Instructional Quality Commission
An advisory body to the California State Board of Education
DRAFT MINUTES OF MEETING: September 27–28, 2017
(Considered for approval on November 16–17, 2017)
Item 1.D.
Full Commission
November 16–17, 2017
Instructional Quality Commission
An advisory body to the California State Board of Education
DRAFT MINUTES OF MEETING: September 27–28, 2017
(Considered for approval onNovember 16–17, 2017)
Preliminary Report of Action
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Instructional Quality Commissioners Present:
Lizette Diaz, Commission Chair
Bill Honig, Commission Vice Chair
Jocelyn Broemmelsiek
Soomin Chao
Jose Flores
Rob Foster
Lori Freiermuth
Marlene Galvan
Jose Iniguez
Risha Krishna
Brian Muller (late)
Melanie Murphy-Corwin
Nicole Naditz
Dean Reese
Julie Tonkovich
Jennifer Woo
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (late)
Commissioners Absent:
Senator Anthony Portantino
Executive Director:
Stephanie Gregson
State Board of Education Liaisons Present:
Patricia Rucker
Niki Sandoval
Ilene Straus
1. Full Instructional Quality Commission (Commission or IQC)
A. Call to Order
Commission Chair Diazcalled the meeting to order at approximately 10 a.m.
B. Salute to the Flag
CommissionerKrishnaled the salute to the flag.
C. Overview of Agenda
Commission Chair Diaz announced there are two new legislative members on the Commission. Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon appointed Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva to replace Assemblyman Kevin McCarty and Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León appointed Senator Anthony Portantino to fill the vacant position. Both positions are at the pleasure of their respective appointing body. Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva will be in attendance at the meeting later today.
D. Approval of Minutes (Action):
ACTION: CommissionerFreiermuth moved to approve the minutes of theMay 18, 2017, July 24, 2017, and August 17, 2017, Instructional Quality Commission meetings. Commissioner Naditz seconded the motion. There was no discussion or public comment. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the members present (15–0). CommissionerMuller and Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva were absent for the vote and Senator Portantinowas absent from the meeting.
E. Report of the Chair
Commission Chair Diaz welcomed back Commissioner Foster who has been absent due to health issues. She thanked her fellow commissioners for their hard work and dedication to the students of California and the State Board of Education (SBE) liaisons for their support and partnership with the Commission. She especially thanked the community members for their comments on the history–social science instructional materials adoption. It really validates the partnership that the Commission has with the community to serve and support the students of California.
F. Executive Director’s Report
Executive Director Stephanie Gregson reported on the following:
- The Computer Science Standards Advisory Committee (CS SAC)held its first meeting on September 25–26, 2017. The project is a collaborative effort across two divisions within the California Department of Education – Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Resources Division (CFIRD) and Professional Learning and Support Division. Information about the CS SAC can be found on the following website:
- The Health Education Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee (HE CFCC) meeting held its fourth meeting on September 18–19, 2017. The committee is working to provide high quality support and guidance to the health educators and teachers who teach health. More information on the HE CFCC can be found on the following website:
- Funding – the California Legislature and Governor provided support for the work of the IQC and curriculum frameworks by designating $10 million in Proposition 98 funds to be used to provide professional learning to teachers and administrators on the History–Social Science and Health Education Frameworks. Another $5 million in Proposition 98 funds was designated to the development of an online repository of supplemental instructional materials aligned to the History–Social Science Framework in partnership with San Francisco Unified School District and the California Historical Society and with help from the California History–Social Science Project.
- Applications for the IQC are now being accepted. The deadline to applyis noon on October 11, 2017.
G. Report from the State Board of Education (SBE)
SBE liaisonsPatricia Rucker and Ilene Straus reported on the activities of the SBE.
H. Other Matters/Public Comment:None
2. World Language Subject Matter Committee
SMC Chair Naditz called the World Language Subject Matter Committee (SMC) meeting to order.
