Update from Commissioner Diane DeBacker August 27, 2013
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Topics for Today 1. Kansas Definition of College & Career
Ready 2. Future of Summative Assessments 3. Teacher and Principal
Evaluation System 4. Future of Accreditation of Schools 5. The
Power of Collaboration
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College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic
preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and
employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education,
in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the
workforce, without the need for remediation.
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Academic & Cognitive Preparation Kansas College and Career
Ready Standards Math English Language Arts History/Government*
Science* Model Standards (some examples below) Social, Emotional
and Character Development Physical Education Fine Arts
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Employability Skills Through the Career Clusters and Pathways
For some schools, use of WorkKeys State-level effort not as much as
wed prefer
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College and Career Ready means an individual has the academic
preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and
employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education,
in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the
workforce, without the need for remediation.
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Large-Scale Summative Assessment Transitional assessment in
2013-2014 Based on the Kansas College & Career Ready Standards
Developed by CETE at KU 2014-2015 and Beyond Options 1. Smarter
Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) 2. Vendor; i.e. ACT or
another 3. Hybrid (State to have default assessment but districts
could use another if approved) 4. Develop our own through current
contractor, CETE at KU
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Teacher and Principal Evaluations Kansas Educator Evaluation
Protocol (KEEP) Constructs Learner and Learning Content Knowledge
Instructional Practice Professional Responsibility Student growth
using multiple measures
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21 st Century Accreditation RelationshipsRelevanceRigor Results
Responsive Culture 12
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Why Collaboration/Advocacy? 45 th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the
Publics Attitudes Toward Public Schools 62% have never heard of the
Common Core Only 22% think increased testing helps school
performance 58% reject using student test scores to evaluate
teachers PDK/Gallup Poll is a scientifically based survey of 1,001
Americans 18 years or older.
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