New Curriculum Directors New Curriculum Directors Conference Conference

Dr. Bill Cranshaw, Program Manager Social Studies

Georgia Department of Education

Contact InformationContact InformationDr. Bill Cranshaw

(Program Manager)◦ wcransha@doe.k12.ga.u

s◦ 404-651-7271

Chris Cannon (6-12)◦ chcannon@doe.k12.ga.u

s◦ 404-657-0313

Annette Wise (Plains, Ga)◦ awise@doe.k12.ga.us◦ 229-824-4104

Marlo Mong (K-5)◦ mmong@doe.k12.ga.us◦ 404-463-5024

Sarah Brown (K-2)◦ sbrown@doe.k12.ga.us◦ 404-651-7859

ImplementationImplementation6-12

◦Teaching in the classroom this year◦Training Days 5 & 6

Day 5: Interventions Day 6: Teacher commentary

K-5◦Training teachers this year

Training Days 1-4 Focus, integration

◦Implement in classroom 2008-09

TestingTesting6-12

◦All CRCT and EOCTs are aligned with GPS◦Econ EOCT

Mid-semester administration, no grades until Dec

Need sufficient data to do standards setting◦GHSGT

Dually aligned for 2008 & 2009 GPS aligned in 2010

K-5◦Aligned to QCC this year 2007-08◦Aligned to GPS next year 2008-09

CRCT Content Domains & CRCT Content Domains & WeightsWeights

Domain 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade

History 30% 30% 47%

Geography 30% 30% 12%

Civics/Gov’t 20% 20% 25%

Economics 20% 20% 16%

EOCT Domain EOCT Domain PercentagesPercentages

Standards 1-5

Standards 6-10

Standards 11-14

Standards 15-20

Standards 21-25

GHSGTGHSGTDomains

◦US History to 1865 (26%)◦US History from 1865 (25%)◦World History (18%)◦American Government (18%)◦World Geography (14%)

Core Skills are gone◦Are to be taught in context◦Will be assessed as applicable to the content◦Will not be reported separately

◦ Test dually aligned, 2008 & 09 then GPS

FrameworksFrameworksFramework (DOE suggestion)

◦Curriculum map◦Enduring Understandings, Essential

Questions◦Balanced Assessment Plan (activities

and tasks)◦Culminating Performance Tasks with

rubricsPosted on

www.georgiastandards.org◦In process of completing

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