A. 2019 World Language Standards for California Public Schools
1. Report on the World Language Focus Group Meetings (Information)
Alejandro Hernández provided a brief overview of the World Language (WL)Focus Group Report. He pointed out that the comments in the report are the basis for the draft guidelines that will direct the work of the WL Standards Advisory Committee (SAC).
2. Draft Guidelines for the Revision of the World Language Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Information/Action)
SMC Chair Naditz led the discussion of the guidelines.
ACTION: Commissioner Galvan moved to recommend to the full Commission the Guidelines for the Revision of the World Language Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve with the changes recommended by the committee and to forward the Guidelines to the SBE. Commissioner Chao seconded the motion. There was no additional discussion. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the committee members present (5–0).
B. Other Matters/Public Comment: None
3. Visual and Performing Arts Subject Matter Committee
SMCCo-Chair Tonkovich called the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) SMC to order.
A. 2019 Visual and Performing Arts Standards for California Public Schools
1. Report on the VAPA Focus Group Meetings (Information)
Cliff Rudnick provided a brief overview of the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA)Focus Group Report. He pointed out that the comments in the report are the basis for the draft guidelines that will direct the work of the VAPA Standards Advisory Committee (SAC).
2. Draft Guidelines for the Revision of VAPA Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Information/Action)
SMC Co-Chair Naditz led the discussion of the guidelines.
ACTION: Commissioner Naditz moved to recommend to the full Commission the Guidelines for the Revision of the VAPA Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve with the changes recommended by the committee and to forward the Guidelines to the SBE. Commissioner Murphy-Corwin seconded the motion. There was no additional discussion. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the committee members present (6–0). Commissioner Muller was absent for the vote.
B. Other Matters/Public Comment: None
4. Science Subject Matter Committee
SMC Chair Foster called the Science SMC meeting to order.
A. Update on the Science Framework for California Public Schools (Information)
Bryan Boyd provided an update on the Science Framework. He reported that nine framework rollouts are being planned throughout the state beginning in May 2019.
B. 2018 Science Instructional Materials Adoption (Information/Action)
1. Recommendation of Instructional Materials Reviewers (IMRs) and Content Review Experts (CREs) (Information/Action)
Following a discussion, the Commissioner Freiermuth moved to recommend the following 119 applicants to the full IQC:
Content Review Experts: 10 recommended – 420, 447, 462, 487, 499, 514, 537, 544, 552, and 555.
Instructional Materials Reviewers
Teachers (per 5 CCR 9512(c)): 80 recommended – 372, 373, 374, 387, 388, 392, 393 396, 397, 399, 402, 403, 405, 408, 409, 411, 412, 413, 416, 418, 422, 423, 425, 427, 428, 429, 431, 433, 434, 436, 437, 439, 446, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 463, 467, 468, 471, 473, 475, 476, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 490, 493, 497, 504, 507, 508, 510, 512, 516, 517, 521, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 530, 535, 536, 538, 539, 542, 543, 545, 546, 547, and 554.
Non-Teachers: 29 recommended – 375, 376, 391, 400, 401, 424, 432, 435, 438, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 459, 461, 466, 478, 491, 494, 496, 502, 509, 518, 519, 529, 533, 541, and 550
Commissioner Flores seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the members present (7-0).
2. Approve List of Trainers and Non-Commissioner Facilitators (Action)
Following a discussion, Commissioner Woo moved to recommend to the full IQC the following commissioners and CDE staff to serve as facilitatorswho will provide the reviewer training for the 2018 Science Adoption, and to recommend that the five incoming IQC members and two emeritus commissioners, Foster and Muller, serve as possible facilitators:
Commissioner Facilitators:
Broemmelsiek, Chao, Diaz, Flores, Iniguez, Murphy-Corwin, Reese, Tonkovich, and Woo
Non-Commissioner Facilitators:
Ken McDonald, Alejandro Hernandez, Letty Kraus, and Joe Thompson
Commissioner Freiermuth seconded the motion. There was no discussion or public comment. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the members present (7-0).
C. Other Matters/Public Comment:
Jessica Sawko, California Science Teachers Association
5. History–Social Science Subject Matter Committee
SMC Chair Honig called the History–Social Science SMC meeting to order.
