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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