Presentation to the Colorado State Board of Education January 2017 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presentation to the Colorado State Board of Education January 2017

 Orient State Board members to the standards review and revision plan  Provide an update to State Board members on stakeholder engagement  Preliminary results from the standards general perception survey  Status of feedback received through the online standards review system  Solicit feedback from State Board members on the upcoming committee application process 2

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 SB 08- 212, Colorado’s Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K ), requires a regular process to review and revise the standards.  The first review and revision cycle is set to conclude on or before July 1, 2018 and every six years thereafter.  This process is state driven and is not related to the ESSA State Plan development process. 4

 Transparent: Process and decisions are public  Inclusive: Process involves key stakeholders  Research-informed: Process informed by research, lessons learned from other states, and the assumptions underlying the standards  Consistent: Process aligned with statutory requirements  Substantive: Process focused on the substance or content of the standards themselves  Improvement-oriented: Process focused on improving what exists based on stakeholder feedback 5

Stakeholders Provide feedback on standards review process and proposed revisions State Board of Education Make decisions to guide the review and revision CDE Staff process; approve Review revisions Facilitate the Committees review and Propose revisions revision process to the standards and staff the for State Board content area consideration committees 6

Research and Committees Revise Committee Information Committees Use Recommendations Recommendations Gathering: Research and Based on Feedback Presented to the Information to and Present Final Survey, online Board and Inform Revision Recommendations system, Stakeholders For Recommendations for State Board benchmarking Feedback Consideration reports Public Public Input Input 7

2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 • Complete • Districts • Districts • Districts • Planning review and transition: transition: implement • Research revision (1) review (1) review revisions and resource and revise and revise • July 2018: • State development local local Adopt assessment • Begin standards standards revisions reflects review and (2) revise (2) revise revisions revision local local curriculum curriculum 8

Standards Perception Survey Online Standards Review System 9

 Purpose: Gain the general perceptions of the standards from multiple stakeholder groups to inform the planning process  Timeline: October 19 – November 13  Responses:  2,833 total responses  From all counties except Custer, Dolores, and Hinsdale  From 146 out of 178 school districts 10

Roles of Survey Respondents Educator in a K-12 school system Parent 128, 5% Educator at an institution for higher education Student currently enrolled in an elementary, middle or high school General public residing in Colorado/Colorado taxpayer 191, 7% Colorado Department of Education staff Professional educator organization not 1,845, 65% 290, 10% listed above Member of community organization Colorado Association of School Boards member/local school board member Media Education policy advocate Student currently enrolled in a postsecondary institution 11

R OLE IN THE P ERCENTAGE S CHOOL /D ISTRICT S CHOOL L EVEL PERCENTAGE Teacher 67% 14% Early childhood School administrator 8% District administrator 7% 40% Grade K-2 Specialized service 7% 43% Grade 3-5 professional 44% Grade 6-8 District-level non- 5% administrator staff 41% Grade 9-12 School-level non- 3% instructional staff Paraprofessional 2% N = 1,762 12

 Overall, around half of all survey respondents view the CAS positively (49%).  Education policy advocates (71%) and K-12 educators (53%) are more supportive of the CAS than other respondent groups.  K-12 teachers who receive higher levels of training and support have more favorable opinions of the CAS than those with less training or support. Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative 11% 37% 28% 18% 5% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 13

All Respondents (n=2,316) 49% Education policy advocate (n=17) 71% Educator in a K-12 school system (n=1,558) 53% Professional educator association member (n=39) 51% State agency staff (n=36) 50% General public residing in Colorado/Colorado… 45% Elected official/policymaker (n=9) 44% Educator at an institution for higher education… 44% Student (n=90) 33% Parent (n=236) 32% Media (n=14) 29% Business owner (n=9) 22% Other (n=99) 55% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 14 Combined “Very Positive” and “Positive”

All Respondents (n=2,316) 49% Extremely/Very Familiar (n=1,621) 56% Familiarity Degree of Moderately Familiar (n=489) 39% Slightly/Not at All Familiar (n=206) 20% High Level of Support (n=238) 62% Support Level of Moderate Level of Support (n=349) 51% Low Level of Support or No Support (n=335) 43% High Level of Training (n=363) 57% Training Level of Moderate Level of Training (n=322) 54% Low Level of Training or No Training (n=237) 38% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 15 Combined “Very Positive” and “Positive”

Too High High Just Right Low Too Low All Respondents (n=2,062) 14% 34% 32% 17% Early childhood (n=200) 11% 36% 43% 10% K-2 (n=581) 14% 40% 34% 11% Grade 3-5 (n=625) 17% 39% 33% 10% Grade 6-8 (n=634) 14% 36% 33% 15% Grade 9-12 (n=580) 9% 37% 35% 17% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 16

No Revision Slight Revision Moderate Revision Substantial Revision Complete Revision English Language Proficiency 12% 18% 29% 27% 14% Mathematics 13% 24% 26% 22% 15% Science 14% 22% 28% 22% 13% Reading, Writing and Communicating 13% 25% 28% 22% 12% World Languages 18% 21% 26% 19% 16% Social Studies 14% 24% 29% 20% 13% Comprehensive Health and Physical… 21% 22% 27% 16% 15% Visual Arts 23% 24% 24% 17% 12% Music 25% 24% 24% 15% 13% Dance 32% 19% 23% 12% 14% Drama and Theatre Arts 28% 24% 24% 12% 13% 17 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Extremely Important Very Important Moderately Important Slightly Important Not at All Important Incorporation of educators' input in 70% 20% 6% revisions to the CAS An open, transparent process 54% 30% 11% Focus on the content of the standards 38% 40% 17% themselves Standards based on research 43% 33% 16% 5% Inclusion of diverse representation (e.g., 41% 28% 18% 9% educators, parents, community… Improve upon the existing CAS rather 37% 31% 16% 6% 10% than start from scratch Incorporation of public opinion in 15% 20% 28% 26% 12% revisions to the CAS 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 18

 Purpose: Gain specific feedback on each standard to inform the planning process and the work of the standards committees  Timeline: November 9 – February 17  To date number of unique users: 136  To date number of comments provided: 453 19

Content Area Number of Percent of Comments Comments Comprehensive Health and Physical Education 14 3% Dance 2 0% Drama and Theatre Arts 9 2% Math 23 5% Music 48 11% Reading, Writing and Communicating 47 10% Science 51 11% Social Studies 231 51% Visual Art 28 6% World languages 0 0% 20

 Thirteen content area review committees to include educators, parents/community members, representatives from higher education, and business leaders.  CDE will solicit committee participation through an online application process for each of the thirteen standards areas.  Applicants will be required to demonstrate content area expertise and willingness to serve.  Applications will be considered using a blind-review process, considering only the applicants’ qualifications.  The review committees will utilize feedback from stakeholders and research to inform recommended revisions to the Colorado Academic Standards to the State Board.

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