A. Report pm the 2017 History–Social Science Adoption of K–8 Instructional Materials (Information)
SMC Chair Honig provided an overview of the adoption process. After this overview, the facilitators who led review panels during the training and deliberations each reported out on the findings of their panels. These were the following individuals:
- Discovery Education, Discovery Education Social Science Techbook (6–8): Panel 6, Julie Tonkovich
- First Choice Educational Publishing, E Pluribus Unum: The American Pursuit of Liberty, Growth, and Equality, 1750-1900 (grade 8): Panel 10, Jim Long
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kids Discover California Social Studies (K–6): Panel 1, Jocelyn Broemmelsiek
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Social Studies World History (6–8): Panel 8, Julie Spykerman
- McGraw-Hill, California Impact (K–5): Panel 3, Melanie Murphy-Corwin
- McGraw-Hill, California Impact (6–8): Panel 7, Jennifer Woo
- National Geographic Learning, Nat Geo World History (6–8): Panel 6, Julie Tonkovich
- Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall, California History-Social Science myWorld Interactive (K–5): Panel 2, Soomin Chao
- Pearson Prentice Hall, California History-Social Science: myWorld Interactive (6–8): Panel 9, Nicole Naditz
- Studies Weekly, California Studies Weekly – Social Studies (K–6): Panel 5, Brian Muller
- Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, Social Studies Alive! California Series (K–5): Panel 4, Jose Flores
- Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, History Alive! California Series (6–8): Panel 10, Jim Long
B. Public Hearing on the Submissions for the 2017 History–Social Science Adoption of K–8 Instructional Materials
Each speaker had one minute to speak. The following individuals provided public comment during the public hearing: Note: some names may be misspelled due to illegible writing.
- Jeff Edwards, Stonewall Foundation of Greater Sacramento
- Craig R. Givens, African American Education and Economic Policy Advocacy Group
- Curtis L. Gardner, African American Education and Economic Policy Advocacy Group
- Catherine Zielenski, Retired Educator
- Rick Oculto, Our Family Coalition
- Samir Kalra, Hindu American Foundation
- Don Romesburg, Committee on LGBT History
- Carolyn Laub, Fair Education Act Coalition
- Renata Moreira, Our Family Coalition
- Callisyn Zielenski, Our Family Coalition
- Rob Darrow
- Vendkata Tripason, Parent
- Yogesh Brahme, Parent
- Ekanatha Pai, Parent
- Meera Honde, Parent
- Smita Kinikar, Parent
- Umasankar Manda, Parent
- Theivanai Nagappan, Parent
- Prashanti Bharathwaj
- Nambi Sankaran, Parent
- Anuradha Agrawal, Parent
- Gulshan Jit, Parent
- Anshu Agrawal, Parent
- Nandita Bhatnagar, Parent
- Neelima Sighakollu, Parent
- Mugdha Musale, Parent
- Rita Madne, Parent
- Prashant Kondawar, Parent
- Rishi Maharaj
- Khandel Wal
- Atul Kumar, Hindu
- Vasanth Shetty, Parent
- Manaj Sharma, Parent
- Jagdish Kulkarni, Parent
- Naveena Rudrapada, Parent
- Dakshata Talekar, Parent
- Manohar Mandadi
- Kalyan Suvarna
- Sumanth Ganapathi Basavapatna
- Shiva Ravinutala
- Saketh Jakka
- Arul Verma
- Arushi Swamy
- Vaishnaui Ravinutala
- Vishwanath Jakka, Parent
- Rajeev Ponnayyan
- Vinod Mysore
- Anil Covilakam
- Swati Mhaiskar
- Venkat Narayan
- Arun Kethipelly
- Rakesh Wagh
- Pragna Gatla
- Rakshaa Venkatraman
- Lavanya Ganesan
- Laxman Venkatraman
- Madhuri Raghuveera
