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NDE AGENDA DETERMINANTS

NDE AGENDA DETERMINANTS. Focus on Effective Instruction and Student Learning Revised Standards and NeSA Nebraska’s P-16 Effort Federal Agenda Fiscal Reality. Moving America’s Education System Forward. Where we need to go: Improve student achievement Narrow achievement gaps

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NDE AGENDA DETERMINANTS

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  1. NDE AGENDA DETERMINANTS • Focus on Effective Instruction and Student Learning • Revised Standards and NeSA • Nebraska’s P-16 Effort • Federal Agenda • Fiscal Reality

  2. Moving America’s Education System Forward • Where we need to go: • Improve student achievement • Narrow achievement gaps • Increase graduation and college enrollment rates PRESIDENT OBAMA’S GOAL America will have the highest proportion of college graduates of any country by 2020

  3. Cradle-to-Career Education Plan EARLY LEARNING K-12 HIGHER EDUCATION Effective teaching & learning INCREASE ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY LITERACY BY 3RD GRADE College and Career Attainment

  4. Key Elements & Reform Priorities for K-12 Strategic Planning SYSTEM-WIDE CAPACITY ALIGNED INSTRUCTION STANDARDSANDASSESSMENTS DATA SYSTEMS Effective Teaching & Learning COMMUNITY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TEACHERS AND LEADERS EXCELLENT TEACHING & LEADERSHIP STRUGGLING SCHOOLS

  5. ARRA Funding Built on Four Reforms

  6. Shared Models of Interventions for Struggling Schools(SFSF, SIG, RTT) • Restart Model • Close the school and restart it under the management of a charter school operator, charter management organization or educational management organization. • Admit, within school’s grades, former students who wish to attend. • Closure Model • Close the school and enroll the students who attended the school in other, higher-performing schools in the LEA. Turnaround Model • Replace principal and rehire no more than 50% of the staff; adopt new governance • New or revised instructional program • Interventions that take into account the recruitment, placement and development of staff • Schedules that increase time for students and staff Transformation Model • Comprehensive instructional programs using student achievement data • Extend learning time and create community-oriented schools • Provide operating flexibility and intensive support

  7. Secretary Arne Duncan (3/23/10) • “Hard times but a great opportunity” • “Interested in growth and gain, not just scores” • “Must educate our way to a better economy” • “Stay the course – common core standards, data transparency (PreK-20), great teachers and leaders (especially to tougher schools), turn around PLAS – NOW!”

  8. Secretary Arne Duncan (3/23/10) • “Reauthorize ESEA and do it this year” • “Tight goals and loose means” • “Instill trust and judgment back into system” • “We have lacked courage to move the bottom 1%” • “A fan of good charter schools . . . Bad charter schools are part of the problem.”

  9. Secretary Arne Duncan (3/23/10)Reauthorziation of ESEA Goal: All students graduate from high school career and college ready. Fix broken NCLB System – build on 4 reform areas: • Improving teacher and principal effectiveness • Providing information (data) to families and educators to improve schools and learning • Implementing college and career-ready standards • Improving student learning in consistent lowest performing schools

  10. Reauthorization of ESEA BlueprintFive Priorities (March 2010) • College and Career Ready Standards • Great Teachers and Leaders in Every School • Equity and Opportunity for All Students • Raise the Bar and Reward Excellence • Promote Innovation and Continuous Improvement

  11. Reauthorization of ESEA BlueprintIssues • Funding • Flexibility • Rural, small schools • Early Childhood • What will be the new AYP? Transition process? • SEA Capacity • Competitive grant focus • Other

  12. What Does This Mean for the State and School Districts? • The status quo is likely not acceptable • Changes for NDE and School Districts include continued work on standards and a new assessment system, creating a support system for school districts, focusing resources on: • Creating Common Standards & Assessments • Developing Effective Teachers and Leaders • Using Data Systems to Support Instruction • Turning Around Struggling Schools • Questions??

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