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©2004 NCEE
Archived Information
America’s Choice High School Design
Bob Mackin, DirectorAmerica’s Choice High Schools
National Center on Education and the Economy
High School Regional SummitMay 21-22, 2004
Boston, MA
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Who We AreAmerica’s Choice
• Team of Educators
• Not-for-Profit Organization
• Leading Developer of Performance Standards and Assessments
• Track Record of Over 10 years of Standards-Based Reform
• Named in Obey Porter Legislation
• Based in Washington, D.C.
• Regional Offices in New York,NY; Jacksonville, FL; Ft. Worth, TX; Los Angeles, CA; West Orange, NJ and Louisville, KY
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NCEE Regions
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America’s ChoiceGoal/Mission
All students graduate from high school ready for college
without the need for remediation
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StudentPerformance
Standards and Assessment
Professional Learning
Communities
Parent/Guardian And
Community Involvement
High Performance Management, Leadership and Organization
Aligned Instructional
System
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Research Proven Strategies
America’s Choice uses best practices that are research proven, i.e., they work
• Performance standards for students and teachers using student work as the heart of classroom instruction
• Carefully developed and tested materials
• Readers and Writers Workshops that provide strong rituals and routines and result in developing strong reading and writing skills in different genres
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Research Proven StrategiesContinued
America’s Choice uses best practices that are research proven, i.e., they work
• A mathematics program that results in teachers understanding concepts and pedagogy and students experiencing investigations, solution methods and problem solving
• Coaching, mentoring and technical assistance: Job-embedded professional development that contributes to the success of the leadership team and classroom teachers across content areas
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Design Task One:
Standards and Assessment
• Standards-based Instruction in all subject areas with a focus on literacy across content areas
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Design Task Two:
Aligned Instructional System
• Engaging Instruction focused on Literacy and Math– Literacy training for as many ELA teachers as
possible
– Literacy training in content areas for whole faculty
– Ramp-Up programs in ELA and math
– Use of “portfolios” by grade 9 and 10 teams in 4 core academic subjects
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Design Task Two:
Aligned Instructional System
• Engaging Instruction focused on Literacy and Math– Math literacy via the Core Assignments
– Safety net programs
– Project-based learning in Upper Division
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Design Task Three:High Performance Management, Leadership and Organization
• Leadership– Distributed leadership via a Leadership Team
– Principal and Design coach establish a professional learning culture via class visits, focus on student work, clarifying performance standards, building schedule to suit design, etc.
– Principal is vision keeper and communicator of design
– 25 Books Campaign
– Alignment with state standards and state assessments
– Planning for Results (using data to improve performance)
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Design Task Three:High Performance Management, Leadership and Organization
• Small Learning Communities– Lower Division/Upper Division
– Grade 9 teams/Grade 10 teams
– Houses grades 9 and 10
– Class teacher/advisor for 2 years at Lower Division
– Upper Division Small Learning Communities programs
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Design Task Four:
Professional Learning Communities
• Professional Learning Communities– Intensive focus on building a collaborative work
culture
– Regular meetings of faculty in study/critical friends groups, minimally one per month
– Professional staff looks together at data, student work, teaching practice - via teams, critical friends groups, teacher meetings, department meetings, etc.
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Design Task Five:
Parent/Guardian and Community Involvement
• Parent/Guardian Community Engagement– Appoint Parent Community Outreach
Coordinator
– Foster links to community for career-based programs (e.g. internships within academies at Upper Division)
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America’s Choice gets results by:
Raising student achievement in reading, writing and math
Increasing the percentages of students who meet state standards
Closing the achievement gaps among groups of students
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ResultsCastle Park High School
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Taft High SchoolCincinnati High School
Results of Taft High School 9th Grade Students on the Ohio Proficiency Test
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Writing (%) Reading (%) Math(%) Science (%)
Subject Area
Percent of Students Scoring Proficient and Above
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2001-02
2002-03
Standards and Assessment
Professional Learning
Communities
Parent/Guardian and
Community Involvement
High Performance Management, Leadership and Organization
Aligned Instructional
SystemStudent
Performance
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• Ramp-Up to Advanced Literacy is a key safety net in a comprehensive, standards-based design.
• It targets students who are 2-4 grade levels behind in reading on a standardized measure.
• Its purpose is to bring students up to grade level and prepare them to function effectively in an on-level English class.
What Is Ramp-up?
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The Course
• Organized as a double block. (90 min.)
• No more than 20 students.
• Reading/Writing Workshop structure divided into four interrelated parts:– Independent Reading (15-20 mins.)
– Read Aloud/Think Aloud (15-20 mins.)
– Work Period (40 mins.)
– Closing (5-10 mins.)
• Cross-age Tutoring.
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Required P.D.
• Total of 9 days training plus an additional day of training for principals on monitoring implementation.
• 5 days in summer, 2 days follow-up in fall, and 2 days follow-up in spring.
• Summer training prepares teachers for first 30-45 days of the school year and focuses heavily on the rituals and routines of effective workshop methods.
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Fall And Spring Follow-up
Sessions focus on:
• Student work and assessment analysis.
• Roll-out of next Author or Genre Study.
• Debriefing implementation.
• Teachers’ specific concerns.
Note: 1200 NYC teachers of ELA were trained in the summer of 2003!!