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v yAssistant Superintendent
May 18, 2011
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Medford s Curriculum
Since the mid 1990s the state of Massachusetts hashad curriculum frameworks. These frameworks formthe basis of the district curricula and determine what
Medfords curriculum has been revised to keep pacewith any framework revisions which occur every 5years
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The Challenge of Curriculum 2011
New curriculum frameworks for mathematics andEnglish- adopted by BOE December 2010
Based on the Common Core
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What is the Common Core ?
Standards that have been adopted by 44 states andDistrict of Columbia
Emphasis on College and Career Ready skills
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How College and Career Ready AreStudents?
Spring 2010- 256,765 grade 11 students took the ACT(college admissions test)
Results:
on y 31 stu ents un erstan comp ex text only 35% performed at college and career ready levels of
use of language
only 34% met math standards
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SUMMARY
ONLY 1/3 OF ALL GRADE 11 STUDENTS REACHING ACOLLEGE AND CAREER READY LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT
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The Challenge of the NewCurriculum Frameworks
These new frameworks must become the basis forMedfords curriculum by School Year 2012-2013
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Differences
English Greater emphasis on
reading informational
Mathematics More rigorous math
content in all grade
Literary standards for allcontent areas
Writing for differentpurposes
All students at end ofgrade 7 ready to takealgebra
Algebra courses at thehigh school level preparefor college math
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The Curriculum Challenges
Curriculum work to revise current district curriculum Funding to purchase new materials to support the new
curriculum
ro ess ona eve opment cost n o ars an t me orteachers to learn to effectively teach new curriculum
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The Challenge of Assessment
Good News oodbye MCAS
Bad News
hello PARCC
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What is PARCC ?
Partnership for Readiness for College and CareersAn alliance of 25 states working together to develop a
common set of K-12 assessments in English and
This new test will be common for the 31 millionstudents (63% of all U.S. students)
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PARCC vs. MCAS
MCAS A once a year test
Pencil/paper based
PARCC A through course
assessment- 3 to 4 times
Based on mastery ofskills by the end of theschool year.
Computer based testingfor at least a portion ofthe testing
Based on benchmarksthroughout the schoolyear
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The Challenge of the NewAssessment
On a fast track- will replace MCAS by School year2014- 2015
Will be computer based- need for technology so
Will require that teachers keep students on pace withcurriculum throughout the school year
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Our Steps Towards Meeting theChallenges
Curriculum Curriculum Committees
representing grades K-12 are
Assessment Administrators attending all
meetings related to test-
this spring and throughoutnext year to make neededchanges
Funded through RTTT funds
input to test developers. Central administration
supports technology planneeded for the testing system
Informing all constituentsabout the upcoming changes
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Additional References
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworkswww.doe.mass.edu
Common Core Standards
www.corestandards.org PARCC
www.achieve.org/PARCC
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Q & A