCSS 24 States are members of PARCC

7. Where are we now? Since 1991 we have been using Priority Academic Student Skills PASS Objectives

8. What is a PASS Objective Example: 8th grade Objective Central Tendency: Find the measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, and range) of a set of data and understand why a specific measure provides the most useful information in a given context.

9. PASS: Central Tendency Find the mean of the following numbers: 2.4, 5.3, 6.2, 7, 1.5, 5.3 A) 5.3 C)4.61 B) 27.7 D) 7

10. What Do Common Core State Standards Look Like? Example: Central Tendency 6th Grade. Develop understanding of statistical variability. Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number.

11. Example: Our school has to select a girl for the long jump at the regional championship. Three girls are in contention. We have a school jump-off. Their results, in meters, are given in the accompanying table.

12. Table 3: Data from the jump-off: distances are given in meters. John says, “Aisha has the longest average. She should go to the championship.” Do you think John is right? Explain your reasoning.

13. Projection Keyboard

14. Under CCSS 2nd grade text Typically revered as a 4th grade text

15. English Language Arts will have an increased focus on informational text rather than the traditional literary text

16. All we hear about are test scores? Why?

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18. Waiver filed for No Child Left Behind November 2011 What Does the Waiver Change?

19. A-F Grading System • 33% test scores • All tests, not just reading and language arts • 17% learning gains in reading and math • 17% improvement of lowest 25% in reading/math • 33% whole school improvement Differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support

20. 50%: Performance Component • 3 points for Proficient or Advanced • 2 points for Limited Knowledge • 1 point for Unsatisfactory • 25%: Growth Component • Compare this year’s test to last year’s • 1 point if proficient in both years • 1 point for advancing to the next category • 25%: Growth of bottom 25% • Same as growth component, but counted again for the students in the bottom 25% Mathematics and Reading Index

21. Other Changes in Education

22. Achieving Classroom Excellence Must pass 4 0f 7 End of Instruction Tests to Graduate Algebra I, English II, Algebra II, Geometry, English III, Biology I, US History

23. Senate Bill 346 Social Promotion Bill “Students not reading on grade level by 3rd grade must be retained.” Legislation will be effective during the 2013-2014 School Year

24. Resources • Teachers • Administrators • PARCC Website www.parcconline.org • State Department • www.sde.state.ok.us

25. What can I do at home? • READ! READ!! READ!!!! • Please look at the research provided for you.

26. Questions?

27. THANK YOU