Explore how institutions can move from reactive to proactive when implementing Common Core Standards.

1. Common Core, Common Assessments, and
Education Talent: Bringing Everything
Together
Todd Bloom, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer
Hobsons

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We maximize student success
and institutional effectiveness to create
the world-changers of tomorrow.

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Impacting Students & Institutions

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Impacting Students & Institutions
Plan & Learn
Student Success
Institutional
Effectiveness
VIRTUAL
STUDENT FAIRS
Who am I?
My aspirations?
What’s my path?
Who are our
students?
Who is
struggling/succee
ding?
How do our
students learn?

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Engage
& Enroll
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Effectiveness
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MARKETING (HE)
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(HE)
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How do I
move forward?
What info
do I need?
Who will
support me?
How do we best
reach students?
How do we
get a best fit?
How do we ensure
a great start?

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Impacting Students & Institutions
Progress
& Succeed
Student Success
Institutional
Effectiveness
How am I doing
versus my goal?
How do I
get help?
Who will
support me?
Are student
supports working?
Who is “at risk”?
How do we ensure
a great start?

7. Building Blocks for Success
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8. Building Blocks for Success
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9. Context: “The Pipeline”
CCSS: Where are we now?
Discussion: Implementation
The common core & college and career
readiness
Discussion: Moving from reactive to proactive
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Agenda

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Education/Talent Pipeline
Expectations gap
P-12/HE⇔W collaboration
and continuity of supports
Pull-thru
Engaged, empowered
students
Based on http://www.changemag.org/Archives/Back
Issues/2011/May-June 2011/first-in-the-world-full.html

11. What do you see as the key impediments
impacting students’ progression through K-12
and into higher education & career?
- Think, pair, and share
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Discussion

12. Consider the top two to three issues
What impact do you think the CCSS and
assessments will have on those issues?
- For students
- For district leadership
- For staff
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Discussion

13. CCSS: Where are we now?

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CCSS Timeline
Final standards released
in June 2010.
2009 2010 2013 2014
CCSS Launched Assessment item field testing
New assessments used
2011-2012
Development Transition
Initial district transition
Assessment
NationalStateLocal
Drafts developed.
10,000 public comments.
State Adoption
District ramp up in response
to assessments
State outreach to help facilitate Common Core transition
Governance structure finalized
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15. Items to Note:
State “adoptions” do not necessarily commit the
state or districts to any action
The real action happens with the assessments
District transition has been slower than ED
anticipated
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Common Core Update
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16. All but four states—Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia—have adopted
English/language arts and mathematics.
Minnesota has adopted English only.
The process for adoption varies state to state. Some states adopt via
legislation, others through the state Board of Education.
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Common Core Adoption
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State Participation: SBAC
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/about/member-states/

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State Participation: PARCC
http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-states
+District of
Columbia
Florida withdrew as
fiscal agent

19. The “insiders” are influential leaders who are
shaping federal education reform, including:
Current and former White House and U.S. Department of Education
leaders
Current and former Congressional staff
State education leaders, including state school chiefs and former
governors
Leaders of major education organizations and think tanks
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Education Insider Data
Whiteboard Advisors

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Education Insider Data
Insiders see the levels of support among key stakeholders as shifting
somewhat since November 2012 and more so since June 2013.
Question: Please rate the level of support for the Common Core among the following groups…
4%
28% 24%
44%
4%
40%
32%
44%
28%
32%
36%
12%
29%
44%
8%
71%
20%
Levels of Support Among…
November 2012
Very Weak Weak Neutral Strong Very Strong
4% 4%
24%
28% 32%
4%
36%
44%
60%
26%
36%
24%
8%
48%
26%
4%
52%
40%
Levels of Support Among…
June 2013
Very Weak Weak Neutral Strong Very Strong
Whiteboard Advisors

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Education Insider Data
Question: Are the assessment consortia on the right track or wrong track?
Are the assessment consortia on the
right track or wrong track?
69%
62%
52% 55%
48%
35%
30%
22%
38%
27% 27%
31%
38%
49% 45%
52%
65%
70%
78%
63%
73% 73%
Sept.
'12
Nov.
'12
Dec.
'12
Jan.
'13
Feb.
'13
Mar.
'13
Apr.
'13
May
'13
Jun.
'13
July
'13
Sept.
'13
PARCC
Right Track Wrong Track
33% 33% 29% 27% 23%
30% 33%
26%
54%
62%
56%
67% 67% 71% 73% 77%
70% 67%
74%
46%
38%
44%
Sept.
'12
Nov.
'12
Dec.
'12
Jan.
'13
Feb.
'13
Mar.
'13
Apr.
'13
May
'13
Jun.
'13
July
'13
Sept.
'13
SBAC
Right Track Wrong Track
Whiteboard Advisors

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Education Insider Data
Question: Do you expect more states to drop out of the Common Core Assessment Consortia in 2013? 2014?
Will more states drop out of SBAC and PARCC?
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79%
90%
21%
10%
2013 2014
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes
No
Almost all Insiders believe
that more states will drop
out of the PARCC and
SBAC assessment
consortia this year (and
even more believe it will
happen next year).

