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Regents Standards Review Initiative, ELA/ESL

April 28, 2009FORUM

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Objectives

• Overview of the Regents Standards Review Initiative (SRI)

• ELA/ESL Key Milestones• Working Principles• ELA/ESL Panel Progress

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Expert Consultants(Research Base)

Michael Kamil, Lead researcherNell Duke

Catherine SnowDorothy Strickland

Frank Vellutino

Consulting Organizations(Scholarship)Achieve, Inc

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Ongoing Field Input (Practice)

•Six Regional Public Forums•ELA and ESL Content Experts•K-12 Practitioners•Higher Education •Opinion Leaders

Ongoing SupportNYSED

New York Comprehensive Center

Bonne August John Harmon Co-Chairs

Review and Revise the ELA Standards

•P-12 Literacy•P-12 Literature•ESL Proficiency Level(Language Acquisition)

•10 Administrators•10 Higher Education•10 Teachers• 7 Literacy/English• 3 ESL Specialists• 3 School Librarians• 1Union Leader

Regent Saul B. Cohen, Chair Walter Sullivan, Coordinator

Establish a process for a perpetual review of NYS Learning Standards

• 6 Regents Members

• 8 School Administrators and Teachers

• 5 Higher Education

• 2 ESL Experts

• 1 School Librarian

• 2 Business Leaders

• 1 Union Leader

• 2 Regents Committee Liaisons

Research and Consultation Regents Steering Committee ELA/ESL

Content Panel

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July-December 2007Regents call for Standards Review Steering Committee Board of Regents approves Standards Review timeline and process

January- April 2008Standards Review Steering Committee Initial MeetingSRI Research Forum Conducted ELA/ESL Content Panel EstablishedReview of ELA/ESL Standards and Performance Indicators InitiatedIntroduction to Steering Committee of American Diploma Project by Achieve, Inc.Introduction to Steering Committee of Partnership for 21st Century Skills

May-August 2008Regents Statewide Public Forums (6 Regional)Review with Higher Education CommunityReview of ELA/ESL Standards CompletedDevelopment and adoption of the eight Working Principles by Steering Committee

September-December 2008Achieve Inc. Report Submitted to Regents Steering CommitteePartnership for 21st Century Skills, Inc. Reports to Regents Steering CommitteeELA/ESL Standards and Performance Indicators Revision Initiated

Key Milestones

January 2009- April 2009

• Feedback from content panel placed on the portal

• ESL workgroup reviews the draft standards and PIs to assure an integrated ELA/ESL standards framework

• Horizontal and vertical alignment of the standards and PIs from Pr-K – 12

• Survey questions for field feedback 5

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Working Principles1. Include three levels of standards:

Student learning standards (content);Teacher knowledge standards; and System infrastructure standards

2. Develop a single set of standards for each content area3. Infuse basic and academic literacy throughout all the

content areas4. Infuse cultural aspects of literacy throughout all the content

areas as appropriate 5. Infuse real life application skills throughout all the content

areas6. Develop measurable standards 7. Review PreK-12 standards within the context of a seamless

P-16 continuum8. Integrated technology throughout all the content areas

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ELA/ESL Overview

I. Standards Review Working PrinciplesII. Achieve Inc. ReportIII. Themes from the Six Public ForumsIV. Partnership for 21st Century Learning

Skills and WorkV. Literacy/Literature SeparationVI. English as a Second LanguageVII. Format ReviewVIII. Early Literacy and Early Learning

Benchmarks

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Overarching Key Topics

• Reading• Writing • Listening• Speaking• Viewing• Presenting

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ContentSample Performance Indicators from Grades

9-12 for Reading/Writing

• Students analyze literary texts to identify purpose and to question, criticize, and discriminate

• Students can produce a multi-genre product related to a single theme

• Analyze, synthesize and evaluate information from different sources

• Develop a research project/product which synthesizes research from a variety of sources

• Using a variety of media, students, create and present an argument with logical premises and reasoning

(gr. 9-10)

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ContentSample Performance Indicators for Grades K-2

ReadingKindergarten• Students will recognize that individual letters have sounds• Students will recognize that the sequence of letters in written

words represent the sequence of sounds in words

First Grade• Students will blend speech sounds using knowledge of letter-

sound correspondences to decode unfamiliar decodable one-syllable words

• Students will use comprehension strategies ( e.g. predict, confirm, re-read, self-correct etc.) to clarify meaning and monitor own reading

Second Grade• Students will learn new words indirectly from reading a variety of

literary and informational texts and other print sources• Students will use knowledge of story structure and story elements

to discuss and evaluate

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ContentSample Performance Indicators for Grades K-2

for Listening/Speaking

Kindergarten• Students will follow one and two-step oral instructions to

accomplish a task, alone and with others• Students will use newly acquired vocabulary and complete

sentences during class discussions and in everyday speech

First Grade• Students will rephrase , paraphrase, and interpret what is heard in

order with some details• Students will dictate information for a variety of purposes

Second Grade• Students will show respect for and respond to peers and adults

when they are speaking• Students will share information using appropriate visual aids,

including technology tool

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ContentSample Performance Indicators for Grade 12

Viewing/Presenting

• Students will incorporate a variety of media production techniques and stylistic elements (consider audio, video, typography, color, lighting structural choices)

• Students will independently and systematically use inquiry-based or problem solving process for deepening content knowledge and connecting academic learning with authentic applications

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Schedule for CompletionDecember 2008• ELA Prekindergarten Workgroup meets to develop performance indicators • ESL continues review of performance indicators and scaffolding

January 2009 • Small group meetings of ELA/ESL Panel to finalize performance indicators • Partnership for 21st Century Skills final report submitted for review

February 2009:• ELA/ESL panel and workgroup meet to review completed work• Feedback from Field – Questionnaire and/or sampling of forum participants

March 2009 • Standards and performance indicators presented to Steering Committee

for review

April 2009 • ESL workgroup reviews the draft standards and PIs in order to integrate

ELA/ESL Standards framework• Create survey instruments in order to receive feedback from the field

Summer 2009 . Curriculum Guidance team of consultants/writers work on

curriculum guides

Schedule for Completion

• October 2009 – Board of Regents approves new standards and Performance Indicators

• 2009-2011 – Statewide rollout of ELA Learning Standards and grade by grade performance indicators and curriculum guidance

• Spring 2011 – 1st administration of new ELA/ESL State Assessments

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