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New YorkNew YorkPRESENTATION TEAMMerryl Tisch – Chancellor, NYS Board of RegentsDavid Steiner – Commissioner of EducationJohn King – Senior Deputy Commissioner for P-12 EducationJoel Klein – Chancellor, New York City Department of EducationMichael Mulgrew – President, United Federation of Teachers

New York Is Ready For The RaceNew York Is Ready For The Race

• Implement bold reform agenda based on compelling theory of action and educational needs

• Exercise the full authority of the Board of Regents and Education Commissioner

• Passed landmark education reform legislation with support of broad coalition Statewide principal and teacher evaluation system with 40% weight on

student achievement established Charter school cap raised from 200 to 460 (over 10% of NYS public schools) Over $20 million in capital funds dedicated to expanding the state’s

longitudinal data system Educational Partnership Organizations authorized to manage persistently

lowest-achieving schools

The legal authority and policy initiatives to deliver resultsThe legal authority and policy initiatives to deliver results

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Theory of ActionTheory of ActionStrategies To Make Our Goal A RealityStrategies To Make Our Goal A Reality

• Adopted Common Core State Standards• Dramatically raised proficiency bar on

state assessments to match college-readiness

• Making state assessments more rigorous and performance-based

• Committed to building sequenced, content-rich statewide curriculum with embedded formative assessments

• PARCC – Governing State• Board Exam Consortium – Governing

State• 1% consortium – Participating State

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Integrated approach to achieve student successIntegrated approach to achieve student success

Students

Highly EffectiveSchool Leaders

Highly Effective Teachers

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All Students Graduate From High School All Students Graduate From High School Prepared To Succeed In College And CareersPrepared To Succeed In College And CareersMeasurable, substantial progress towards college and Measurable, substantial progress towards college and

career successcareer success and closing gaps in achievement and closing gaps in achievement

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Measure Baseline 2013 Target

PointsGain

NAEP Grade 4 Reading Proficient 36% 46% 10NAEP Grade 4 Math Proficient 40% 48% 8NAEP Grade 8 Reading Proficient 32% 40% 8NAEP Grade 8 Math Proficient 34% 42% 8

All Students

Close the gaps in achievement for Blacks, Hispanics, English language learners, and students with disabilities by at least 20% on these NAEP exams

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College Readiness Current 2013 Target

Points Gain

ELA Regents Exam score 75 or above 61% 74% 13

Math Regents Exam score 75 or above 60% 77% 17

Graduation Rate 71% 76% 5

College Persistence 72% 76% 4

All Students

Measurable, substantial progress towards college and Measurable, substantial progress towards college and career successcareer success and closing gaps in achievement and closing gaps in achievement

All Students Graduate From High School All Students Graduate From High School Prepared To Succeed In College And CareersPrepared To Succeed In College And Careers

• Align RTTT with Regents policies

• Coordinate services

• Track outcomes

•Develop content for professional development

•Support school improvement

•Align local instruction

•Use data •Participate in

professional development

•Conduct evaluations

•Implement educator- and classroom-level reforms via Inquiry Teams

NYSEDNYSED BOCES & Big 5 Districts*

BOCES & Big 5 Districts* LEAsLEAs

PARTNERSPARTNERS

SCHOOLSSCHOOLS

DATADATA

Implement The Strategies To Make Implement The Strategies To Make Our Goal A RealityOur Goal A Reality

• Deliver professional development via Network Teams

• Represent the Commissioner in the field

Well-designed implementationWell-designed implementation

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Best-In-Class Data SystemBest-In-Class Data System

• New York collects all data required by the America Competes Act

• Data portal will present a wealth of data customized for different users (teachers, parents, administrators, students, researchers)

• System will connect to postsecondary education and State Labor Department databases to map backwards to determine college and career readiness

• An Early Warning System will alert schools if at-risk students are not on track to academic success

New York State has raised $48 million to expand our data system

Reform will be data-rich and data-drivenReform will be data-rich and data-driven

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Using Data To Get ResultsUsing Data To Get Results

• Deliver statewide instructional reporting and improvement system based on proven models, including NYC’s ARIS

