Implementing Indiana’s Common Core Standards

1. Implementing Indiana’s Common Core Standards Zach Foughty Director of College and Career Readiness Indiana Department of Education

2. Agenda • Why “common” College and Career Readiness standards? Didn’t we have great standards before? • What are Indiana’s Common Core (INCC)? • How will we assess INCC?

3. Do we need “common” standards? Disparate standards across states Global competition Today’s jobs require different skills For many young people, a high school degree isn’t preparing them for college or a good job

4. College readiness “College” means much more than just pursuing a four- year degree at a university. Includes any postsecondary education or training experience (two- and four-year, certifications) “College ready” – possess the English and mathematics knowledge and skills necessary to qualify for and succeedin entry-level, credit-bearing college courses without remedial coursework.

5. Career readiness A “career” is not just a job, but provides a family-sustaining wage and pathways to advancement A job may be obtained with a high school diploma, but offers no guarantee of advancement or mobility “Career ready” – possess the English and mathematics knowledge and skills necessary to qualify for and succeed in the postsecondary job training and/or education necessary for their chosen career

6. What about our standards (IAS)? • In Indiana, we must update standards at least every 6 years (by statute) • IAS: “A mile wide and an inch deep” • CCSS represents a different type of rigor • INCC and IAS rated similarly in 2010 Fordham analysis • Equally rigorous, IAS had more supports • Gap closed? http://doe.in.gov/commoncore

7. Indiana Common Core Standards Standards for College and Career Readiness

8. What are the INCC? • “Common Core Standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs.” (NGA & CCSSO, 2010)

9. So what are the INCC exactly? • INCC for English language arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects • K-5: INCC for ELA • 6-12: INCC for ELA + Literacy standards for virtually every other area • Not content standards for H/SS, Sci, TS • INCC for Mathematics • K-Algebra II Content Standards • K-12 (16?): Math Practices (applicable in many subjects)

10. Criteria for development Fewer, clearer, higher Aligned with college and work expectations Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills Build on strengths and lessons of current standards Informed by top-performing countries Evidence and/or research based Realistic and practical for the classroom Consistent across all states

11. How were they developed? • Led by Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governor’s Association • Started with “College and Career Ready Graduation Standards” (September 2009) • CCSS writing teams (math and ELA) drafted first public version (March 2010) • 10,000+ public comments were considered in finalizing the current version (June 2010)

12. 46* States + DC, DoDEA *Minnesota adopted ELA only

13. Key advances of the INCC ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

14. Indiana Common Core Standards Mathematics Key Advances

15. Focus • Significantly narrow the scope of content and deepen how time and energy is spent • Focus deeply only on what is emphasized in the standards, so that students gain strong foundations (Student Achievement Partners, 2012)

16. Coherence • Carefully connect learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding on foundations • Each standard is an extension of previous learning, not a disconnected topic – build on the conceptual understanding from previous grades (Student Achievement Partners, 2012)

17. Coherence • Example: Data representation (Student Achievement Partners, 2012)

18. Coherence • Example: Geometric measurement (Student Achievement Partners, 2012)

19. Rigor • Students must have a balance of: • Solid conceptual understanding • Procedural skill and fluency • Application of skills in problem solving situations • Requires equal intensity in time, activities, and resources in pursuit of all three (Student Achievement Partners, 2012)

20. Mathematical Practices

21. Priorities in Mathematics

22. Indiana Common Core Standards ELA/Literacy Key Advances

23. Content-rich Nonfiction • Informational text makes up vast majority of required reading in college/workplace (80%) • Informational text is harder for students to comprehend than narrative text • INCC moves percentages to: • 50:50 at elementary level • 75:25 at secondary level (includes ELA, science, social studies) (Student Achievement Partners, 2012)

24. Text-based Evidence • “Rigorous, text-dependent questions require students to demonstrate that they can follow the details of what is explicitly stated and make valid claims and inferences that square with the evidence in the text.” (PARCC Model Content Framework, 2012)

25. Overview of Text Complexity • Qualitative measures – levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands • Quantitative measures – word length or frequency, sentence length, and text cohesion • Reader and task considerations – motivation, knowledge, and experiences

