Let’s Give ‘ Em Something to Talk About!

1. Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About! Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN) February 20, 2014

2. Kansas Exemplary Educators Network A Community Conversation Using Transformational Dialogue to Achieve Strategic Change – February 2009

3. Responding to the Challenge: Teacher Leadership Through Tough Times KEEN Conference February 25, 2010

4. Managing Change in Schools KEEN Conference February 25, 2011

5. Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About! Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN) February 20, 2014

7. School Characteristics * Headcount enrollment

8. Student Characteristics

10. Kansas Population Trends

11. Reasons to Celebrate! • Graduation rate of 84.9% • Attendance rate of 94.9% • Participation rate on assessments remain very close to 100%.

12. How Does Kansas Compare? • Above national average • on both ACT and SAT

14. Math Trends by Percent Proficient

15. Math Gap by Percent Proficient, SES levels,2000 – 2013, (report card population)

16. Math Gap by Percent Proficient & Ethnicity, 2000 – 2012(report card population)

17. Reading Trends by Percent Proficient

18. Reading Gap by Percent Proficient, SES levels, 2000 – 2013, (report card population)

19. Reading Gaps by Percent Proficient & Ethnicity: 2000 – 2013(percent proficient, all grades, report card population)

20. From Fast Company (February 2014)

21. Barriers to Creativity • Fear of the new • Inertia • Bureaucracy • Quarterly profit demands • Conflicts with others • Office politics • Government Fast Company, February 2014

22. Dr. Debacker – • In what world does this make sense? • 14 – 8  = X • Take the 10 out of the 14 – and get 4.   • Now subtract the 10 -8 = 2 • Then add the 2 back with the 4 you took out of 14 • You get the answer 6. • These are the instructions my niece in 1st grade follows to solve the 14 - 8 = 6. • This is how the teachers at her (redacted) school have to teach math.  It is nonsensical. It has no forward progression -- i.e. it will serve them good in the next level class. It follows absolutely no educational principle. • I am astounded that you call yourself an educator for allowing this to happen and to be a proponent.   • Perhaps those teachers who said they favor the new standards favor them because the standards are step-by-step and those teacher no longer have to put in the effort to teach!  The teachers I have talked to, I am a certified Secondary Social Studies teacher, despise the standards. • This needs to stop.  My niece goes to (redacted) to get assistance with math.  They teach her using valid educational principles, sound education theory and usable techniques. • As my wife and I are planning on having children, I pray you will reverse this dumbing down of education and return to common sense; otherwise I will have to home-school my children.

24. Kansas Education

25. College and Career Ready College and Career Ready • means an individual has the • academic preparation, • cognitive preparation, • technicalskills, and • employabilityskills • to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.

26. Putting Together the Puzzle • Kansas College & Career Ready Standards • Math • English Language Arts • History, Government and Social Studies • Science • English Language Proficiency • Handwriting • Theatre Arts • And more as they come up for review

28. State Summative Assessments in Math and English Language Arts Transitional assessment in 2013-2014 • Based on the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards • Developed by CETE at KU 2014-2015 and Beyond • Developed and administered by CETE at KU • Features will include: • Constructed response • Technology enhanced • Adaptive at the section level (not item) • Multiple choice

29. *IPS = Individual Plan of Study

30. Moving from Proficient to College & Career Ready Proficient What % of Kansas students meet grade level proficiency, and ready to move to the next grade level? Math 2012 = 85% Reading 2012 = 87% College & Career Ready What % of Kansas Students perform at a CCR level on the new assessments? ????? We don’t know, but we need to be prepared to communicate that standards and assessments have changed!

31. Old vs. New Performance

32. A New Start 2002-2013 Performance 2014-2015 and Beyond

34. What to Expect in 2014 • 21st Century Accreditation based on the relevance, relationships, rigor, responsive culture, and results • Full implementation of the Kansas College & Career Ready Standards in math and English language arts • Transitional assessment based on the KCCRS • Development of state summative assessment in math and English language arts • Application for renewal of the ESEA Flexibility Waiver • Continued work on teacher and principal evaluations with emphasis on student growth • Revisions of licensure in CTE and out-of-state applicants • Pilot of Individual Plans of Study

35. Magnitude of Change

36. Just for Fun Fast Company, February 2014

37. Ways to Keep in Touch • Follow Diane on Twitter @dianedebacker • “Like” KSDE on Facebook • Visit our website: www.ksde.org

38. Thank You!