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Common Core State Standards
Parent/Community InformationOctober, 2013
Educational Standards in California
Educational standards describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject and grade level.
The State Board of Education establishes the standards for all students from Kindergarten through High School
The State Board of Education establishes assessments to measure student mastery of the standards.
The California Department of Education provides support for school districts to make sure all students are meeting the standards.
What are the Common Core State Standards?
In 2009, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) committed to developing a set of standards that would help prepare students for success in career and college. The CCSS initiative is a voluntary, state-led effort coordinated by the CCSSO and NGA to establish clear and consistent education standards.
California Adopts Common Core Standards
August 2010: Senate Bill X5 1 amends California Education Code Section 60605.8 to provide for adoption of the CCSS, including formation of an Academic Content Standards Commission (ACSC) responsible for making a recommendation to the SBE regarding adoption of CCSS. The CCSS can not be changed, but supplemental standards can be added (15%)
Unlike other states, California’s content standards were already quite rigorous, aligning with CCSS in most cases.
In 2012, 27,300 of 42,700 college freshman (64%) in the California University system required remedial courses in English, math or BOTH.
Overarching Goals of CCSS
All California high school students will graduate as life-long learners with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the 21st century global economy.
College: Academic preparedness without the need for remedial coursework
Career: Academic preparedness needed for industry sector expectations and advanced job training
All students will be provided with rigorous content and applications of knowledge through higher order thinking skills.
Timeline for Implementation
Transition: 2013 - 2014 Modify existing instructional units & district
assessments Field Testing Smarter Balanced Assessments -
no individual scores or API/AYP
Implementation: 2014 - 2015 Continue to modify instructional units and district
assessments Smarter Balanced Assessments gr 3 – 8 & 11 to
create new API/AYP baseline for accountability
What is covered by the standards?
Standards for English/Language Arts Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies,
Science and Technical Subjects College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards
Standards for Mathematics Content Standards & Standards of Mathematical
Practice
What is not covered by the standards?
“The Standards define what all students are expected to know and be able to do, not how teachers should teach.” Common Core State Standards for English, August 2010, Updated March 2013.
“The aim of the Standards is to articulate the fundamentals, not to set out an exhaustive list or a set of restrictions that limits what can be taught beyond what is specified herein.” Common Core State Standards for English, August 2010, Updated March 2013
What do the Common Core State Standards Include?
English Language Arts
& Literacy
• More reading of non-fiction and informational texts
• More speaking and writing grounded in evidence from texts
• Literacy is included in all courses
What’s different in English/Language Arts?
Same curriculum is used with instructional strategies: Close Reading - annotating and analyzing
texts Language Frames to promote scholarly
speaking and listening Instructional Routines for collaborative work
with individual accountability Frequent writing using valid reasoning and
evidence from texts
Common Core English Standards Example
Comparison: California 1997 Standards with CCSS
English
What do the Common Core State Standards Include?
Mathematics
• Focus on the 2 – 4 critical areas in each grade level
• Concepts are logically connected from one grade to the next and linked to major topics within the grade level
• Procedures as a foundation – mathematical fluency
• Persistence in Problem Solving
Standards of Mathematical Practice
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others.4. Model with mathematics5. Use appropriate tools strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of structure.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
These standards apply to all math content areas:
Comparison of Math Standards
What’s different in Mathematics?
