CCMS

CCHS

Winn

Cartmell

ALC

Nine Characteristicsof High‐Performing Schools

9 Characteristics

1. A Clear and Shared Focus 2. High Standards and Expectations for All Students 3. Effective School Leadership 4. High Levels of Collaboration and Communication 5. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessments Aligned with

State Standards 6. Frequent Monitoring of Learning and Teaching 7. Focused Professional Development 8. Supportive Learning Environment 9. High Levels of Family and Community Involvement

http://www.k12.wa.us/research/pubdocs/pdf/9characteristicsrresourcelist.pdf

5. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments Aligned with State Standards Curriculum--The planned and actual curricula are aligned with the essential academic learning requirements (EALRs).

Instruction--Research-based teaching strategies and materials are used.

Assessment--Staff understand• The role of classroom assessments• The role of state assessments• What the assessments measure• How student work is evaluated

Providing students with a “guaranteed and viable curriculum…” that is well-aligned to academic standards has the greatest impact on student achievement. Robert Marzano, What Works in Schools (Marzano, 2003)

Alignment =

http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/pubdocs/PublishersNotices/GuidanceonSelectingMaterials-FINAL2009.pdf

Alignment Leads to Student Achievement

“How will we know we have arrived at our destination?”

What CIA should look like…..

“What is the best way to reach our destination?”

Curriculum Instruction Assessment

“Our destination is to achieve state standards.”

What are the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs)?

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

Curriculum is the Road Map/GPS

Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS)

Kentucky was first state to adopt CCSS, 2010

46 states + DC have adopted CCSS

Instruction is the Vehicle

• Research-based teaching strategies

• Research-based materials

Research-based StrategiesThinking Strategies

• Drawing Inferences• Determining Importance• Creating Sensory Images• Synthesizing Information• Problem Solving• Monitoring for Meaning• Activating, Utilizing, and Building

Background Information (Schema)• Asking Questions

Marzano• Identifying Similarities and Differences• Summarizing and Note Taking• Reinforcing Effort and Providing

Recognition• Homework and Practice• Nonlinguistic Representations• Cooperative Learning• Setting Objectives and Providing

Feedback• Generating and Testing Hypotheses• Cues, Questions, and Advance

Organizers

Research-based Strategies

Hattie Influencers• Students Self-report grades 1.44• Piagetian Programs 1.28• Providing Formative Evaluation

0.9• Classroom Behavioral

0.8• Teacher Clarity 0.75• Feedback 0.74• Teacher-Student Relationship

0.72

Research-based Strategies

Research-Based Materials

• Carnegie• Accelerated Math• Compass• Read 180• Lindamood Bell• Read Naturally• Dream Box

Assessment tells us how close we are.

KPREP, MAP, STAR, Unit Tests, Projects, Exit Slips, Hand Signals