Thomas D. Rutan Ohio Department of Education

1. Administrative UpdateStandards, Assessments, PD, LegislationOhio College Access NetworkAugust 8, 2012 Thomas D. Rutan Ohio Department of Education

2. The Ohio Core • New graduation requirements • Effective Class of 2014 (current juniors) • Algebra II or its equivalent • Inquiry-based science with laboratory experience • Fine arts (2 semesters between grades 7 – 12) • Financial Literacy • Physical Education waiver (permissive legislation) • Opt-out provision • Credit Flexibility Policy

3. College Readiness: • Accepted into a degree-granting institution: • Without the need for remediation; • Earning credits toward graduation (C or better); • Persisting for two or more years.

4. Career Readiness: • Being prepared for a position that • leads to a career pathway that • can support a family of four.

5. New Graduation Requirements

6. New Graduation Requirements

7. Algebra II End-of-Course • Exam Standards: • Operations on Numbers and Expressions - 15% • Equations and Inequalities - 20% • Polynomial and Rational Functions - 30% • Exponential Functions - 20% • Function Operations and Inverses - 15% • Exam Details: • 55 operational items • At least 30% of score will be based on short answer and extended-response items

8. Inquiry-Based Instruction • Core calls for inquiry-based science • Laboratory experience that engages students in: • Asking valid scientific questions • Gathering and analyzing information • Education reform reinforces • Must include 21st Century skills: • Critical thinking and problem solving • Project-based and real-world learning opportunities

9. Financial Literacy • Core requires financial literacy instruction during high school • Education reform creates: • Business education standards • Financial literacy and entrepreneurship standards • Reforms state that instruction must come from: • Social studies standards • Financial literacy and entrepreneurship standards

10. Founding Documents Legislation • SB 165 Requires Founding Documents instruction. • • Declaration of Independence • • Northwest Ordinance • • U.S. Constitution and all the Amendments • • Ohio Constitution • In their original context using information from the Federalist and anti-Federalist Papers, etc. • End-of-course exams in American History and American Government (20% from documents) • Effective July 1, 2012 for first time freshmen.

11. Credit Flexibility • Students can now demonstrate mastery of content instead sitting through a Carnegie Unit • Can earn credit by: • Testing out • Showing mastery through: • Senior project • Distance learning • Postsecondary coursework • Local administration of credit flexibility • Internship • Service learning • Research based project

12. Opt-out Provision • Allows a student to “Opt-out” after two years of the Ohio Core and graduate by meeting the 2013 and before academic requirements; • Cannot attend a 4 year state university without first establishing academic foundation; • Except for Youngstown State, Central State or Shawnee State Universities; • Requires career counseling at the local level; • Requires parent and school signatures.

14. Academic Content Standards Revision

15. Ohio's New Learning Standards What students should know, and be able to do. What teachers should know, and be able to teach.

16. Shape of The Standards Grades 9 - 12 • Web-based production • Course syllabi • Curriculum-embedded content and skills • Backmap from college- and career-readiness standards • End-of-course exams

17. Standards Framework “The Standards” Strand Theme & Topic Content Statement

18. Proposed Framework

19. Common Themes All Standards: • Organized by theme and topic • Show progression across grades • Supported by model curricula • Reduced to: • Be more manageable • Promote greater depth of learning

20. Assessment Reform

21. Assessment Suspension • Assessments suspended: • Writing: Grade 4 & 7 OAT • Social Studies: Grade 5 & 8 OAT • 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years • All 5 OGT tests will still be administered • Reading and writing OAT to be combined • English language arts test to be given every year

22. Performance Level Indicators • Change in the number of performance level indicators from five to three • Advanced • Accelerated • Proficient • Basic • Limited

23. New Assessment System • OGT will be replaced by a two part system: • Nationally standardized assessment • Science, mathematics, English language arts • Series of end-of-course exams • Science, mathematics, English language arts, social studies

24. End-of-Course Exams ????? • Potential end-of-course exams: • English I • English II • Capstone English • Algebra I • Algebra II • Capstone Math • Physical Science • Biology • American Government • American History Science English Language Arts Social Studies Mathematics

25. Move From Proficient to Readiness

26. Focus on Readiness • Ohio Core goal: • Measure students' skills against identified college and work-ready expectations • HB1 calls for ODE and Regents to: • Create system of college and work ready assessments • Develop standards that will allow each student to be prepared for postsecondary instruction and the workplace for success in the twenty-first century

27. 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee • Starting with the 2013-2014 school year • All students entering 3rd grade • Must demonstrate reading competency • Must be identified via diagnostic testing • Survey from ODE mid-August 2012 • Parents are to be notified after diagnosis • Districts must provide intervention for each • Reading teachers must be properly licensed • Improvement & monitoring plan developed • District BOEs must adopt policies/procedures for assessing all K-3 students by Sept. 30, 2012

28. Common Core Standards • CCSSO, National Governors Association, Achieve, Inc., ACT, College Board • 46 states, 3 territories have joined • Standards will be: • Aligned with college and work expectations • Internationally benchmarked • ELA and Math completed by spring 2010 • Science, Social Studies and Fine Arts (planning)

30. Attributes of English Language Arts • Shift in emphasis from fiction to nonfictionin reading and writing. • Focus on close analysis of texts with evidence to back up claims and conclusions. • Emphasis in teaching literacy skills in and through history/social studies, science, and technical content areas.

31. Attributes of Common Core Math • Engage student in the content through the Mathematical Practices • Problem solving • Reasoning • Modeling • Using tools • Making arguments • Precision • Structure

32. Attributes of the Science Standards • Scientific Practices • Engineering • Technological Design

33. Attributes of Social Studies • Historical Thinking • Geographic Thinking • Civic Literacy • Financial and Economic Literacy

34. Professional Development • Professional Learning Series: • Implement Ohio’s New Learning Standards • Common Instructional Shifts • Putting Visions into Practice • Summer Academy

35. Professional Learning Series • September 7, 2012 Webcast • - Announces PD programs for 2012-2013 • - Identifies targeted audiences • - Provides registration information • Fall: Instructional Shifts Trainings • - Sept. 24 – October 5 • - Nov. 26 – Dec. 5 • - For district in-service personnel

36. Professional Learning Series (con’t) • Spring: Visions into Practice meetings • - February through May 2013 • - Subject area teachers • - District specialists (i.e. ELL, SWD, Gifted). • Summer Academy • - June – July 2013 • - All educators • - High-quality instruction on shifts.

38. Questions?