sed standards review initiative update s/cdn: may 29 th, 2009 curriculum, instruction, and...
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SED Standards Review Initiative Update
S/CDN: May 29th, 2009
Curriculum, Instruction, and Instructional Technology Team
Anne Schiano, Assistant Director
Erik Sweet, Associate in English Language Arts
Update/Discussion Overview
• Standards Review Initiative status
• Draft ELA/ESL Standards
• Questions/Discussion
ELA and Literacy Connections
•“Advanced literacy across content areas is the best available predictor of students’ ability to succeed in introductory college courses” (Heller and Greenleaf).
• “The twenty-five fastest-growing professions have far greater than average literacy demands, while the fastest-declining professions have lower-than-average literacy demands” (Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands).
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Expert Consultants(Research Base)
Michael Kamil, Lead researcherNell Duke
Catherine SnowDorothy Strickland
Frank Vellutino
Consulting Organizations(Scholarship)Achieve, Inc
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Ongoing Field Input (Practice)
•Six Regional Public Forums•ELA and ESL Content Experts•K-12 Practitioners•Higher Education •Opinion Leaders
Ongoing SupportNYSED
New York Comprehensive Center
Bonne August John Harmon Co-Chairs
Review and Revise the ELA Standards
•P-12 Literacy•P-12 Literature•ESL Proficiency Level(Language Acquisition)
•10 Administrators•10 Higher Education•10 Teachers• 7 Literacy/English• 3 ESL Specialists• 3 School Librarians• 1 Union Leader
Regent Saul B. Cohen, Chair Walter Sullivan, Coordinator
Establish a process for a perpetual review of NYS Learning Standards
• 6 Regents Members
• 8 School Administrators and Teachers
• 5 Higher Education
• 2 ESL Experts
• 1 School Librarian
• 2 Business Leaders
• 1 Union Leader
• 2 Regents Committee Liaisons
Research and Consultation Regents Steering Committee ELA/ESL
Content Panel
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Overarching Literacy Domains Used
in ELA Standards Revisions •Reading—Included in previous ELA Standards
•Writing—Included in previous ELA Standards
•Listening—Included in previous ELA Standards
•Speaking—Included in previous ELA Standards
•Viewing— NEW area
•Presenting—NEW area
Decision made to organize these areas into two sections for ELA: Literacy and Literature
ELA Literacy/Literature Split
ELA Panel Recommendation: “The study of literature and language should be emphasized and elevated as an endeavor separate from literacy.”
Literature• Detailed Literature Standards and Performance Indicators related to literature and literary text• Literature as a content area
Literacy • Will include the Standards and Performance Indicators that relate to literacy (for example, phonemic awareness, vocabulary development, comprehension, etc.)
Viewing/Presenting—New to ELA
Standards Viewing: Effective viewing involves the ability to comprehend, analyze, and respond to visual texts in both print and non-print media.
Presenting: Effective presenting involves selecting, synthesizing, and organizing information to convey a message that includes visual media.
Pew Internet & American Life Project: Writing, Technology and
Teens—2008 • All teens write for school, and 93% of teens say they write for their own pleasure.
• 85% of teens ages 12-17 engage at least occasionally in some form of electronic personal communication, which includes text messaging, sending email or instant messages, or posting comments on social networking sites.
• 60% of teens do not think of these electronic texts as "writing.“
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/808/writing-technology-and-teens
Viewing/Presenting
Next Steps
Summer/Fall 2009
• ESL Workgroup continues to meet to develop curriculum guidance for English Language Learners.
•Call for Statewide comment on proposed ELA/ESL Standards. Tentative date—September 2009.
Fall 2009
•Board of Regents action on proposed Standards and Performance Indicators.
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Next Steps
2009 and beyond
• Statewide rollout of ELA Learning Standards and grade-by-grade Performance Indicators, curriculum guidance, and development of State Assessments.
•Stay tuned to the SRI website for additional information
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/standardsreview
Questions?
Thank you!
Anne [email protected]
Erik [email protected]
SED Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Instructional Technology: 518-474-5922http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/home.html