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Common Core State Standards: A Common Core State Standards: A National Perspective on National Perspective on Implementation Implementation & & Assessment Assessment
Margaret Reed [email protected] @MargaretRMillarSenior AssociateCouncil of Chief State School Officers
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Why Develop a Set of Common Core State Standards?
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Preparation: Prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in postsecondary endeavors
Competition: Ensure our students are globally competitive
Equity: Set consistent expectations for all--and not dependent on a student’s zip code
Collaboration: Create a foundation to work collaboratively across states and districts, pooling resources and expertise
45 states, D.C. and the Department of Defense Education Activity have fully adopted the Common Core State Standards and Minnesota has adopted only the ELA standards.
Common Core State Standards Adoption(as of June 2012)
Common Core ELA Standards
Four strands Reading (including Reading Foundational Skills) Writing Speaking and Listening Language
Three appendices
A: Research and evidence; glossary of key terms
B: Reading text exemplars; sample performance tasks
C: Annotated student writing samples
1.Regular practice for all students with complex text and its academic vocabulary
2. Reading and writing (speaking and listening) grounded in evidence from text
3. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts
1.Regular practice for all students with complex text and its academic vocabulary
2. Reading and writing (speaking and listening) grounded in evidence from text
3. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction and informational texts
GETTING STARTED ON THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS for LANGUAGE ARTS
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Key Shifts in ELA Standards
Common Core Mathematics Standards
Standards for Mathematical Practice Carry across all grade levels Describe habits of mind of a mathematically expert student
Standards for Mathematical Content K-8 standards presented by grade level High school standards presented by conceptual theme
Appendix Designing high school math courses based on the Common
Core State Standards
Three Major Shifts in Mathematics
• Focus strongly where the standards focus
• Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics within grades
• Rigor: Require conceptual understanding, fluency, and application
Mathematics topics intended at each grade by at least
two-thirds of A+ countries
Mathematics topics intended at each grade by at least two-
thirds of 21 U.S. states
International Comparison
1 Schmidt, Houang, & Cogan, “A Coherent Curriculum: The Case of Mathematics.” (2002).
Higher Demands for Similar Content…
But Much Sharper Focus
K 12
Number and Operations
Measurement and Geometry
Algebra and Functions
Statistics and Probability
Traditional U.S. Approach
Focusing attention within Number and Operations
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Expressions and Equations
Algebra
Number and Operations—Base Ten
The Number System
Number and Operations—Fractions
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School
GradePriorities in Support of Rich Instruction and Expectations of Fluency and Conceptual Understanding
K–2Addition and subtraction, measurement using whole number quantities
3–5Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions
6Ratios and proportional reasoning; early expressions and equations
7Ratios and proportional reasoning; arithmetic of rational numbers
8 Linear algebra
Shorthand Emphases
Mathematical Practices
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 mathematics.
5. 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.
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Common Core State Implementation Timelines
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SY 2011-2012
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SY 2014-2015
SY 2015-2016
Timeline Timeline UnclearUnclear
Did not adopt Did not adopt CCSSCCSS
Common Core Implementation Map
Opportunities for Charter Schools
Alignment with curricula Assessment
Many high performing charters already use text dependent questions
Many high performing charters already innovate when it comes to the use of technology and how to better serve at risk populations
Standards can support Project based learning Cost savings on materials Opportunity to use formative assessment tools aligned to
standards
National Common Core Resources
The James B. Hunt Institute and CCSSO created a series of free video vignettes that explain the Standards in depth.
www.ccsso.org
National Common Core Resources
CCSSO full list of resources: http://bit.ly/zBUHsrCouncil of the Great City Schools– Common Core Parent
Guides and other Great Tools www.cgcs.org
Student Achievement Partners (Standards writers) www.achievethecore.org
New York State Common Core Website www.engageny.org
Illustrative Mathematics http://illustrativemathematics.org/
New Common Summative Assessments
Two assessment consortia funded to create assessment systems by 2014-2015 Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)
www.parcconline.org
@PARCCPlace SMARTER Balanced
www.smarterbalanced.org
@smarterbalanced
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Questions and DiscussionQuestions and DiscussionMargaret [email protected]@MargaretRMillarSenior AssociateCouncil of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
www.ccsso.org www.corestandards.org