Muskingum Valley County ESCDwight Groce ∙ Sept. 16, 2013

Goals

1Review updates on standards implementation and assessments.

2Become familiar with the shifts in Ohio’s social studies standards.

3Understand how the shifts can impact student learning.

4Receive an understanding of the social studies quality review rubric.

Updates on Standards Implementation

Districts should be fully aligned to the new standards for the 2014-2015 school year.

ODE has transition tools and resources available in its website.

The new generation of assessments will be implemented in the spring of 2015.

Updates on Assessment

Updates on Assessment

End-of-year social studies tests will be given for grades four and six.

Updates on Assessment

End-of-course exams will be given in high school for American history and American government.

Passed by the Ohio General Assembly in March 2012

Affects all students entering as freshman after July 1, 2012

Am. Sub. S.B. 165

Am. Sub. S.B. 165

Establishes end-of-course tests in American History and American Government

Requires interim exams until state end-of- course tests go into effect

Revises social studies unit requirements for graduation

Changes to standards and model curriculum are posted

ODE revised and posted syllabi and model curriculum for the high school American History and American Government courses.

ODE has also posted the revised model curricula for grades four and eight.

Not later than July 1, 2013

Adopt interim end-of-course examinations

Districts utilize available ODE resources to begin planning for interim exams for American history and government courses.

Resources include:StandardsModel CurriculumGap Analysis

District Interim Tests

Instructional Shift

Definition

Ohio’s NLS Three CommonInstructional Shifts

Build a Deep Understanding of Content

Craft Responses Based on Evidence

Use Technology

Common Instructional Shifts

Key Shifts in Ohio’s Social Studies Standards

Structural Shifts

1. Change from seven standards to four conceptual strands

2. Inclusion of skills for each of the strands imbedded throughout grades K -- 8 and high school

Change from seven standards to four conceptual strands

7 to 4

Inclusion of Skills for Each of the Strands

Strands:• History

• Geography

• Government

• Economics

Skills:• Historical thinking

• Spatial thinking

• Civic participation

• Economic decision making

• Financial literacy

Key Shifts in Ohio’s Social Studies Standards

Instructional Shifts

3. Building knowledge through a variety of content-rich texts

4. Reading and writing grounded in evidence from texts

Think About It

History is both a noun and a verb.

-- Kevin Reilly

Building knowledge through a variety of content-rich texts

Reading and Writing Grounded In Evidence From Texts

Students construct their knowledge and interpretations with evidence from the text(s) they are using.

Students analyze information from multiple sources.

Ohio’s Quality Review Rubric for Ohio’s K-12 Social Studies

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Using the Review Rubric

• Examine and evaluate a lesson using the rubric.

• Identify evidence of alignment.• Propose strategies for improvement

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