AERO Standards and MAP test 2013-2014

Standards Vs Curriculum• Standards are expectations. For instance, we expect

students to know that 2+2=4, and why. Curriculum is the program created by school to teach students to learn that 2+2 =4, and why.

• Standards are statements. Curriculum includes many resources: activities, lessons, units, assessments, and can include publisher textbooks.

• Standards define what is to be learned by the end of a school year. Curriculum is the detailed plan for day to day teaching.

• Standards are the end. Curriculum is the means.Saint George has a Curriculum.

CIS ACCREDITED SCHOOLSPYP MYP IBDP IPC IMYC CAMB.

PRIMARY

CAMB. SEC. 1

IGCSE AERO AP

PUNTA CANA INT. SCHOOL X

St Andrew's School The International School of The Bahamas

X X X

Nido de Aguilas International School Chile * Al parecer se rigen por el Plan de Chile- incorporan los libros, en LA los 6+1 Traits, usan el Rubicon para las unidades de estudios..dan SAT y TOEFL

Escola Americana de Campinas en Brazil National Curriculum PS y

MS

X X

Santiago College Providencia en Chile X X X

Colegio Anglo-Colombiano X X X

International School of Havana en Cuba X X X X

The British School Ecuador British National Curriculu

m

X

Academia Británica Custacleca El Salvador X X X

International School of Helsinki X X X

Tokyo International School X X X

Metropolitan School of Panamá X X X Candidatos al IB

International School Singapore X X X

Stamford International American School en Singapore *dan los MAP

X X X X X

Benjamin Franklin International School en España X X X

Stockholm International School X X X

United Nation International School en NY X

British School en Uruguay X

IB Schools + AERO StandardsPYP MYP IBDP AERO AP

STAMFORD INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN SCHOOL EN SINGAPORE *DAN LOS MAP X X X X X

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EN ESPAÑA X X X

THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CONAKRY GUINEA X

AMERICAN SCHOOL OF DOHA QATAR XINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF KIGALI - RWANDA X XModern Knowledge Schools Bahrain X XAmerican International School of Bamako XPasir Ridge International School INDONESIA XINTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARUBA X XBahrain Bayan School X XCairo American College X X XAmerican School of Paris X X

AERO Vision

American-sponsored overseas schools will know how standards-based

education can and should strengthen a school’s curriculum, teaching,

assessment, and, most importantly, student learning. These schools will develop and sustain a program of standards-based learning in their

schools.

Mission • Provide challenging, professionally-validated,

voluntary academic standards for use as a foundation for curriculum in American-sponsored schools overseas

• Assist overseas schools to develop their own K-12 curricula that are grounded in standards

• Train teachers to use the AERO standards as the basis for assessing their students’ progress and their own instruction

• Assist schools in developing standards-based curricula and sustaining curricula by becoming professional communities of learners.

About AEROAERO is a project supported by the U.S. State Department’s Office of Overseas Schools (A/OPR/OS) and the Overseas Schools Advisory Council to assist schools in developing and implementing standards-based curricula. Project faculty use the AERO standards as the basis of the professional development they provide.

AERO provides a framework for curriculum consistency across grades K-12 and for stability of curriculum in overseas schools, which typically have a high rate of teacher turnover. AERO’s resources, workshops, and professional consultation services help overseas schools implement and sustain standards-based curricula. This effort is in alignment with research-based trends in the development of curriculum worldwide, and particularly with the Common Core initiative in the U.S.

What is Project AERO?American Education Reaches Out (AERO), began as a

project to adapt the U. S. national standards in Mathematics, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies to serve the needs of multi-national student bodies. Over the years, standards have also been developed in Music, Visual Arts and World Languages. In addition, three other

components have been added: AERO:SAW, which provides a focus on standards-based assessment,

AERO:SBC, which is a collection of week-long summer institutes on curriculum design, and OSAC-funded AERO mini-workshops, which are one to two-day introductions

to the principles taught more deeply in the summer institutes.

AERO and IB SchoolsSchools with IB programs use the AERO Standards in various ways. Some expect students to meet the standards by the end of grade 10 and then use the IB as the basis for the curriculum for the last two years of high school. Another choice is to maintain the AERO Standards through grade 12 for students not enrolled in the full IB program. In schools that follow the Primary Years Program and/or Middle Years Program, AERO provides a clear, measurable set of expectations for content knowledge and skills that integrate with the curriculum design criteria for PYP and MYP.

Aero Standards

Description WhenPrincipals Meeting + decision Nov. 2013Head Teachers Meeting Dec. 2013Phase 1: Awareness Phase Jan. 2014MAP Implementation (8-12 weeks before) Jan. 2014MAP test (Pilot Group) April 2014Phase 2: Transition Phase Aug. 2014MAP Test #1 Whole School Oct. 2014Phase 3: Implementation Phase Jan. 2015MAP Test #2 Whole School April 2015

PROJECT BREAKDOWN

MAP: MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS

Created by educators for educators, MAP assessments provide detailed, actionable data about where each child is on their unique learning path. Because student engagement is essential to any testing experience, NWEA works with educators to create test items that interest children and help to capture detail about what they know and what they’re ready to learn. It’s information teachers can use in the classroom to help every child, every day.

Adapting the Test to the Student MAP dynamically adapts to a student’s responses – as they take the test. • Answer a question correctly and the test presents a more challenging item • Miss a question, and MAP offers a simpler item In this way, the test narrows in on a student’s learning level, engaging them with content that allows them to succeed.

Available Assessments Delivered over the web or through your local network, MAP is a complete set of assessments aligned to national and state curricula and standards: • MAP: Reading, mathematics and language • MAP for Primary Grades: Reading and mathematics • Science Assessment: General science

Phase 1: Awareness

January Introduction : meetings, standards inside Rubicon, MAP test implementation

March Planning: standards match with Maps, workshops

April Collaborations: Pilot MAP test, meetings analyzing results *Head Teachers

May-June Final Reflection Phase 1

Phase 2: Transition

August Resources: meetings, workshops how to plan using Standards *Lesson Plans at Rubicon

August Assessments: meetings and workshops How to Assess using Standards * Assessments at Rubicon and PowerSchool

September Learning: Meetings analyzing results (teaching to the standards) *Head Teachers

October MAP testing whole school * meetings analyzing results *Head Teachers

December Final Reflection Phase 2

Phase 3: Implementation

January Fully Aligned Curriculum revision: Rubicon Atlas

January Instruction and Assessment revision: visits to the classrooms, mettings to analyze assessments

April MAP testing whole school * meetings analyzing results *Head Teachers

June Final Reflection Phase 3