Common Core State Standards(CCSS)

September 12, 2012

Objectives for Today

#1 Teachers and administrators will become familiar with the origin of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and California’s relationship to Smarter Balanced Assessment Corporation;

Objectives for Today

#2 Teachers and administrators will understand the Saugus Plan for CCSS Implementation;

Objectives for Today

#3 Teachers and administrators will understand how the CCSS for Language Arts are organized;

Objectives for Today

#4 Teachers and administrators will deconstruct specific Speaking and Listening and Writing CCSS and track the progression over three grade levels.

Objectives for Today

#1 Teachers and administrators will become familiar with the origin of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and California’s relationship to Smarter Balanced Assessment Corporation;

Design & Organization

College and Career Readiness anchor standards

Grade-specific, end-of-year expectations

Developmentally appropriate progression of skills and understandings

Guiding ConceptsFocus and coherence• Focus on key topics at each grade level.• Coherent progressions across grade levels.

Balance of concepts and skills• Content standards require both conceptual

understanding and procedural fluency.

Mathematical practices• Foster reasoning and sense-making in mathematics.

College and career readiness• Level is ambitious but achievable.

Federal Grant Requirements – The "Givens"

• Instructionally useful information for teachers• Comparable scores across member states• Information useful to institutions of higher

education• Data that “can be used for”:oSchool and district accountabilityo Identify teacher and principal professional

development needs• Online assessments, with timely results• Ready in 2014-15

Source: Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 68 / Friday, April 9, 2010 pp. 18171-85

States participating in the Common Core State Standards Initiative

• Comprised of 27 States• California is a governing state• Washington is the Procurement

State• West Ed is the Project

Management Partner

All students leave high school college and

career ready

Adaptive summative assessments benchmarked

to college & career readiness

Common Core State Standards

specify K-12 expectations

for college and career

readiness

Teachers can access

formative tools and

practices to improve

instruction

Adaptive interim assessments that are

flexible and open providing actionable

feedback

Assessment System Components

Computer Adaptive Testing

Based on students responses, the program adjusts the difficulty of questions :

Individually tailored Quickly identify what has been mastered Shorter than paper-pencil Test items are more secure

Assessment System

• Multiple choice• Short response• Longer length response• Listening and Speaking components• Performance tasks

Performance Tasks

Reflect a real world problem and setting:

Stimulus (reading, audio or video clips) Information Processing (note taking,

discussion, internet search, etc) Product (Write a report, essay )

4 Major Claims for Assessment• Claim #1 - Students can read closely and analytically to

comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.

• Claim #2 - Students can produce effective and well-

grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.

• Claim #3 - Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.

• Claim #4 - Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.

Timeline2011-12 Kindergarten students are in 3rd grade

Reflection point….

My “Takeaways”: Yellow paper

Ideas to Consider when implementing CCSS: Blue paper

Objectives for Today

#2 Teachers and administrators will understand the Saugus Plan for CCSS Implementation;

The Saugus Plan: 2012-2013

• Complete BBDI and SELD training of all teachers and administrators

• Fully implement BBDI and SELD in the classroom

• Deconstruct CCSS for all grade levels• Identify curricular resources that match CCSS• Begin teaching the Speaking and Listening

and Writing CCSS at all grade levels

2012-13 continued• Detail a training plan for Saugus Teachers (Staff

Development Committee)• Create a pacing guide for CCSS (Curriculum

Council)• Create technology lessons and training plan for

CCSS (Technology committee)• Create a plan to integrate Next Generation ELD

standards with CCSS (ELD committee)• Provide regular on line and in-person training to

all teachers

The Saugus Plan: 2013-2014

• Provide District-wide CCSS training• Revamp writing and benchmark assessments• Begin teaching designated Math and Reading

CCSS

The Saugus Plan: 2014-2015

• Fully implement CCSS• Fully implement CCSS interim assessments• Grades 3-6 take CCSS summative tests Spring

2015

Reflection point….

My “Takeaways”: Yellow paper

Ideas to Consider when implementing CCSS: Blue paper