1.READ 180 vs. Literacy Common Core Standards Presenter: Brandy Collins

2. Obsolete Technology:READ 180READ 180 is a comprehensivesystem ofcurriculum, instruction, assessment, and professionaldevelopment proven to raisereading achievement forstruggling readers in grades 4-12+.READ 180 is designed for anystudent reading two or moreyears below grade level. Itleverages adaptive technology toindividualize instruction forstudents and provide powerfuldata for differentiation toteachers. 3. Emerging Technology:Common Core StandardsCommon Core StateStandards for Literacy isthat all students must beable to comprehend textsof steadily increasingcomplexity as they progressthrough school.By the time they finish thecore, students must be ableto read and comprehendindependently andproficiently the kinds ofcomplex texts commonlyfound in college andcareers. 4. READ 180 vs. Common Core Standards READ 180Common Core Standards Obsolete: Common Core Enhances: Common Core Standards are replacing the Enhances: READ 180 is a Standards requires that each comprehensive system of variety of standards that are Obsolete: READ 180 replaced the student should be reading curriculum, instruction, assessment and traditional form of teaching readingbeing taught from state to professional development that has text that grows in complexity known as Phonics. state. Makes is so that no proven to raise reading achievement for as the school year struggling readers in grades 4 plus.matter what school a student progresses, and grows in transfers to, their school will complexity from grade to be teaching the same grade. curriculum. Reverses: Common CoreRetrieves: READ 180 begins withRetrieves: Common CoreStandards should help buildtraditional whole group instruction Reverses: Common Core Standards are Standards brings me back to students to answerthat engages the whole class. In quickly replacing this technology. Thethe days I was in schoolprogressively more rigorousbetween the whole groupinstruction, the students break into district invested several thousands ofwhere all of the students questions about the text they dollars in READ 180 but feel it doesnt seemed to be taught the read, which as a result willgroups and rotate though three correlate with the common corestations (much like elementary standards that are now required.basics without all of the help them develop higherstudents do) for small group and various programs that are order thinking skillsindependent learning. being sold to schools.(synthesis, analysis, and evaluation). 5. Interview:Interviewee: Taranah PagePosition: Curriculum CoordinatorPlace of Employment: Little Rock School DistrictDate of Interview: July 19, 2012 6. Interview Transcript Interview Transcript Link Brandy Collins Taranah Page 7. Six Forces that Drive EvolutionaryTechnology1. Evolutionary Technology: when one typetechnology evolves from and enhances an earlierversion, it is considered evolutionary.2. Rhymes of History: when a technology emergesdue to an impact felt from a previous technology; orwhen a technology rekindles something from thepast.3. Science Fiction: creative forces that expand andgenerate new creative technological ideas. 8. Six Forces that Drive EvolutionaryTechnology Cont.4. Disruptive Technology: the market doesnt changebut the product does causing disruption to existingtechnology and pushes it into obsolescence.5. Increasing Returns: one technologys ability tocapitalize on the popularity of another technologyand rise up and become popular.6. Red Queens: when two technologies compete forthe same market and all other competitors are leftbehind. 9. Evolutionary Technology:Literacy Common CoreREAD 180Standards READ 180 was implemented Common Core State Standardsin the Little Rock Schoolare being implemented at theDistrict during the 2006-2007middle level in Arkansas duringschool year. the 2012-2013 school year. READ 180 emerged from the Common standards emergedneed for more minority from the need to ensure thatstudents to improve thestudents are receiving a highacademic achievement gap asquality educationreported in the state testingconsistently, from school todata.school from state to state. 10. Rhymes of History:Literacy Common CoreREAD 180Standards READ 180 brought back into Common Core Standardsthe classroom the need forremind us that there needs to bemore student involvement. more consistency within the READ 180 reinforced the schools in each state.need for change within the Common Core Standardsclassroom.changed the variety of standards READ 180 integrated the that are being taught in theneed for whole groupvarious schools around the state.instruction, small groupNo matter what school a studentinstruction and independent is in, they are expected to belearningall within the 90learning the exact sameminutes of class. standards for Literacy. 11. Science Fiction: Literacy Common CoreREAD 180 Standards When students entered a When students enter aclassroom set up for READclassroom designed for implementing common core180 instruction, theystandardseach classroom willimmediately noticed that probably be designed in asomething was different than similar traditional manner. Each teacher will be teachingthe traditional classroom. the same standardthe methodThey initially notice theof their teaching that standard might be different. Thetechnology, but it wasnt long common goalis that everybefore they realized the student receive the same highclassroom was set up in a wayquality education, no matter the school they attend or the statethat involved engagement.they are receiving their education in. 12. Disruptive Technology:Literacy Common CoreREAD 180Standards READ 180 was disrupted after Common Core Standards4 years of being implemented have been a disruption to allin the LRSD due to the dataLiteracy classes across thethat was received from the state due to the new standards beingstate test. The low achievingimplemented.students did not decrease the There will not be any newachievement gap amongtechnology implemented tominority students as the correlate with the commondistrict had anticipated whencore standardseach teacherimplementing this programwill teach the same standardin the Literacy classes. using their own method. 13. Increasing Returns:Literacy Common CoreREAD 180Standards READ 180 experienced Common Core Standardsincreasing returns in otherwere implemented in thedistricts that implemented elementary schools in thethis program across thestate of Arkansas during theUnited States. 2011-2012 school year. Based on the state test, there was an increase in the performance of students in the LRSD due to the implementation of these standards. 14. Red Queens:Literacy Common CoreREAD 180Standards READ 180 took the role of the Common Core Standards hasRed Queen when compared taken the role of Red Queento the Literacy curriculumwhen compared to READ 180.that was being taught in theThe two curriculums competedfor their place in the educationalregular classrooms in thesetting, with common coreLRSD. The other programsstandards winning in the end.became obsolete once READ Common Core Standards reach180 was adopted by themore students and makes moredistrict. sense with the high mobility ratein the LRSD and within thestate. 15. Whats Next? Will there be a technology/curriculum that will replace Common Core Standards the way they replaced READ 180? My theory: there will always be individuals out therethat are trying to create or implement a new technologyor curriculum to replace what is in place. When we lookback a few years when NCLB was implementededucators all knew it was an impossible goal for ourstudents. After the federal education system seeing theyhad created the impossible, the idea of common corestandards have now been created and implemented. 16. Whats Next? What kind of technology/curriculum might obsolete common core standards? My theory: Common Core Standards will be inplace, the date from test results compared and if thestates arent seeing the increase in student achievementthen another form of technology/curriculum will beadopted. There is always going to be a new andimproved technology out there that is trying to be soldto the education system. 17. Interview Consent Form 18. References: Common Core State Standards Initiative (2012). Preparing Americas Students for College & Career. Retrieved fromhttp://www.corestandards.org/the-standards. CREP: Center for Research in Educational Policy (2006). Little Rock School District READ 180 Evaluation. Retrieved fromhttp://clifmims.com/site/documents/READ180-FINAL-VERSION.pdf READ 180: The Next Generation (1996). 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