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Common Core State Standards Initiative

Common Core State Standards Initiative. What does it mean?. Why Common Core State Standards?. Currently, standards vary from state to state. CCSS will help ensure consistent quality in education no matter your zip code. By 2014, 64% of new jobs will require postsecondary training.

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Common Core State Standards Initiative

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  1. Common Core State Standards Initiative What does it mean?

  2. Why Common Core State Standards? • Currently, standards vary from • state to state. • CCSS will help ensure consistent quality in education no matter your zip code. • By 2014, 64% of new jobs will require postsecondary training. • About $1.4 billion per year is spent on remedial education for college students.

  3. What is the CCSS Initiative? • A historic, bipartisan state-led effort by the National Governor’s Assoc and the Council of Chief State School Officers along with education groups, such as ACT, College Board (SAT), and Achieve. • Consistent English language arts and math standards for kindergarten through twelfth grades voluntarily adopted by states. • CCSS are relevant to the real world and reflective of knowledge and skills needed in college and career.

  4. Why PTA? • National PTA adopted a position statement • Supporting clear, high standards in 1981. • PTA is the leading voice speaking on behalf of • parents. • PTAs have the ability to be the vehicle of • information as Ohio begins the implementation • Stage of CCSSI.

  5. Ohio’s Timeline Full Implementation of Common Core Standards andNew Assessments 2014 – 2015 State Board Adopts Model Curriculum March 2011 Planning for Transition; Standard Setting for Assessments 2013 – 2014 Planning for Transition; Field Testing for New Assessments 2012 – 2013 Common Core Standards Adopted June 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2010 Information from ODE Model Curriculum meetings

  6. What Do the ELA Common Core Standards Look Like? • English language arts consists of four strands: • Reading • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language • Each strand is further broken down to specific standards. • Separate standards are included for reading and writing in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects.

  7. From Achieve.org Understanding the CCSSI, June 2010

  8. What Do the Common Core Math Standards Look Like? • Grade-Level Standards • K-8 grade-by-grade standards organized by domain with a concentration in geometry and algebra in 7th and 8th grades. • 9-12 high school standards organized by conceptual categories- Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics and Probability.

  9. How Do They Compare?A Look at 6th Grade There are far too many standards and important content is not distinguished, so the standards are unfocused and seem haphazard. The most crucial failing of these standards is in the inadequate development of arithmetic and the failure to make it a priority. THOMAS B. FORDHAM INSTITUTE • THE STATE OF STATE STANDARDS—AND THE COMMON CORE— June 2010

  10. What CCSSI Intentionally Doesn’t Define • How teachers should teach. • All that can or should be taught. • The nature of advanced work beyond the core. • The interventions needed for students well below grade level. • The full range of support for English language learners and students with special needs. • Everything needed to be college and career ready.

  11. What Happens Next? • Model Curriculums will be presented to the State Board of Education in March 2011. • Provide teachers with professional development regarding implementation of CCSS. • Ohio may join other states to create assessments aligned to the new standards. • Ohio PTA reaches out to help parents work with their school districts while the standards are implemented.

  12. The Promise of Standards These Standards are not intended to be new names for old ways of doing business. They are a call to take the next step. It is time for states to work together to build on lessons learned from two decades of standards based reforms. It is time to recognize that standards are not just promises to our children, but promises we intend to keep.

  13. Where Can You Go for More Information? • www.pta.org • www.corestandards.org • www.ode.state.oh.us • www.achieve.org/achievingcommoncore • www.commoncore.org

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