common core state standards (ccss) september 12, 2012
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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