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Regents Standards Review Initiative, ELA/ESL

Regents Standards Review Initiative, ELA/ESL. April 28, 2009 FORUM. Objectives. Overview of the Regents Standards Review Initiative (SRI) ELA/ESL Key Milestones Working Principles ELA/ESL Panel Progress. Research and Consultation. Regents Steering Committee. ELA/ESL Content Panel.

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Regents Standards Review Initiative, ELA/ESL

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  1. Regents Standards Review Initiative, ELA/ESL April 28, 2009 FORUM

  2. Objectives Overview of the Regents Standards Review Initiative (SRI) ELA/ESL Key Milestones Working Principles ELA/ESL Panel Progress

  3. Research and Consultation Regents Steering Committee ELA/ESL Content Panel • 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 Expert Consultants (Research Base) Michael Kamil, Lead researcher Nell Duke Catherine Snow Dorothy Strickland Frank Vellutino • 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 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 Support NYSED New York Comprehensive Center

  4. Key Milestones July-December 2007 Regents call for Standards Review Steering Committee Board of Regents approves Standards Review timeline and process January- April 2008 Standards Review Steering Committee Initial Meeting SRI Research Forum Conducted ELA/ESL Content Panel Established Review of ELA/ESL Standards and Performance Indicators Initiated Introduction to Steering Committee of American Diploma Project by Achieve, Inc. Introduction to Steering Committee of Partnership for 21st Century Skills May-August 2008 Regents Statewide Public Forums (6 Regional) Review with Higher Education Community Review of ELA/ESL Standards Completed Development and adoption of the eight Working Principles by Steering Committee September-December 2008 Achieve Inc. Report Submitted to Regents Steering Committee Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Inc. Reports to Regents Steering Committee ELA/ESL Standards and Performance Indicators Revision Initiated

  5. 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

  6. Working Principles 1. 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 area 3. Infuse basic and academic literacy throughout all the content areas 4. Infuse cultural aspects of literacy throughout all the content areas as appropriate 5. Infuse real life application skills throughout all the content areas 6. Develop measurable standards 7. Review PreK-12 standards within the context of a seamless P-16 continuum 8. Integrated technology throughout all the content areas

  7. ELA/ESL Overview Standards Review Working Principles Achieve Inc. Report Themes from the Six Public Forums Partnership for 21st Century Learning Skills and Work Literacy/Literature Separation English as a Second Language Format Review Early Literacy and Early Learning Benchmarks

  8. Overarching Key Topics Reading Writing Listening Speaking Viewing Presenting

  9. 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)

  10. ContentSample Performance Indicators for Grades K-2 Reading Kindergarten 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Schedule for Completion December 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

  14. 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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