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Presentation to the Colorado State Board of Education June 15, 2017

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Int roduct ions

• Melissa Colsman, Ph.D., Associat e Commissioner for

S t udent Learning

• Holly Port er, Ed. D., Chair of t he Colorado English

Language Proficiency S t andards Commit t ee and Direct or of Language S upport s and S ervices, Cherry Creek S chools

• Lourdes (Lulu) Buck, English Language Development

S pecialist and World Language Cont ent S pecialist , CDE Office of Cult urally and Linguist ically Diverse Educat ion Purpose

• To provide t he S

t at e Board of Educat ion wit h an updat e on t he work of t he st andards review and revision commit t ees wit h a focus on t he Colorado English Language Proficiency st andards

Introductions and Presentation Purpose

St Standa ndards ds Revi view a and nd Rev evision P Proces ess Ov Overview ew

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• Transparent: Process and decisions are public
• Inclusive: Process involves key stakeholders
• Research-informed: Process informed by research,

lessons learned from other states, and the assumptions underlying the standards

• Consistent: Process aligned with statutory

requirements

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ubstantive: Process focused on the substance or content of the standards themselves

• Improvement-oriented: Process focused on improving

what exists based on stakeholder feedback

Guiding Principles for the Standards Review and Revision Process

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Standards Review and Revision: Roles and Responsibilities

State Board of Education Make decisions to guide the review and revision process; approve revisions Stakeholders Provide feedback

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review process and proposed revisions Review Committees Propose revisions to the standards for State Board consideration CDE Staff Facilitate the review and revision process and staff the content area committees

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Standards Review and Revision Timeline

St Standa ndards ds Revi view a and nd Revis ision P Proce cess s Commi mmitte ttee Upd pdate te

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DENVER METRO 57% PIKES PEAK 20% NORTH CENTRAL 11% WEST CENTRAL 4% NORTHWEST 3% 3% NORTHEAST 2% SOUTHWEST 2% SOUTHEAST 1%

Committee Applications by Region

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DENVER METRO 54% PIKES PEAK 20% NORTHEAST 1% WEST CENTRAL 6% NORTHWEST 2% NORTHEAST 1% SOUTHWEST 2% SOUTHEAST 1% NORTH CENTRAL 13%

Committee Representation by Region

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Administrator 34% Business 6% Educator 47% Higher Education 11% Parent 2%

Committee Representation by Primary Role

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S takeholder input from the Online S tandards Review S ystem

• All comments are available in a single, tabbed spreadsheet.
• Comments organized by content area and grade level are

also available.

Committee resources

• Names and affiliations of all committee members are posted

by content area.

• Each content area committee has a page of general

resources that the committee will use during their review process.

• Committee meeting dates, locations, and summaries are all

posted.

Public comments can be shared via the standards email address through the entire review and revision process: standardsreview2018@ cde.state.co.us

Resources Currently Available on Standards Review and Revision Webpage

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Responses in the Online Standards Feedback System

Content Area Number of Commenters Total Number of Comments Comprehensive Health and Physical Education 56 606 Dance 4 5 Drama and Theatre Arts 3 11 Mathematics 26 165 Music 19 238 Reading, Writing and Communicating 47 377 Science 36 302 Social Studies 106 610 Visual Arts 19 277 World Languages 14 879 Total 330 3470

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English L sh Langua nguage ge Pr Proficiency ncy (CEL ELP) P) St Standa ndards ds

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• In 2009,the Colorado S

tate Board of Education approved WIDA ’s English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards as a framework for Colorado’s ELP standards.

• The CELP standards include standards to develop

English for identified English Learners in kindergarten through grade 12.

• CELP standards address a specific context for

language development in the S

• cial and Instructional

settings through the content areas of:

• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
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cience

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Information about Colorado’s English Language Proficiency (CELP) Standards

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• CDE conducted

a survey to gather feedback on the approach for revising the CELP standards

• The survey

was open from to January 25 to February 28, 2017

• A total of 350

individuals responded

CELP Standards Survey: Participants

Educators 90% Students 2% State Agency 4% Other (BOCES, Parent, Advocates, Media, Taxpayer, Professional Organization,

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4%

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Bilingual educator 2% Classroom Teacher 8% English language development teacher 60% School-level non- instructional staff 3% School administrator 4% District-level non- adminstrator staff 9% District administrator 11% Not a PK-12 educator 3%

CELP Survey Educator Participant Details

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Very negative 1% Negative 8% Neutral 25% Positive 41% Very positive 21% Not sure 4%

Overall impression of the CELP Standards

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Preference for Approach to Review and Revise CELP Standards

Continue to use WiDA without modifications 18% Continue to use WiDA; develop implementation and support resources 67% Use WiDA as a referent for developing original CELP standards 13% Develop CELP standards from scratch without reference WiDA 2%

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• The committee met in May 2017 along with all other

standards review and revision committees.

• The committee reviewed the survey responses and

public comments submitted to the department.

• The committee is in consensus to:
• Modify the academic language portions of the CELP standards

to align to the Colorado Academic S tandards

• Develop implementation resources

CELP Committee Progress

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Next Steps for the Standards Review and Revision Committees

• The standards review and revision committees will

hold their third meeting on Friday, June 16.

• Committees will review work virtually over the

summer and convene in S eptember to consolidate their initial recommended revisions.

• We anticipate that the proposed revisions will be

available for S tate Board and public feedback beginning in October.

• Updates on the progress of the committees in general

and specific content areas will be provided to the S tate Board on an ongoing basis through July 2018.

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