- Shipra Varshney
- Chethana Jaiswal
- Silpa Vitalapur
- Sharat Joshi, Parent
- Nilesh Pathak, Parent
- Praveen Dhir, Parent
- Lamitr Dhir, Student
- Amruta Joshi, Student
- Samroddhi Pathak, Student
- Shrimayee Grandhi, Student
- Samir Uyai, Parent
- Mani Keeran, Parent
- Rayendra Royork, Parent
- Scuvra Gupti, Parent
- Aarti Aggarwal, Parent
- Satyendra Thakur, Parent
- Vijay Simha Handebagh, Parent
- Rakeshi Pathak
- Vandana Pathak
- Shruti Pathak
- Savita Joshi, Yoga Bharati
- Charu
- Vivek Handebagh
- Gmanashobitha Meduri
- Atharva Kulkarni
- Tejas Thobbi
- Shivpal Singh
- Jayshri Nimbargi, Parent
- Pooja Sthavarmath, Parent
- Smitha Jayakumar, Parent
- Santosh Kale, Parent
- Madhar Thakur, Parent
- Manoj Pandey
- Shreya Handebagh, Student
- Sanjeevani Dedge, Student
- Yagnee Makwana, Student
- Vaishali Vavel, Parent
- Ambuj Taivedi, Parent
- Prasad Khandet
- Bhaskar Maddi, Parent
- Sujata Joshi, Parent
- Prabha Malempati, Parent
- Ujjwala Thobbi, Parent
- Venbaisu Innamoai, Parent
- Ramesh V. Ramarao, Parent
- Kanchan Wagh, Parent
- Hamsa Bangalore, Parent
- Milino Makwana
- Purvi Makwana
- Krishna Maheshwari, Hindupedia
- Kiran Nanjundappa, Parent
- Vishal Aggarwal, Parent
- Digant Dash
- Riekha Parvatieudaly, Parent
- Nikhil Kale, Parent
- Achintaya Rai, Student
- Vinayak Fadnavis, Parent
- Giveesh Kumar Parent
- Mark Jarrett, First Choice Educational Publishing
- Mohan Achwal, Community Member
- Shankara Shivagana
- Sanjay Tripathi, HEF
- Rhina Ramos, TOSA Network
- Rohit Sharma
- Sandeep Gangadharan, Parent
- Kern Chhikara, Office of CA Assemblymember Kevin Kiley
- Krishna Vutukuru
- Jo Michael, Equality California
- Amanda Wallner, CA LGBT HSS Network
- Aaron Fox, LA LGBT Center
- Hari Patel
- Danielle Acosta, Student
- Hemlata Kamble
- Emily Bender, Sacramento LGBT Center
- Pamela Anderson, Trinity Cathedral
- Amber Banjara, Parent
- Shante Lewis
- Sceneeta Gupta
- Juniperangelica Cordova
- T Madhusudana Rao
- Ameya Mohoni
- Anna-Marie McLemore
- Venu Mallesava
- Nihar S
- Chethana
- Rodney Nickens, CA LGBT Legislative Caucus
- Charlie Anderson, Student
- Shanmukha Lakki
C. Recommendations to the Full Commission on the Submissions for the 2017 History–Social Science Adoption of K–8 Instructional Materials (Action)
The HSS SMC took action to recommend programs to the full Commission. All motions were stated in the affirmative. A yes vote for a motion meant that the Commissioner recommended the program to the full Commission, while a no vote against the motion meant that the Commissioner did not recommend the program to the full Commission. The HSS SMC voted on each program in entirety.
1. Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall’s California History-Social Science myWorld Interactive, Kindergarten Through Grade Five
SMC Vice Chair Flores made the motion to recommend to the full Commission Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall’s California History-Social Science myWorld Interactive for kindergarten through grade five with the following edits:
- Edits and corrections numbered #1-29 from the IMR/CRE Report of Findings, as addressed by the publisher (see below);
- The following social content citations issued by the IMR/CRE panel: 1, 8, 9, 11-17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31-35, as addressed by the publisher (see below). For social content citation 30, the HSS SMC would like the biography to remain with a new title/emphasis.
