The Common Core: Moving Ohio Forward Stan W. Heffner Superintendent of Public Instruction

1. The Common Core: Moving Ohio Forward Stan W. Heffner Superintendent of Public Instruction February 15, 2012

2. All Ohio Students Will Succeed

3. Building on Ohio’s Success

4. Need to Retool K-12 System • The current system is designed for a different time.

5. Learning Safety Net

7. Minimum Score to Pass Grade 6 Reading: 17/49 or 35%

8. Minimum Score to Pass Grade 7 Math: 16/50 or 32%

10. OGT Reading Minimum Score for Advanced: 79%

11. OGT Math Minimum Score for Advanced: 77%

12. National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP results are the Nation’s Report Card

13. Are We Advanced? 51.7% 44.6% 42.8% 33.7% 9% 8% 8% 3%

14. We need to look at the system differently.

15. College and Career Ready

16. What is College Ready?

17. What is Career Ready?

18. Classrooms of the Future current: Future: • Teacher centered • Content coverage • Memorizing information • Textbook dependent • Learner centered • Learning and doing • Using information • Multiple sources of information

19. Classrooms of the Future Ohio Globe Theater, London

20. Revised standards are necessary to meet these challenges.

21. Standards Reflect New Features: New Focus: • Fewer, clearer, and higher • Internationally benchmarked • An aligned model curriculum • College and career readiness • Content and skills • Coherence, focus, rigor

22. Transition to Revised Standards • Demonstrate learning progressions across grades (Coherence) • Are supported by model curricula (Rigor & Relevance) • Show a reduction in the amount of content to: • Be more manageable (Clarity) • Promote greater depth of learning (Focus)

23. State Transition Timeline • Phase 4 - Complete Transition and Full Implementation • Implementation of local curriculum & instruction aligned to the CC and state revised standards. • National and state assessments fully operational • Accountability based on the new national- and state- level assessments • Phase 3 - Alignment and Initial Transition • Continued alignment and initial implementation of aligned curriculum and instruction • National assessment consortia and state assessment development work • OAA and OGT assessments aligned to the Ohio’s 2001 and 2002 academic standards • Accountability based on the OAA and OGT • Phase 1- Communication and Awareness • Statewide awareness and understanding of the new academic standards and model curriculum • Participating member in both national assessment consortia • OAA and OGT assessments aligned to the Ohio’s 2001 and 2002 academic standards • Accountability based on the OAA and OGT • Phase 2 - Alignment and Refinement • Curriculum alignment to the new standards • National assessment consortia and state assessment development work • OAA and OGT assessments aligned to the Ohio’s 2001 and 2002 academic standards • Accountability based on the OAA and OGT June 2010- July 2011 2011-2012 School Year 2012-2013 School Year 2013-2014 School Year 2014-2015 School Year • Development and implementation of necessary resources and professional development for a successful transition to Ohio’s Integrated Educational System

24. Change in Practice

25. English/Literacy: Key Points • Emphasize literacy in all subjects • Build reading comprehension and vocabulary throughout the grades • Focus on nonfiction and reading for information

26. Common Core Standards: ELA Shift in emphasis from fiction to nonfictionin reading and writing:

27. Mathematics: Key Points • Greater emphasis on reasoning and problem solving • Applyconcepts and skills to new situations

28. Projection of Scores 88% 83% 82% 80% 74% 66% 35% 34% 32% 26% 25% 25%

29. Focus on their Future