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COMMON CORE OVERVIEW
English Language Arts Content Area Specialists
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Common Core English Language Arts Standards K-12
• Prepares students for college and careers• Research and evidence based• Aligned with college and work expectations• Rigorous• Internationally benchmarked• Structured around the four strands; reading, writing,
speaking and listening, and language grades K-12• Provides content area literacy 6-12
National Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)
Why Change?For the students of course!
College and Career Ready Students
• Establish independence• Acquire a strong content knowledge base• Adapt communication to audience, task, purpose or
discipline• Comprehend, critique and question• Cite and evaluate evidence• Use technology and digital media thoughtfully• Understand other perspectives and cultures
National Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)
What is Not Covered by the Standards?
• How teachers should implement• All that can be taught• Advanced work• Interventions or materials needed for students
below grade level• Defined support for English language learners
and students with special needsNational Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)
Common Core Require a Shift from….
to
School level leaders will need to play a central role in implementing the new
standards and in cultivating this mindset shift.
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High School Completion
College and Career Readiness for All
Average is Over"There will always be change — new jobs,
new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average."
Thomas L. FriedmanNew York Times, January 24, 2012
Technological ChangesDo you remember when?
Applications were sent to colleges.
Linked-In was a jail.
Skype was a typo.
Twitter was a sound.
4G was a parking spot.
Tom Friedman. Meet the Press. September 4, 2011.
Benefits of Common Core State Standards
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• Previously, every state had its own set of academic standards and different expectations of student performance.
Consistency• Common standards can help create more
equal access to an excellent education.Equity• All students must be prepared to compete with
not only their American peers, but also with students from around the world.
Competition• Clear and coherent standards will help
students (and parents and teachers) understand what is expected of them. Clarity
• Common Standards create a foundation for districts and states to work collaboratively. Collaboration
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College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards (32 Anchor Standards)
Overarching standards for each of four strands that are further defined by grade-specific standard.
Reading – 10 standardsWriting – 10 standardsSpeaking and Listening – 6 standardsLanguage – 6 standards
English Language Arts Common Core Standards
Reading StrandKe
y Ideas
and
Details
Craft and
Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of
Text
Complexity
Writing Strand
Text Type
s and Purposes
Production and
Distribution
of Writin
g
Research to
Build Knowledge
Range of
Writing
Speaking and Listening Strand
Comprehension and Collaborati
on
Presentation of
Knowledge
and Ideas
Language Strand
Conventions of Standa
rd English
Knowledge
of Language
Vocabulary
Acquisition and Use
http://www.education.ohio.gov/
Nine Specific Advances in the PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessment Demanded
by the Three Core Shifts. . .
www.parcconline.org
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1. Complexity: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language.
What Are the Shifts at the Heart of PARCC Design (and the Standards)?
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Engage with
Complex Text
1. PARCC builds a staircase of text complexity to ensure students are on track each year for college and career reading.
2. PARCC rewards careful, close reading rather than racing through passages.
3. PARCC systematically focuses on the words that matter most—not obscure vocabulary, but the academic language that pervades complex texts.
Shift 1: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language
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2. Evidence: Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and informational.
What Are the Shifts at the Heart of PARCC Design (and the Standards)?
Extract and Employ
Evidence
4. PARCC focuses on students rigorously citing evidence from texts throughout the assessment (including selected-response items).
5. PARCC includes questions with more than one right answer to allow students to generate a range of rich insights that are substantiated by evidence from text(s).
6. PARCC requires writing to sources rather than writing to de-contextualized expository prompts.
7. PARCC also includes rigorous expectations for narrative writing, including accuracy and precision in writing in later grades.
Shift 2: Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and
informational
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3. Knowledge: Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction.
What Are the Shifts at the Heart of PARCC Design (and the Standards)?
Build Knowledge
8. PARCC assesses not just ELA (English Teachers 6-12) but a full range of reading and writing across the disciplines of science and social studies.
9. PARCC simulates research on the assessment, including the comparison and synthesis of ideas across a range of informational sources.
Shift 3: Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction
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Illinois Resourceswww.isbe.net
Click on “Common Core – Math and ELA (under Learning Standards)
• Professional Learning Series• Capture the Core Newsletters• Learning Progression Tool• Strategies • Much more……
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ReferencesNational Governors Association/Council of Chief State School Officers (2010).
Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts. Retrieved August 26, 2013 from www.corestandards.org/the-standards.
National Governors Association/Council of Chief State School Officers (2010). Key Points in English Language Arts. Retrieved August 26, 2013 from http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/key-points-in-english-language-arts.
PARCC, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (2012). Advances in the PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessment. Retrieved August 27, 2013 from http://www.parcconline.org/samples/ELA.
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