Common Core State Standards:An Opportunity for Progress

Lee Ann J. Kendrick, M.Ed. Regional Advocacy Specialist, National PTA

Sharon Whitworth, Parent Relations Specialist Jefferson County Public Schools

Presentation Overview

National PTA & CCSSWave I: Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North CarolinaWave II: Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, WashingtonWave III: Delaware; Michigan; 15th District PTA Louisville, KY; Springdale, Arkansas; Duval & Pinellas, FloridaWave IV: Kansas, Indiana, Michigan

CCSS Education by the numbers

PTA has educated:

2,912,512 people through written communication (email, newsletters, website)

CCSS Education by the numbers

15th District PTA Louisville, KYGoals of the project

•To educate parents and the community about CCSS •Increase public awareness and support of the CCSS•Increase parent participation in PTA •Increase diversity in PTA

15th District PTA Louisville, KYAnticipated Challenges

•How to reach non-PTA parents and/or uninvolved parents•How to ensure we had consistent messaging about CCSS•How to reach enough people to ensure the message was effective•Language barriers

15th District PTA Louisville, KY• Workshops at 36 Schools• Workshops for 42 Community groups• Reached over 10,000 parents/community

(face to face contact) thru trainings and educational events

• Through social media, newsletters, Parent Connection, GE Foundation newsletter, over 900,000 people know about the common core

• 3,000 NEW e-mail addresses have been acquired to continue educating about KCAS

15th District PTA Louisville, KY

Presentation folders included:– National PTA Overview of CCSSI– National PTA Parent Guides– National PTA Assessment Guides for Kentucky– PowerPoint Presentation– Letter from 15th District PTA President– Response Card

15th District PTA Louisville, KY

• Brown Bag Lunches• Community Outreach• JCPS Staff Workshops• Educational Outreach• Social Media• YouTube

15th District PTA Louisville, KYSuccess!

Received the Gheens Institute for Creative Innovative and Entrepreneurship AwardReceive $2,500 extra monies to print more materials Added $5,000 in the 15th District PTA budget for future workshopsNational Champions of Change recognition

15th District PTA Louisville, KY

• Assessment & Accountability Challenges• PTA Solutions Kentucky Assessment Guide• Additional funding for statewide work• Supported JCPS Business Breakfast on

Common Core • Train the Trainers 13 people across the state• 26 CCSS workshops across state

15th District PTA Louisville, KY

Assessment & Accountability

National PTA is creating Assessment Guides for each CCSS State.

– CCSS overview and what are standards– Why new assessments, why are these better,

benefits of better tests– PARCC and SBAC info (very little – we didn’t want

the focus to be on the consortia, we wanted to show state ownership)

Assessment & Accountability

– Definitions of tests being created (interim, summative, formative, etc)

– Sample test questions at the elementary, middle and high school levels

– State-specific accountability systems at the student, teacher and school levels

– What parents can expect– How parents can support their child

Assessment & Accountability– Working with each DOE to collect and verify state-

specific information– The first two states (New York and Oregon) should

be ready in the next few weeks– We are also trying to keep up with the rapidly

changing environment around assessments – the new flexibility allowances, states shifting consortia, etc.

National PTA Resources

National PTA CCSS Resources

National PTA CCSS FAQs

National PTA State Specific Resources

What questions do you have?