<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Report from Oregon Department of Education<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>June 30, 2012</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Materials Review Update:</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span>This year is as you know is the bridge year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is filling in the gaps of existing materials created in math and English Language Arts by the adoption of the Common Core Standards. Only those companies who are already adopted for math and Language Arts have submitted for this review process.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">2013-2014 adoption both English Language Arts and English Language Development or ELL materials will be up for adoption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">2014-2015 adoption math materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">2015-2016 adoption of science materials (although Oregon is a lead state in the development of the NGSS, they are not developed enough for a determination by State Board of Education regarding their adoption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>More information will follow.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">The state intends to continue the video caravan that was started last year. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has proven successful for districts around the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">One change for districts adopting materials that are not on the state list of recommended materials is they will no longer be required to notify the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They will still be required to assess materials for alignment to CCS and file that information in the district office, but they will not be sending the findings to the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Timelines for submission are listed on the Oregon Department of Education Website. </span></strong><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; color: #800080; font-size: small;">http://www.ode.state.or.us</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Much of what districts and schools are going to be looking for in the next year are materials to fill the gaps of existing materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Districts and schools are looking at every option to fill the gaps with little or no budget to purchase instructional materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Supplemental materials will be important and OERs (open source educational materials) are being considered as districts explore all options available to meet the needs of their students.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">About OERs</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Although some districts are looking at various options to fill gaps without costing them money, and open source materials are part of their consideration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Drew Hinds is not an advocate for OERs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>His philosophy is, “you get what you pay for”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He is not advising or suggesting to districts that OER’s are a way to fill gaps. He recommends districts purchase quality supplemental teaching materials to fill the gaps. However, he knows some are looking for whatever they can find to use with no budget. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">He differentiates between teaching materials and learning materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>OERs fall into the category of learning materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They are content driven with a particular viewpoint and often an agenda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>They are designed and meant for someone to learn about an isolated subject. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Teaching materials support the entire teaching process. These are the materials that you have in your bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This is a concise and easy way to explain the difference when talking with curriculum directors, principals and teachers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Changes are happening in the governance structure and the adoption rules in Oregon.</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">As of July 1, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction resigned her position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The Education Investment Board will take charge of the department of Education in Oregon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Rudy Cruz will be the chairman of the Education Investment Board (OEIB)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; color: #800080; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3598">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3598</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">No one knows what this means so far, so stay tuned to see what unfolds in the months ahead.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Common Core Standards</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Implementation of the Common Core Standards (CCS) is well underway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This year is the bridge year for materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In looking ahead Drew worked backwards to fill in the gaps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">2014/15 Smarter Balance Assessments come on line as the way to assess progress with CCS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There will be a pilot in 2013/14 with all districts and schools coming on line the next year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Since Oregon has been heavily involved in the creation of these assessments, it is pretty sure they will be the ones chosen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">2012 is an awareness year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The big change Drew talks about is the shift from developmentally appropriate curriculum (materials) to career and college ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>That means college entrance standards are the driving force for curriculum and scope and sequence rather than student development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He also sees the alignment of materials to CCS will be much tighter that previously to state standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It will be a more rigorous process than current correlations have been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Currently, the belief is that very few published materials are actually aligned to CSS at the level at which Oregon will be looking in future adoptions. Oregon is another state working with Achieve and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in the development of a rubric for a state, district, or school to use when choosing materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This tool will help to evaluate the alignment of materials to CCS. The idea is to build a tool that can help to evaluated materials that are printed, on line, open source educational materials or digital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>You can find information regarding them at the Achieve website—</span><a href="https://www.nwedresources.org/www.achieve.org%20%20%20"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">www.achieve.org<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Oregon is a lead state in the creation of Next Generation Science Standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>However, Drew said nothing will be determined until they are adopted by the State Board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Stay tuned for more about NGSS.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">To get more information, about CCS, there is a tool kit for CCS implementation on the ODE website </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3590">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3590</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Here you will find information about how to check alignment of materials to CCS as well as the information being delivered to districts and schools regarding the implementation of CCS in Oregon.</span></p>
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