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In North Carolina, for every 100 9th grade students…

…70 students graduated four years later

…41 students entered college

…28 students were still enrolled in their 2nd year

…19 students graduated with either an Associate’s degree within three years or a Bachelor’s degree within six years

Source: www.achieve.org > node/893 > Pipeline data tab

NC’s Recent Past Educational Pipeline

ACRE – NC’s Accountability and

Curriculum Reform EffortNC’s comprehensive initiative to redefine the Standard Course of Study for K-12 students, the student assessment program and the school accountability model. North Carolina education leaders are the first in the nation to address learning standards, student assessments and school accountability

simultaneously.

State Board of Education Mission

Every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.

-Adopted August 2006

communication

collaboration

media literacy

cooperation

financial literacy

creativity

critical th

inking

technology skills

Our 21st Century Dilemma

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College & Career Ready: Globally

Competitive

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Educating the Whole Child

NC Standard Course of StudyCommon Core State Standards

(Adopted by 48 states and the District of Columbia)

•English Language Arts

•Mathematics

NC Essential Standards•Science

•Social Studies

•World Languages

•Arts Education

•Healthful Living

•Career & Tech Ed

•Exceptional Children

•English as Second Language

•English Language Development (approved 2008)

•Information & Technology

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*English Language Development and Information & Technology Essential Standards must be delivered by classroom teachers through ALL content areas, in appropriate grade levels– in collaboration with AIG, EC, ESL, media coordinators and tech facilitators.

Common Core Big Picture• Aligned with college and

work expectations

• Focused and coherent

• Includes rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills

• Internationally benchmarked – prepares students for global economy & society

• Based on evidence and research

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Rationale for Implementation

• Shared Resources Ability to share and team across district and state lines

• Economies of Scale Possible savings due to sharing of resources and assessments

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Rationale for Implementation• Equity/Student Mobility

Expectations the same regardless of where students live or where they go

• College/Career Readiness Students need to be more than proficient

• Comparability State results will be comparable through common assessments

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www.corestandards.org

Standards for Mathematical Practice

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4. Model with mathematics.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

6. Attend to precision.

7. Look for and make use of structure.

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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“What task can you give that will build student understanding?”

rather than

“How can you explain clearly so they will understand?”

adapted from Grayson Wheatley, NCCTM, 2002

English/Language Arts• Balance of

informational and literary texts

• Use of complex texts

• Focus on the evidence – text-based answers

• Writing from sources

• Academic vocabulary

• Conventions of Standard English

media

media

media

College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards in each strand

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Have broad expectations consistent across grades and content areas.

Are based on evidenceabout college and workforce training expectations.

Expect instruction to cover a broad range of increasingly challenging texts.

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NC Essential Standards Guiding Question

What do students need to know, understand, and be able to do to ensure their success in the future, whether it be the next class, post-secondary, or the world of work?

Critical Competencies Addressed

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NC Essential Standardswww.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards

Use of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Provides the cognitive framework used for all of the North Carolina Essential Standards

• Provides common language for all curriculum areas

• Stress on critical thinking

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Inquiry in ScienceInquiry statements appear above

each grade level

• Continues to be a core learning process for science education in North Carolina

WHY?

• Inquiry develops independent and critical thinking skills (higher order thinking skills)

• Reinforces knowledge acquisition and assimilation

Science Domains & Strands

Physical Earth LifeForce & Motion Earth in the Universe Structures & Functions

of Living Organisms

Matter: Properties & Change

Earth: Systems, Structures & Processes

Ecosystems

Energy Earth History Evolution & Genetics

Conservation & Transfer

Molecular Biology

Interactions of Matter & Energy

Integrated, Intra-/Interdisciplinary Approach to Social Studies

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English English Language Language

DevelopmentDevelopment

ScienceScience

Information & Information & Technology SkillsTechnology Skills

English/English/Language ArtsLanguage Arts

MathematicsMathematics

Arts EducationArts Education

Healthful LivingHealthful Living

World World LanguagesLanguages

K-12 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUMK-12 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM

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Arts Education StrandsDance Music Theater Arts Visual Arts

Creation and Performance

Musical Literacy Communication Visual Literacy

Dance Movement Skills

Musical Response

Analysis Contextual Relevancy

Responding Contextual Relevancy

Aesthetics Critical Response

Connecting Culture

World Language TypesLanguage Type Languages of this type currently being taught in North

Carolina’s K-12 public schools

Alphabetic ArabicCherokeeFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHindiItalianLatin – K-12 Classical LanguagesRussianSpanish

Logographic Chinese (Mandarin)Japanese

Visual American Sign Language (ASL)

4 Essential Standards for WL

1. Use the language to engage in interpersonal communication. (Interpersonal Mode)

2. Understand words and concepts presented in the language. (Interpretive Mode)

3. Use the language to present information to an audience. (Presentational Mode)

4. Compare the students’ culture and the target culture. (Culture)

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Information and Technology Strands

Embedded into all content areas K-12

• Sources of Information

• Informational Text (K-5)

• Technology as a Tool

• Research Process

• Safety and Ethical Issues

Healthful Living Education Strands

Health Education• Mental and Emotional Health

• Personal and Consumer Health

• Interpersonal Communication and Relationships

• Nutrition and Physical Activity

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Physical Education• Motor Skill Development

• Movement Concepts

• Health-Related Fitness

• Personal and Social Responsibility