26. Grade Bands and Lexile Ranges * Currently, less than 50% of students meet the old Lexile ranges by graduation

27. Assessing INCC PARCC: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers www.PARCConline.org

28. What’s Next? • CommonStandards are critical, but it is just the first step • Commonassessments aligned to Indiana’s Common Core will help ensure the new standards truly reach every classroom

29. PARCC States

30. K-12 and Postsecondary Roles • K-12 Educators & Education Leaders • Educators will be involved throughout the development of the PARCC assessments and related instructional and reporting tools • Postsecondary Faculty & Leaders • Nearly 750 institutions and systems covering hundreds of campuses across PARCC states have committed to help develop the high school assessments and set the college-ready cut score that will indicate a student is ready for credit-bearing courses

31. PARCC Goals • Create high-quality assessments • Build a pathway to college and career readiness for all students • Support educators in the classroom • Develop 21st century, technology-based assessments • Advance accountability at all levels • Build an assessment that is sustainable and affordable

32. Goal #1: High Quality Assessments • Priority Purposes of PARCC: • Determine whether students are college- and career-readyor on track • Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards, including standards that are difficult to measure • Measure the full range of student performance, including the performance high and low performing students • Provide data during the academic year to inform instruction, interventions and professional development • Provide data for accountability, including measures of growth • Incorporate innovative approaches throughout the system

33. Goal #1: Summative Components • Performance-Based Assessment: • Administered as close to the end of the school year as possible. The ELA/literacy PBA will focus on writing effectively when analyzing text. The math PBA will focus on applying skills, concepts, and understandings to solve multi-step problems requiring math practices. • End-of-Year Assessment: • Administered after approx. 90% of the school year. The ELA/literacy EOY will focus on reading comprehension. The math EOY will be comprised of innovative, machine-scorable items.

34. Goal #1: Non-Summative Components • Diagnostic Assessment: • Designed to be an indicator of student knowledge and skills so that instruction, supports and professional development can be tailored to meet student needs. • Mid-Year Assessment: • Comprised of performance-based items and tasks, with an emphasis on hard-to-measure standards. After study, individual states may consider including as a summative component.

35. Goal #1: Claims about Students • In ELA/Literacy, whether students: • Can read and comprehend complex literary and informational text • Can write effectively when analyzing text • Have attained overall proficiency in ELA/Literacy • In Mathematics, whether students: • Have mastered knowledge and skills in highlighted domains (e.g. domain of highest importance for a particular grade level – number/ fractions in grade 4; proportional reasoning and ratios in grade 6) • Have attained overall proficiency in mathematics

37. Goal #2: CCR for All Students K-2 formative assessment being developed, aligned to the PARCC system Timely student achievement data showing students, parents and educators whether ALL students are on-track to college and career readiness College readiness score to identify who is ready for college-level coursework • Targeted interventions & supports: • 12th-grade bridge courses • PD for educators SUCCESS IN FIRST-YEAR, CREDIT-BEARING, POSTSECONDARY COURSEWORK ONGOING STUDENT SUPPORTS/INTERVENTIONS

38. Goal #4: Technology-Based • PARCC assessment will be computer-based and leverage technology in a range of ways: • Item development: Develop innovative tasks that engage students in the assessment process • Administration: reduce paperwork, increase security, reduce shipping/receiving & storage; increase access to and provision of accommodations for SWDs and ELLs • Scoring: Make scoring more efficient by combining human and automated approaches • Reporting: Produce timely reports of students performance throughout the year to inform instructional, interventions, and professional development

39. PARCC Timeline PARCC Tools & Resources Educator Leader Cadres launched Item and task prototypes released Model Content Frameworks released (Nov 2011) Summer 2012 Fall 2011 Winter 2012 Spring 2012 Fall 2012 Updated Model Content Frameworks Released Item development begins PARCC Assessment Implementation

40. PARCC Timeline PARCC Tools & Resources Partnership Resource Center launched Professional development modules released K-2 Formative Tools Released Diagnostic assessments released College-ready tools released Summative PARCC Assessments (2014-15 SY) Winter 2015 Spring 2015 Fall 2014 Spring 2013 Summer 2013 Fall 2013 Winter 2014 Spring 2014 Summer 2014 Pilot/field testing begins Expanded field testing of diagnostic assessment Expanded field testing Optional Diagnostic and Midyear PARCC Assessments Standard Setting in Summer 2015 PARCC Assessment Implementation

41. When will we get there?