Use the same curriculum and add instructional strategies:
Application of math and problem solving
Students explain their answers in mathematics
Students choose the mathematical tools to use to solve a problem rather than being given the formula
Collaborative work with individual accountability
Twenty-first Century Skills
Students are not entering a multiple choice world. Genuine readiness for college and 21st century
careers requires the ability to find, evaluate, synthesize and use knowledge in new contexts to solve non-routine problems and produce new products
This requires well-developed thinking, problem solving, design and communication skills
Four Focus Areas in all Subjects
1. Prepare and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
2. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
3. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
4. Write arguments and support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
iPads,iPods, Mobile Devices
SmarterBalancedAssessments
Fisher/FreyGradual Release ofResponsibility
CollaborationCritical
ThinkingCommunication
CreativityCivicLiteracy
CommonCore State Standards
Online LearningAPI/AYP
Transitioning Assessments2013 - 2014
VCPUSD’s Current Assessments: Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) - continues as is District Benchmarks and Common Midterms/Finals transitioning
to Common Core Mandated California State Assessments
Smarter Balanced Assessments – no results from field test (no API/AYP accountability)
California English Language Development Test (CELDT) California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) California Alternative Performance Assessment (CAPA) Science CST grades 5,8,10 Physical Fitness Testing grades 5, 7, 9
Transitioning Assessments2014 - 2015
VCPUSD’s Current Assessments: Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) - continues as is District Benchmarks and Common Midterms/Finals
transitioned to Common Core Mandated California State Assessments
Smarter Balanced Assessments – API/AYP accountability California English Language Development Test (CELDT) California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) California Alternative Performance Assessment (CAPA) Science CST grades 5,8,10 Physical Fitness Testing grades 5, 7, 9
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Per Performance Tasks
Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessments
Computer Adaptive Online Testing grades 3-8 & 11 Variety of Assessment Items:
Selected Response (multiple choice) Non-traditional Selected Response (more than one correct
answer)
Constructed Response (student writes an answer) Short Constructed Response Extended Constructed Response (mini performance task)
Performance Task (complex problem-solving – grade 3 & up)
Example - Grade 6 – STAR Multiple Choice Exam
A rectangular painting has an area of 720 square inches. Jasmine reduced both the length and width of this painting by a scale factor of 1/6 to create a miniature copy. What is the area of the miniature copy?
A. 12 square inchesB. 20 square inchesC. 60 square inchesD. 120 square inches
Alexis needs to paint the four exterior walls of a large rectangular barn. The length of the barn is 80 feet, the width is 50 feet, and the height is 30 feet. The paint costs $28 per gallon, and each gallon covers 420 square feet. How much will it cost Alexis to paint the barn? Explain your work.
Example - Smarter Balanced
type Grade 6
What student information is included with Smarter Balanced Assessments?
Student’s Name & Student ID Number Student’s Birthdate, Gender, & Home Language Student’s Race & Ethnicity (optional for parents to
disclose) Student’s English Learner status & start date in U.S.
schools if applicable Student’s Special Education status if applicable Student’s Free/Reduced Meal status if applicable Parents’ highest level of education (optional for parents to
disclose)
How is student information used in testing?
California State Department of Education’s Privacy Policy states that individual student information is to be used internally only, not provided to any outside agency including the Federal Government.
Student information is used in the aggregate to determine effectiveness of educational programs, achievement of individual students and subgroups of students.
Smarter Balanced Student Data Privacy Policy
At a meeting in Los Angeles on September 10, Smarter Balanced Governing States voted to move forward with the development of a student data privacy policy. Consistent with the Consortium’s state-led governance and its commitment to responsible flexibility, the vote affirmed that each member state will retain control of student data generated by the assessment system. Governing States unanimously approved the following motion: Each member state retains control of its student-level
data. Smarter Balanced will develop a data privacy policy
consistent with this principle.
Primary & Elementary Grades
Kami Callahan Diana Souther Karen Van Riper
Middle School
Evette Striblen Erin Flesher Stephanie Aguilar
High School
Lee Thor Satya Fleck Jon Goodman
Resources
Valley Center – Pauma Unified School District webpage www.vcpusd.org for information and links to
resources including: http://www2.sdcoe.net/commoncore/assessment.asp http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/cc/ http://www.smarterbalanced.org/pilot-test/ http://www.scoe.net/castandards/multimedia/k-12_ela_croswalks.pdf http://www.scoe.net/castandards/multimedia/k-
12_math_crosswalks.pdf
Contact your child’s teacher or principal