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Education Insider Data
23%
77%
Will Schools Have Enough
Bandwidth/Devices to meet the consortia’s
specifications?
Yes
No
Question: The PARCC and SBAC assessments will be delivered online beginning in 2014/15. In your view, will schools have enough
bandwidth and devices the meet the minimum and recommended specifications by the consortia by the time the assessments are
administered?
Whiteboard Advisors

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Education Insider Data
0% 0%
17%
30%
52%
1 - No risk 2 3 - Neutral 4 5 - Major risk
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
How Big of a Risk is Lack of
Bandwidth/Devices to Smooth
Implementation of the Assessments?
Question: Following up on the prior question, how big of a risk do you believe this is to the smooth implementation of the
assessments?
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25. Discussion: Known Implementation
Issues

26. Alignment
Capacity
Information
Politics
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Implementation Challenges

27. Small group discussion & issues prioritization:
Discuss CCSS and assessment implementation
issues you’ve experienced and/or you are
preparing for:
1. Score issues on a scale of 1-10 (10=highest) with regard
to student impact (S) and teachers/staff impact (T) and
central office impact (C)
2. Rank the issues, by combined score (S+T+C)
3. Report back to entire group: top issue and why
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Implementation Challenges

28. Alignment with states’ graduation requirements
Teacher professional development
Accountability and assessments during transition
Drop-off in support in some states
Postsecondary sector not knowledgeable
Need for substantial technology upgrade
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Known Implementation Issues

29. Common Core State Standards &
the Role of “Counselors”

30. What counselors bring to role:
- Instructional experience
- Experience in a variety of school settings
Holistic view of student:
- Academics
- Extracurricular
- Family circumstances and other personal concerns
Can contextualize common core standards and
assessments in preparing for postsecondary success
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Counselors’ Macro
View/Perspective

31. Counselors work across grade levels to support
students. Great counselors help students
“connect learning to life”
How can your district leverage counselors’ talent and
perspective in implementing the common core and
assessments to the benefit of student preparedness
for postsecondary success?
Note in the above: absence of “college and career readiness”
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Discussion

32. Provide preparation and support
Help develop essential skills:
- Organizational
- Problem-solving
- Interpersonal
Collaborate across all grades to ensure development of
knowledge and skills
Develop comprehensive K-12 counseling plan
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Counselors’ Role in Common Core
Implementation
http://www.counseling.org/docs/resources---school-counselors/common-core-state-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2

33. Ensure students understand what “college and career
readiness” means and how the assessments measure
their readiness against national/state standards
Explore with students strategies to address gaps
between assessment outcomes and goals
Manage tutoring and other supports as well as
scheduling and placement policies
Link education with workforce preparation
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Counselors’ Role in Common Core
Implementation
http://www.counseling.org/docs/resources---school-counselors/common-core-state-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2

34. Issue Solving & Sharing

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Revisit your group’s prioritized CCSS and
assessment implementation issues:
Select one of your top ranked (highest scoring) issues
How might your district respond to the issue (each
person in your group may approach this issue
differently = ok)?
- Goal? Strategy? Resources? Partners? Risks?
- How will you know progress has been made?
Discussion Groups

36. Spotlight: If college, where? SROI

37. Fed’s College Ratings System
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“We have not even begun to develop the college
ratings system yet, and we are only in the beginning
stages of soliciting input from a wide range of
stakeholders about the metrics that should or should
not be used in the ratings system…
No later than December of 2014, we’ll use the feedback
we receive to finalize the college ratings system.”
September 20, 2013, Secretary of Education, Arnie Duncan

38. Fed’s College Ratings System
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• November 2013: 4 Open forums
• January 22, 2014: Technical Experts Symposium
• December 2014: Final version
• 2015: Implement
• 2018: Results tied to Federal aid (about $150B)
Hobsons analysis and sharing opportunity

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Questions & Follow-Up

40. Todd Bloom
Chief Academic Officer
Hobsons
tbloom@hobsons.com
(952) 807-5345
@Todd_Bloom
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Thank you!