• Deploy data teams through BOCES and Big 5 city districts to coach and support teacher-teams in every school statewide

• Use statewide comprehensive instructional improvement system to analyze state and local data – including formative, interim, and summative assessments and “early warning” indicators – to spot problems, devise and carry out solutions, and evaluate results

All stakeholders will have actionable information All stakeholders will have actionable information when they need itwhen they need it

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Teachers and School Leaders: From Teachers and School Leaders: From Recruitment to Lifetime ResultsRecruitment to Lifetime Results

• Teaching and leadership standards: Foundation for teaching reform• Performance assessments:

Teachers and school leaders demonstrate critical classroom and school-based skills and content knowledge for initial certification

Teachers demonstrate student growth for professional certification

• Alternative pathways for teachers and school leaders: Transitional B Certification: Teach for America and NYC Teaching Fellows Non-collegiate institutions Clinically-rich teacher and principal programs

• Leadership academies for school principals• Teacher and principal career ladders, linked to supplemental

compensation

Transforming preparation programs and certification to Transforming preparation programs and certification to create world-class teachers and leaderscreate world-class teachers and leaders

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Accountability Throughout The SystemAccountability Throughout The System

• Rigorous performance reviews for teachers and leaders in statute: Multiple measures – subject to Commissioner’s Regulations –

including student growth as 40% Four Performance Categories: Highly Effective, Effective, Developing,

Ineffective Teacher and principal improvement plans to target professional

development Fair, objective, and timely removal of teachers and principals with

two consecutive “Ineffective” ratings which constitutes very significant evidence of incompetence

• Hold LEAs accountable for improvements in teacher effectiveness

• Accountability profiles – based on student growth – for teacher and principal preparation programs

Managing human capital to increase student achievementManaging human capital to increase student achievement

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Turning Around Our Weakest SchoolsTurning Around Our Weakest Schools

We Are• Taking bold, aggressive action in all our 243 lowest-performing schools• Building upon lessons learned from the State’s registration review process

and New York City’s closure and replacement of more than 100 schools

To Support Our Plan, We Have• Embedded the four RTTT/SIG models into the State’s accountability system• Created Office of Innovative Schools Models with focus on performance

contracts that provide flexibility in exchange for greater accountability • Enacted new Educational Partnership Organization legislation; developing

Partnership Zones with Mass Insight• Approving the first cohort of Transformation and Turnaround models,

including a ground-breaking agreement regarding teacher evaluation and compensation in New York City

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Drive dramatic achievement gains in our persistently Drive dramatic achievement gains in our persistently lowest-achieving schoolslowest-achieving schools

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New Schools For A New EraNew Schools For A New Era

• Innovative Secondary Schools Model Incentive Fund (e.g., STEM, CTE, Arts)

• Nurture high performing charter networks (e.g., KIPP, Achievement First, Uncommon Schools)

• Expand I-Zone in 2010-11 to provide innovative instructional delivery to over 13,000 students in 84 schools

• Leverage technology School of One Online Advanced Placement courses – particularly for

high-need rural and urban schools Online Professional Development

Fostering innovation to drive achievement gainsFostering innovation to drive achievement gains

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Advancing 21Advancing 21stst Century Century Student Learning OpportunitiesStudent Learning Opportunities

STEM – preparing for new world systems• More rigorous mathematics, science and technology learning

standards • Advanced Placement courses for STEM• Particular focus on underrepresented populations• Innovative strategies to recruit and train STEM teachers for high-

need schools• Differential Pay Transfer Fund to provide financial incentives to

teachers of STEM/English language learners/Students with disabilities

• Data systems track STEM successes from early grades through higher education

Embracing the flattened worldEmbracing the flattened world

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New York StateNew York State

• A microcosm of the nationOur 3.1 million public school students speak more than 150 languages. We have 240,000 certified public school educators working in more than 700 school districts – ranging in size from 1.0 million to less than 15 students

• A global capital for innovation, finance, and the arts56 of Fortune 500 companies headquartered in NYS. We have 750 museums; 7,000 libraries; 100’s of theaters, art galleries

A great investment opportunityA great investment opportunity

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