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LeveragingAlignedInstructionalMaterialstoImpactStudentAchievement

OfficeofAcademics

SCSHighSchoolEnglishPlan

Thequalityofinstructionalmaterialsinourclassroomshasalargeimpactonstudentlearning.

“Thereisstrongevidencethatthechoiceofinstructionalmaterialshaslargeeffectson

studentlearning–effectsthatrivalinsizethosethatareassociatedwithdifferencesinteacher

effectiveness.” Chingos&Whitehurst,

ChoosingBlindly:InstructionalMaterials,TeacherEffectiveness,andtheCommonCore

•  IntroductionandRationale•  Request•  CostofInvestment

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Agenda

MaintainingGrowthRequiresContinuedInvestment

Overthelasttwoschoolyears,wehavemadestrategicdecisionsthathavepositivelyimpactedhighschoolliteracy:•  Extensiverevisionstothedistrictcurriculummaps•  Providinghigh-quality,standards-alignedinstructioningrades

6-8,allowingstudentstoenterhighschoolwithknowledgeandstrategiesnotseenbefore.

Toprovideequityforhighschoolliteracyteachers,wewanttocontinuetoprovidethesamelevelofsupportwithinstructionalmaterialsfor9-12thatweareprovidingfor6-8.

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CurrentHighSchoolUnits

Course 1stQuarter 2ndQuarter 3rdQuarter 4thQuarter

EnglishI ToKillaMockingbird

CivilRightsandRomeoandJuliet

TheOdyssey Fahrenheit451

EnglishII Rhetoric EdgarAllenPoe JuliusCaesar Henrietta’sDance

EnglishIII TheScarletLetter Hamlet

AMorePerfectUnionandTranscendent-alism

AmericanDreamandTheGreatGatsby

EnglishIV AHerowithaThousandFaces

Gulliver’sTravelsandCanterburyTales

ResearchUnit(PCGPathsModule12.3)

PublicEducation,ThenandNow

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Agenda

•  IntroductionandRationale•  Request•  CostofInvestment

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OurBigBets

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Standards-Aligned

CurriculumResources

PrintedStudentandTeacherMaterials

LearnZillionSupportsEffectiveInstruction

Standards-AlignedResources:•  LearnZillionisadigitalplatformthattranslateshigh-quality,

standards-alignedcurriculumtounpacked,scaffoldedlessonsforteachers.

•  Theunitmaterialsincludeteachingnotes,lessonslides,qualityworksamples,studentguidebooks,andunitreaders.

•  Thesupplementtoourcurriculumensuresthatstudentsareengagingwithcomplextext,supportedbyrigorous,yetintentionalquestionsandtasks.

Thecurriculumunitscannotbeaccessedorpurchasedindividually,effectiveJuly2018.

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TheNEWLearnZillionPlatformprovidesmoreresourcesandtheabilitytocustomizecomponents:•  LearnZillionslidesandteachingnotescannowbemodifiedtofittheneedsofSCSstudents.

•  SCScurriculumwritersareabletoaddinunitstocreateauniversalaccessforteachers.

•  Teacherloginsgrantaccesstoassessmentresourcesthatcanbeassignedtostudents.

•  StudentloginsallowstudentstopracticereadingandansweringEnglishquestionsinanonlineenvironment.

•  Boththeteacherloginsandstudentloginsgrantaccesstodigitallibraries.

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LearnZillionSupportsEffectiveInstruction

PrintedMaterialsfromXanEduSaveTimeforTeachers

XanEduisaneducationalpublisherthatisthesolesourceofprintedstudentmaterialsfromLouisianaBelieves.•  Students:

–  Individualcopiesofrequiredtextsandworksheets.Thesematerialsalignwithlessonplansandinstructionalcomponentsandallowstudentstoannotateandhighlightduringthelesson.

•  Teachers:–  Individualcopiesofallgradelevelstudentmaterialsthatalignwithlessonplansandinstructionalcomponents.TheseprintedmaterialsallowTeacherstoannotateandhighlightwhilepreparingforthelesson.

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•  IntroductionandRationale•  Request•  CostofInvestment

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Agenda

CostofInvestment

LearnZillionPlatformUserLicenses $186,000ProfessionalDevelopment $106,500

Total $292,500

XanEduStudentMaterialsStudentEditions $911,607.32TeacherEditions $7,282.00

Total $918,889.32

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TotalCosts:$1,211,389.32

CurricularResources PrintedMaterials

Theincreasedinvestmentthisyearisduetothreemainfactors:1.  LearnZillionplatformaccess2.  Twoadditional9-weekunits3.  ProvidingprintedTeacher’sEditions

ShelbyCountySchools

CurriculumAssociates

CurriculumAssociatesiReadymaterialsareusedaspartofthedistrictsRTI2implementation.RTI2isbuiltonthepremisethathigh-qualityinstructionandinterventionsareguidedbystudentneedsandperformancedata.

Grade-LevelInstruction

DifferentiatedInstruction

ADelicateBalance

ESSA

CurriculumAssociatesconductedcomprehensiveresearchthatprovidesevidencethati-Ready

InstructionmeetscriteriaforESSALevel3:PromisingEvidence,with

favorableeffects.Thestudydemonstratedthatstudentswho

usei-ReadyInstructionexperiencedgreaterlearning

gainsthanstudentswhodidnotusetheprogram.

Adaptive Assessment •  AdaptiveDiagnostic•  StandardsMasteryAssessment•  GrowthMonitoring•  ReadingandMath

Personalized Learning & Intervention

•  PersonalizedInstruction•  AddressSkillDeficits•  GuaranteedDifferentiation•  ReadingandMath

StandardsMastery

Reading and Math: Grades 2-8

Two assessments per standard

6-10 items per assessment

Administrator controlled

Itemtypeexamples:

Non-TraditionalMultipleSelect

•  MatchingTables

•  OrderedResponse

•  DropdownList

•  InlineChoice

•  NumberLine

•  ImageAssociation&Mapping(Drag&Drop)

•  HotText,SelectText,ReorderTextOrderEvidence-BasedSelectedResponse

Open-Ended

•  ShortResponse

•  Fill-inTables

•  Equation/NumericEntry

•  GraphingandGraphingInteraction

ü Blendofconstructed,open-ended,andselectedresponseitems

ü Broadrangeofaudio,video,andimagery

ü Complex,authentictexts

ü Graphs,equations,andtexthighlighting.

StandardsMastery:ExtensiveTechnologyEnhancedItems

Tech-EnhancedItems Math

Tech-EnhancedItems Reading

Tech-EnhancedItems Math

Tech-EnhancedItems Reading

StandardsMasteryReport:District

DataLeadstoInstruction

StandardsMasteryReport:School

DataLeadstoInstruction

StandardsMasteryReports:Class

DataLeadstoInstruction

SampleClass

ItemAnalysisbyClassandStudent

DataLeadstoInstruction

DataLeadstoInstruction

GradeLevelStandardsAcademicBehaviorsFlexibleInstruction

DataLeadstoInstruction

Questions

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