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During the past few months, I hope you made time for much-needed personal and professional restoration; the previous 18 months held unprecedented challenges for all, but especially for educators.

I hope you are looking forward to a great new school year with both an informed awareness of timely uncertainties and a wealth enthusiasm for teaching and learning along with your students. In July, educators from around the state met to review and analyze student performance on EOC exams and make recommendations regarding the threshold scores for performance designations.

Later in July, educators participated in the summer Professional Learning Series, examining the positive impact of integrated curriculum on student achievement and student engagement. If you joined us for assessment projects or for an exploration of integrated curriculum in ELA, Science and Social Studies, I hope you found your time well spent.

Constitution Day is Friday, September 17, In , Congress mandated the observance of Constitution Day, September 17, to commemorate that day in when the United States Constitution was signed.

The law mandates that all publically funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day. If you have questions or additional ideas to share, please contact me.

My hope and my goal is to serve and support you in the important work you do educating all our children to become capable, contributing citizens. Regards, Dixie. Grupe dese. The standards, approved on April 19, are for implementation beginning in the academic year.

They will be assessed in Government and HS American History optional EOC assessments in a census field test in and then in operational form beginning in These are the new Missouri Learning Standards K Expectations for Social Studies, but the alternative layout includes details and resources classroom teachers may find helpful. They will bring in university researchers, authors, and seasoned teachers to help your faculty start the year with ideas to energize their classrooms; all at no cost to your district.

For more information on this project: ushmm. This on-line resource includes free resources tied to modern history, culture, geography and current events. All Social Studies awards are currently on hold due to the ongoing pandemic. Check back for more information. National Economics Challenge. In the State Board of Education authorized the organization of a workgroup to evaluate, and possibly make recommendations to modify or revise Personal Finance learning standards.

The workgroup, comprised of Missouri educators and community leaders from across the state, began work in December After more than nine months of work, three public hearings, feedback from educators, higher education representatives and business community members and revisions based on that input, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education presented the standards for approval. On September 19, , the State Board of Education approved the new standards.

Districts should begin preparing local curriculum based on the new standards for implementation in the school year. Development of a new online assessment tool aligned to the new standards will begin immediately for implementation in the school year.

Resources for Personal Finance Curriculum Development. Groups of Missouri educators from across the state collaborated to create the documents necessary to support the implementation of these expectations. It defines what could be measured on a variety of assessments.

The document serves as the foundation of the assessment development process. A-Z Index Can't find what you are looking for?

Check out the A-Z Index. Missouri Connections Missouri Connections is a comprehensive, online, career development and planning program that is provided free of charge to all Missouri citizens. School District Data. It defines what could be measured on a variety of assessments. The document serves as the foundation of the assessment development process.

A-Z Index Can't find what you are looking for? Check out the A-Z Index. Missouri Connections Missouri Connections is a comprehensive, online, career development and planning program that is provided free of charge to all Missouri citizens. School District Data. Status message onKernelRequest. Social Studies. Veterans National Education Program This on-line resource includes free resources tied to modern history, culture, geography and current events.

Awards All Social Studies awards are currently on hold due to the ongoing pandemic. To Be Updated. Louis St. Personal Finance In the State Board of Education authorized the organization of a workgroup to evaluate, and possibly make recommendations to modify or revise Personal Finance learning standards. Louis Federal Reserve www. Participation, however, permits the district to evaluate student achievement with an assessment fully aligned to state standards. The Personal Finance Assessment is provided at no cost to districts.

Truman Library and Museum Holocaust Museum and Learning Center Missouri Historical Society State Historical Museum Missouri Supreme Court Education Missouri Bar: The Missouri Bar has a wealth of resources for teachers including recommended websites for learning about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, exploring the philosophical and historical foundations, and for information about the Constitutional Convention of and the constitutional ratification process.

The National Constitution Center at www. The Constitutional Sources Project at www. This is a coloring book that describes the various roles of judges and lawyers. How Does Our Government Work? This is a coloring and activity book that talks about rules and how our government works at both the federal and state levels. Components of the item specifications include: Expectation Unwrapped breaks down a list of clearly delineated content and skills the students are expected to know and be able to do upon mastery of the Expectation.

Depth of Knowledge DOK Ceiling indicates the highest level of cognitive complexity that would typically be assessed on a large scale assessment. The DOK ceiling is not intended to limit the complexity one might reach in classroom instruction. Item Format indicates the types of items used in large scale assessment. For each expectation, the item format specifies the type best suited for that particular expectation.

For example, some expectations should not be assessed on a large scale assessment but are better suited for local assessment. Sample stems are examples that address the specific elements of each expectation and address varying DOK levels.

The sample stems provided in this document are in no way intended to limit the depth and breadth of possible item stems. The expectation should be assessed in a variety of ways. Text Types suggests a broad list of text types for both literary and informational expectations.

This list is not intended to be all inclusive: other text types may be used in the classroom setting. The expectations were written in grade level bands; for this reason, the progression of the expectations relies upon increasing levels of quantitative and qualitative text complexities.

English Language Arts Only Calculator Designation indicates whether a calculator will be available for test questions written to a particular expectations on the large-scale assessment.