ELABoardReport

January 16, 2018Eric Nelson, Cathy Wellington

Instructional Technology Curriculum Developers, Literacy/ELASharon Kautz, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction

The Bellevue School District Mission:   To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory 

education so they can succeed in college, career and life. 

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Agenda

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1. Highlights & Summary Statements2. Additional Information & Data3. Next Steps4. Q & A

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ElementarySecondary

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Highlights(1/3)How is Literacy/ELA aligned with district initiatives? Racial Equity & Inclusion (Universal Design for Learning)

Professional development facilitated through the lens of racial equity, inclusion and culturally responsive teaching

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Elementary Secondary

• Science‐LiteracyIntegration

• Principal professional development in reading

• Classroom literacy walks

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• Expansion of co‐taught classes in middle school and high school

• Multiple perspectives added to the curriculum

• Student engagement: Panorama Data

• High School: 9‐12 Curriculum Review with an Equity and Inclusion Lens

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Highlights(2/3)How are our students doing in Literacy/ELA?

• SBA Data:  SBA scores show growth trends over time, scores improve the longer students are in the district.

• STAR Data:  STAR reading scores also show more “high growth” than the national averageEven though scores are higher than state averages, gap exist for race, ELL/Special Ed/504/Free and Reduced.

• AP Data:  Students took almost 1,000 AP English exams.  Rationale for the drop in AP Lit exams.

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NextSteps(3/3)Opportunities and Next StepsContinue to provide professional development and coaching on culturally relevant teaching practices.Continue to:

Elementary Secondary

• implement the One ‐Year Academic Plan with a focus on reading.

• create a comprehensive literacy plan.

• develop  elementary literacy OneNote resources.

• expand co‐teaching throughout secondary.

• develop curriculum reflective of multiple perspectives and grounded in culturally responsive teaching.

• develop and improve flexible curriculum with more student choice (HS).

• develop college in the high school for senior English

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ProfessionalDevelopmentBuilding awareness of race and culture to recognize the impact on student learning and understand how to meet the needs of our Special Education, ELL, and racially diverse students.

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ScienceandLiteracyIntegration• Professional development series for K‐5 teachers during the 2017‐18 school year

• Integrated new science materials with instructional focus on best practices in literacy

• Opportunity for culturally responsive teaching

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LeadershipforLiteracy

• Focus on the one‐year plan:• Literacy learning at elementary principal meetings

• Literacy walks in schools with principals• Building common understandings of what to look for in high‐quality literacy instruction through classroom visits

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K‐5BalancedLiteracy:EquityandInclusioninActiono Joyful and student centered (CRT&L)o Additive versus deficit model in approaching student 

learningo Authentic, relevant learning experiences o Development of lifelong readerso Teaching towards independenceo Knowledge of how to plan instruction based on 

standards and student need using multiple measures of data

o Teachers know each individual student as a reader and this information is used to make instructional decisions about whole class and small group instruction, as well as one on one conferring

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Secondaryexpansionofco‐taughtclasses

Benefits of co‐taught ELA classes:• Special Education student have exposure to general education curriculum in a general education setting.

• Special Education students rise to the challenge of the general education curriculum.

• Special Education students are flourishing in the general education classroom.

• General education students who may struggle in ELA have extra support and make greater gains.

• Teachers collaborate on curriculum and assessment.• Co‐taught classes in most secondary schools at most grade levels.

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ELAPanoramaData:StudentEngagement

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More students are reporting that they see themselves reflected in our ELA instructional materials and that their culture and experiences are invited into the ELA classroom. We see a positive trend but have more work to do.

Review current curriculum: • Identify current skills • Evaluate with equity and

inclusion lens

Fill gaps:• Lessons from BSD staff• Other curricula• Add texts (IMC) for

flexibility and equity

• Skills-based• Well-aligned

NEW CURRICULUM!• Flexible/responsive• Equitable/inclusive

High School: Building a Better Curriculum

Align to Common Core:• Correlate current skills with

CCSS• Vertically align 9-12th Grade

Goal: To develop and improve a skills-based articulated High School English Curriculum aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that meets the needs of all students in the Bellevue School District.

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SBADATA

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BSDstudentsscorewellabovethestateaverageontheELASBA,inallgradelevels.

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3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 11thBSD 74% 75% 80% 76% 83% 78% 87%

State 53% 55% 59% 56% 60% 59% 74%

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SBA English Language Arts Pass Rates by Grade: BSD compared to WA Average ‐ 2017

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SBAprogressovertimehasbeenfairlyflat

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Indicator 2015 2016 2017

3rd Grade ELA SBA 73% 76% 74%

7th Grade Writing SBA* 91% 91% 92%

*SBA scores here are for the Writing strand, a section of the English Language Arts test, and show the percent at/near or above standard. (SBA subtests are scored as below standard, at/near standard, or above standard.)

SBAprogressdifferssomewhatbycohort*

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3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th2015 2016 2017

ELA 74% 79% 82%

2015 2016 2017ELA 79% 83% 79%

2015 2016 2017ELA 81% 81% 85%

2015 2016 2017ELA 78% 82% 81%

LEGENDUpward trendFlat or erraticDownward trend

*Note:  Students must have test scores for all three consecutive years in order to be included in the cohort results shown here. 

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BSDhasaparticularlyhighproportionofstudentswhoexceedstandards,comparedtothestateaverage

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3rd Grade (Spring 2017):

Statewide, about 50% of third graders met standards on ELA. In BSD, about 50% of third graders exceeded standards on ELA.

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Arewemakingprogressonproductivelyclosingtheraceachievementgaps?

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Racegaps:elementaryschoolELASBA

Race gaps persist, and appear to be widening in elementary school

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Gaps are fairly static in middle school

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ELA SBA Proficiency,Grades 6‐8

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STARDATA

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APDATA

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EnglishAPScoresbyEthnicity2016&2017

*Several students did not report ethnicity** International School tested both 11th and 12th grade in AP Language.

EnglishAPScores‐ SpecialGroups2016&2017

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IBPassRate2016&2017

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Questions/Answers

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For additional information regarding this presentation contact:

The Bellevue School District Mission:   To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory 

education so they can succeed in college, career and life. 

Cathy Wellington6-12 ELA Curriculum Developer

wellingtonc@bsd405.org(425)456-4158

Eric NelsonLiteracy Curriculum Developer

nelsone@bsd405.org(425)456-4126