Iowa CoreAlignment Session 4

Using Alignment DataMay 2011

Bruce FloydSarah LehmannMarcia KruseSue UpdegraffKeystone AEA

Where have we been this year?

Content Coverage (Tool)Opportunity to Learn (OTL)Curriculum Alignment –

Enacted to Intended2

Why?Equal Opportunity for All

Impact Student Achievement

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FutureOnce content is strengthened for all, then address cognitive demand.

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“If students are to be held accountable for their learning, then schools must be held accountable as well by demonstrating that they provide students with opportunities to learn to meet the standards that have been set.”--Baratz-Snowden

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How?Process*ToolsTeacher Collaboration

(PLCs)Student Learning*

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Research Reminder1. International studies show implementing

and monitoring an aligned curriculum to result in a measurable impact (31 percentile points) in student achievement.

2. Studies show that alignment cancels out more traditional predictors of student achievement, such as socioeconomic status, gender, race, teacher effect. www.districtadministration.com(July 2004)

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ResponsibilitiesState:o State standards to state tests to state

frameworksDistrict:o Local curriculum to state documents/standardso Support deliveryo Monitor implementation and resultsSchool/Building:o Opportunity for periodic reviewso Alignment of Instructional Strategies and

Assessments to state standardso Relevant professional development

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Who?Administrators:o What was learned?/Accountabilityo Support collaborative teamso Provide resources

Teachers:o Collective inquiryo Shared understanding of essentialso Vertical articulationo Common assessments

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“The most comprehensive study of factors affecting schooling ever conducted concluded that the most powerful strategy for helping students learn at higher levels was ensuring that teachers work collaboratively in teams to establish the essential learnings all students must acquire, to gather evidence of student learning through an ongoing assessment process, and to use the evidence of student learning to discuss, evaluate, plan, and improve their instruction.”

•Kappan Magazine, February 2011.•Hattie, John. Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. New York: Routledge, 2009.

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What is the Right Work for a PLC?1. Guaranteed and viable curriculum

2. Common formative assessments3. Analysis of student work4. Continuous improvement5. Systematic process for struggling

learners–multi-tiered, coordinated, collective response to support student

DuFour, Rick, “Work Together, But Only If YouWant To,” Kappan Magazine, February 2011.

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Alignment Perspective

KidsWhatReflectionRight alignment in

the right places at the right times

Teamwork

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Alignment Work is About. . .Grown upsHowValidation“100%,” “perfect,”

or “being done”Isolation

Alignment Work is Not About. . .

Brad Niebling

IC Outcome 4 Self Study Actions4.a.1 Educators learn about alignment

processes to implement the Iowa Core.

4.b.1 Educators select the processes and tools that will be used locally (LEA).

4.b.2 Educators learn to use the selected processes and tools.

4.c.1 Educators implement the selected alignment processes and tools.

4.c.2 Educators use alignment data to help make decisions regarding the alignment of the enacted to the intended curriculum. 13

Tools for Examining Alignment Data

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https://sites.google.com/site/icatdataprocedures/home

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