- The following publisher-submitted errata, from the file named “9-8 Pearson Education K-5” on the CDE Box.com account:
- The publisher-submitted edits in response to the edits and corrections from the IMR/CRE Report;
- The publisher-submitted edits in response to the social content citations issued by the IMR/CRE panel, as noted above;
- Additional publisher-submitted edits as follows:
- Grade K: SE pp. 10, 14, 73, 106, 159; TE pp. 5, 33, 104
- Grade 1: SE pp. R6, R12, 68, 97, 120, 126, 130, 208; TE pp. 65. 68. 145, 124
- Grade 2: SE pp. 12, 52, 54, 144, 147, 172, 179, 189, 199, 200; TE pp. 9, 63, 116, 172; AG
- Grade 3: SE pp. 84, 212, R17; TE pp. 179, 180, 185; AG pp. 115, 117
- Grade 4: SE pp. 26, 51, 89, 104, 134, 152, 223, 259, 282, 301, 304, R17; TE pp. 0 (no page), 4, 5, 9, 44, 84, 88, 89, 130, 131, 189, 216, 217, 254, 258, 259, 304, 308
- Grade 5: SE pp. viii, 36, 64, 78, 84, 93, 171, 190, 216, 223, 299, 363, 395, R17, R67; TE pp. 28, 54, 149, 153, 154, 165, 166, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 235, 244A, 337, 355, 373; AG pp. 39, 49, 101, 119, 121; Biography Card: Harriet Tubman
- The following edits and corrections from the public comment titled “7-10 ICS Panel 2”:
- Grade 2: Ch. 5, p. 145, paragraph 1; p. 148, paragraph 3; p. 149 (Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem); p. 156 (Marie Curie)
- Grade 4: Ch. 7, p. 302, paragraph 1 (Harvey Milk). The HSS SMC added the word “gay” after “Jewish”
- Grade 5: Ch. 8, p. 359 (Levi Strauss); R17, right sidebar (replace “Congress” with “Government” in two sentences)
- Both comments from the public comment titled “9-28 FAIR Act Coalition (1)”.
- From “8-10 Sarah Moses”: on the last page of the pdf of this file (Grade 3 SE/TE, p. 62):
- Replace “performed” with “conducted”
- Replace “performers” with “participants”
- Delete “costume” and replace with “symbolic clothing and adornments” (this wording is from the HSS SMC)
Commissioner Krishna seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the committee (8–0). The program was recommended.
2. Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall’s History-Social Science: myWorld Interactive, Grades Six Through Eight
SMC Vice Chair Flores made the motion to recommend to the full Commission Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall’s History-Social Science: myWorld Interactive for grades six through eight with the following edits:
- Edits and corrections numbered #1-9 from the IMR/CRE Report of Findings;
- All of the publisher-submitted errata, from the file named “9-8 Pearson Education 6-8” on the CDE Box.com account, with the following minor edits and corrections from the HSS SMC:
- Grade 6, SE, page 80, second paragraph: change “teachers” to “teaches”
- Grade 6, SE p. 95, change “iives” to “lives”
- Grade 8, SE p. 15, in the edits for the biography of Charley Parkhurst, change the one remaining female reference, “she also found work…” to male.
- From the publisher-submitted file “9-28 Pearson Education 6-8”:
- Rows 1, 4, 5, and 6: defer to review panel language
- Rows 2, 7: accept publisher language
- Row 3: use, “India’s first civilization grew around the Indus valley.”
- The following edits and corrections from public comment:
- From “7-10 Truth in Textbooks”: grade 8 page 378 or 279 of SE (on page 14 of their pdf): topic five lesson 6, bottom of page: correct the name of the author of “I wish I was in Dixie.”
- From “7-10 ICS Panel 9”:
- Grade 6, SE p. 49, correct the map labels as indicated
- Grade 8, additional resources: biographies: correct the spelling of Salomon
- From “9-28 FAIR Act Coalition (1)” accept both edits.
Commissioner Krishna seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the committee (8–0). The program was recommended.