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District Reading Goal Team-updated Angie Franks 11.5.12

[|NC DPI Wikispace Central-Symbaloo]

[|Common Core Curriculum Maps website (membership pending) 7.18.12]

[|Elementary Balanced Literacy from the Jordan School District in Utah 7.18.12]

[|Friendly Common Core Link-Curtis Gatlin]

[|Common Core ELA Agenda for the 6 Shifts of ELA and the ITES Scavenger Hunt 1.19.12]

[|ELA Common Core phase III- Shift II, IV and VI guided questions for videos]

[|6 Shifts in ELA powerpoint for Phase III]

[|DPI ELA wiki provided by Rennie Lee]

[|ELA Phase II training powerpoint AM session]

[|ELA Phase II training powerpoint PM session]

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Introduction to the Common Core

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 * Common Core presentation**

[|Unpacking Resources]
 * Unpacked Standards and Crosswalks**

[|Crosswalks]

[|BME's Common Core Plan for 2011.2012]

The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy. (http://www.corestandards)

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Application for Students With Disabilities

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Common Core Standards for ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies

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ELA Appendix A []

ELA Appendix B

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ELA Appendix C

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Next Generation Assessments: Resources for the Online Transition - To help districts and schools prepare for the next generation assessments and the transition to online, the following resources are available:
 * In February 2012, the State Board of Education approved the use of the Educator Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) as the statewide growth model for ratings on the sixth and eighth standards of the teacher and principal evaluation instruments. Additionally, in 2012-13, EVAAS will become the growth model used for school accountability.

- Best Practices Guide - __ www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/guide/ __

The purpose of this document is to serve as a guide to help districts and schools prepare for the transition to online assessments. This guide provides tips and recommendations based on conversations with LEAs and charter schools around the state that have already started this transition and are administering some or all of the current end-of-course tests in the online format.

- Quick Reference Guide – __ www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/assessment/assess1pageroct11.pdf __

This quick reference guide for the next generation of summative assessments includes the expected timeline for full implementation of online testing.

- SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium - __ www.smarterbalanced.org/ __

This is the main website for The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium, which is a state-led consortium working to develop next generation assessments that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and that accurately measure student progress toward college and career readiness.

- Online Assessment Tutorial - __ https://center.ncsu.edu/nctest/NCTestSim.html#StudentSignIn __

This assessment tutorial shows you how the online testing system works. You can select a test and then practice moving between and answering questions.

- NC Test Information - __ https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/view.php?id=361 __

Information related to the latest version of the online testing system, NCTest v 2.5. Here you can find the technical requirements for the system, information on registration and administration, the assessment tutorial, and other resources related to administering online assessments.

Additional resources can be found on the online assessment resources page at __ www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/resources __. For more information, please contact Kayla Siler at __ Kayla.Siler@dpi.nc.gov __. English Language Arts Assessment Samples - To provide a better understanding of the writing expectations outlined in the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, the attached samples of student writing have been provided with annotations to illustrate the criteria required to meet the Common Core State Standards in various types of writing (including argument, informative/explanatory, and narrative). Following is the list of student samples attached to this message. - Grade 2, Argument (Opinion) “Owl Moon” (writing argument is a new requirement for second graders) - Grade 5, Informative/Explanatory “Author Response: Roald Dahl”
 * ** See attachment for ELA student examples **

t ** Accountability/AMO’s: Cindy Manning and Sandy Carlaccini **
 * Title I, II, III **

The new state accountability model, the ESEA Waiver, and Annual Measureable Objectives (AMO) were the topic of the presentation. Information was shared about the accountability indicators for the high schools and elementary/middle schools. Now that AYP is no longer the basis for student achievement on EOG/EOC assessments, North Carolina has set individual subgroup targets known as AMOs. By focusing on the individual subgroups, the achievement gap can be decreased over a 6 year period. Schools were given the opportunity to look at their current 2011-2012 AYP subgroup data and compare it to the new AMO baseline and 2011-2012 targets. The NC ESEA Waiver is currently being reviewed by the Federal government. If approved, sanctions such as School Choice and SES tutoring will no longer be required.

Three schools in Craven County were determined to be Reward schools. Arthur W. Edwards Elementary, Graham A. Barden Elementary, and Trent Park Elementary will be acknowledged for their high performance or high progress towards AYP goals.