BOCES Advisory Council for Curriculum & Instruction

NYS Board of Regents

Adjustment Options to Common Core Implementation

Teresa Prendergast, Ed.D.Garden City Public SchoolsFebruary 2014

The Path Forward: Common Core Learning Standards, Assessments, and

Teacher & Principal Evaluation in NYS

19 options to improve the implementation of the CCLS -

Board of Regents approved 18 of the recommendations

Summary of Identified Adjustment Options

• Common Core Standards• Professional Development• State Assessments• Local Assessments• Teacher and Principal Evaluation• Curriculum

Common Core StandardsCommon Core Standards

1. Periodically review and update the common core learning standards

Professional Development

2. Provide equitable funding for schools; advocate for the Governor and state legislature to adopt Regents State Aid Proposal recommendations:• Instructional Development

Fund• Parent Engagement Activities

State Assessments

3. Give HS students more time to meet the Common Core Standards

4. Eliminate high stakes for students

5. Reduce field testing and provide increased access to test questions

6. Offer smarter testing options for students with disabilities

State Assessments (cont’d)

7. Offer smarter testing options for ELLs

8. Develop Native Language Arts assessments for Spanish-speaking ELLs

9. Clarify what new grades 3-8 test scores mean for students

10.Focus extra support on students that need it most

Local Assessments

11.Reduce unnecessary tests

12.Eliminate traditional standardized tests in grades K-2

13.Establish a 1% cap on time for locally-selected standardized testing

14.Offer flexibility to districts to further reduce local testing required by APPR

Teacher and Principal Evaluation

15.Prevent unfair negative consequences to teachers and principals

Has not yet been adopted

and is NOT in effect

Curriculum

16. Provide new curricular resources for teachers of students with disabilities and English Language Learners

17.Create a “Teacher Portal”

18.Ensure IEPs are appropriate to student needs as Common Core is implemented

19.Provide new resources to parents of students with disabilities

The Board of Regents will lobby the Governor and the State Legislature for:

• $10 million in state funds to develop a test to better measure the progress of Spanish speaking ELLs

• $8.4 million in state funds to print more versions of the grades 3-8 ELA and math state tests, so more questions can be released

• $125 million in 2014-15 funding for professional development and parent engagement activities

The Board of Regents will apply for federal waivers…

• Related to testing of students with disabilities and ELLs.

Additional SED Items Not Addressed in the Report

• Delayed launch of the electronic student data portal; hold off on uploading personally identifiable student data (inBloom)

• Awaiting updated field memo from SED about student participation in state assessments (opt-out)

• Common Core Regents Geometry- local districts have option of administering ‘old’ Geometry Regents exam until Jan 2016

• Federal waiver for Grade 8 math was approved for the 2013-14 school year

What does all this mean to school districts?

The devil is in the details!

Since these are proposed amendments, await

regulations/guidance to support implementation of policy.

2014 Board of Regents Meeting Dates

• February 10 - 11• March 10 - 11 • April 28 - 29 • May 19 - 20 • June 23 - 24

• July 10 - 11 • August - Recess • September 15 - 16 • October 20 - 21• November 17 - 18 • December 15 - 16

http://www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings/

The Governor’s Common Core Implementation Panel

TO BE CONTINUNED…