Common Core Standards

1. Common Core Standards February 28, 2011 OCMC Teacher Symposium The Common Core Practices

2. CCSS Background The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Writing of the standards was informed by: • Best state standards and top performing countries • Experience of teachers, content experts, states, and leading research • Feedback from the general public http://www.corestandards.org

3. The Standards Are: • Are aligned with college and work expectations; • Are clear, understandable and consistent; • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills; • Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards; • Are informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society; and • Are evidence-based.

4. Mission of CCSS Initiative • consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn • knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers • compete successfully in the global economy http://www.corestandards.org

5. Who or what entity determines the common core state standards? • A standards development workgroup • An expert feedback group • A validation committee http://www.corestandards.org

6. Knowledge Taxonomy 1. Awareness 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

7. Application Model 1. Knowledge in one discipline 2. Application within discipline 3. Application across disciplines 4. Application to real-world predictable situations 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situations

8. California Academic ContentStandards Commission (CACSC) SB X5 1 created the 21 member standards commission: • 11 Governor Appointees • 5 Senate Appointees • 5 Assembly Appointees Not less than half must be current teachers. http://www.scoe.net/castandards/multimedia/common_core_faq.pdf

9. California adopts the Common Core Standards • The standards commission reviewed and approved the common core standards with a supplement of 15% to add rigor and relevance • 13 of the 21 commission members are public school teachers

10. California’s Additional 15% • added information to address any perceived gaps • ensured that the rigor of California’s existing standards would be maintained http://www.scoe.net/castandards/multimedia/common_core_faq.pdf

11. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside The Politics The Resources The Issues Midnight Deadline Challenges and Hope The Heroes

12. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside The Politics Governor’s Choices 1998 Landscape The Brown Act

13. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside The Resources SCOE Crosswalks Math Experts – Zimba, Milgram, Wu CMC Leaders – Woods, Willebrand, Muller Achieve Friends

14. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside The Issues RTTT and Deadlines (July 15, Aug 2, 2010) Pronouns, Handwriting, Science, Social Studies Wurman-Evers Negotiation Grade 8 Algebra Criteria for 15% and Rigor

15. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside Midnight Deadline “Obstructionist” and 14-2 The Calahan Sprint Pool Party

16. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside Challenges and Hope Framework Committee/”Coursefying” Assessment, PD, Funding Mathematical Modeling, Real-life Conceptual Development Integrated HS Mathematics

17. CaCCSS Math StandardsView From The Inside The Heroes The Politicians CMC and BSMARTE SCOE Staff Heather Calahan Scott Farrand

18. Standards for Mathematical Practice • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them • Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others • Model with mathematics • Use appropriate tools strategically • Attend to precision • Look for and make use of structure • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

19. Grade K-8 Standards Standards (by grade level) • Defines what students should understand and be able to do • Immediately follow the overview page

20. Domains K-8 Presentation by William McCallum, University of Arizona, Algebra Forum 2010

21. California Grade 8 Options • Goal for 8th grade students is Algebra 1 • Two options for grade 8 that prepare students for college and career • Algebra 1 • Grade 8 Common Core and the high school Algebra content cluster • Grade 8 Common Core • Goal of grade 8 Common Core is to finalize preparation for students to take Algebra I in high school http://www.scoe.net/castandards/multimedia/common_core_faq.pdf

22. High School Highlights Conceptual categories (6 total) • Number and Quantity • Algebra • Functions • Modeling (embedded in other areas) • Geometry • Statistics and Probability

23. Some Comparison Examples

24. Topics in Different Grades

25. Timelines Timeline 1 Timeline 2 Frameworks: May 2015 Instructional Materials: November 2017 • Frameworks: May 2013 • Instructional Materials: November 2014 http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/ccssfaqs2010.asp

26. http://commoncoreca.ocde.us

27. Assessment Partnership for the Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC) Smarter Balanced Consortium (SBAC)

28. PARCC vs. SMARTER - For both consortia: periodic assessments could replace already existing tests, such as interim assessments that are in common use in many classrooms today. - Both consortia are designing their assessment systems with the substantial involvement of experts and teachers of English learners and students with disabilities to ensure that these students are appropriately assessed.

29. PARCC

30. PARCC’s Goals • Build a pathway to college and career readiness • Construct assessments that enable cross-state comparisons • Create better assessments • Make better use of technology in assessments • Match investments in testing with investments in teaching

31. Goal #3: Create Better Assessments The PARCC assessment system will include: • A mix of item types – short answer, longer open response and performance-based – in addition to richer multiple choice items that: • Better reflect the sophisticated knowledge and skills found in the English and math Common Core State Standards and • Will encourage teachers to focus on helping each student develop a deep understanding of the subject matter, rather than just narrowing their instruction in order to “teach to the test” • Testing at key points throughout the year to give teachers, parents and students better information about whether students are “on track” or need some additional support in particular areas

32. Goal #4: Make Better Use of Technology in Assessments PARCC’s computer-based assessments will: • Produce real-time snapshots of students’ knowledge • Give parents, students and teachers the ability to adjust accordingly rather than waiting until the end of the school year when it’s too late to make changes PARCC assessments will be scored: • By a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and human scoring • States will individually determine the extent to which teachers will be involved in scoring • Source: PARCC-Overview-2-8-11.ppt, Achieve Website, http://www.achieve.org/parcc

33. SMARTER

34. SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium • Summative assessments using online computer-adaptive technologies • Efficiently provides accurate measurement of all students, better than a “one size fits all” approach • Assesses full range of CCSS in English language arts and math • Describes both current achievement and growth across time, indicating progress toward college- and career-readiness • Scores provide reliable state-to-state comparability, with standards set against national and international benchmarks • States and districts have option of giving the summative tests twice a year Source: 0812 - 1100 - plen - Susan Gendron.ppt, http://www.sheeo.org/hepconfsite/hepc2010/0812%20-%201100%20-%20plen%20-%20Susan%20Gendron.ppt

35. SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium • Optional interim and formative assessments • Aligned to and reported on the same scale as the summative assessments • Helps identify specific needs of each student, so teachers can provide appropriate, targeted instructional assistance • Teachers involved in item and task design and scoring, with interim/formative assessments being non-secure and fully accessible • Provides students with clear examples of the expected performance on common standards

36. SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium • Online, tailored reporting system • Supporting educator access to information about student progress toward career and college readiness • Student performance history can be transported across districts and states • Although the backbone of the reporting system is provided by the Consortium, individual states retain jurisdiction over access permissions and front-end “look” of online reports

37. Assessment Items • Through-Course vs. End-of-Course • RTTT Application • Other presentations

38. PARCC Assessment Items • Source: PARCC Assessment Consortia Application: Appendix (A) (3) – A, Example Item Types: English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics

40. SMARTER (SBAC) Assessment Items • Source: 0812 - 1100 - plen - Susan Gendron.ppt • http://www.sheeo.org/hepconfsite/hepc2010/0812%20-%201100%20-%20plen%20-%20Susan%20Gendron.ppt

41. Assessment Design Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

42. Assessment Design

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