common core state standards overview webinar for school district leaders august 10, 2011 jessica...

Common Core State Standards Overview

Webinar for School District LeadersAugust 10, 2011

Jessica Vavrus and Greta BornemannOSPI Teaching and Learning

Office of Superintendent of Public InstructionRandy I. Dorn, State Superintendent

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Welcome!Our time together today…

CCSS Webinar series purpose and audiences Overview of the CCSS initiative Overview of major shifts in CCSS for English

language arts and mathematics Transitional supports available Answer your questions and discuss next steps


Washington’s Vision for Education

Every Washington public school student will graduate from high

school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and

prepared for life in the 21st century.


What are the Common Core State Standards?

Define knowledge and skills students should have within

K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in careers and college.

The English language arts and mathematics standards: Align with college and work expectations; Are clear, understandable, consistent; Include rigorous content and application of knowledge; Build on strengths and lessons of current state standards; and Prepare all students for success in global economy and society.

They do not: Dictate how teachers teach Dictate what instructional / curricular materials should be used

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State of the States

Collective State Action on Education Reform Priorities


Why Common Core State Standards for Washington?

C: Clarity. The standards are focused on what’s most important. They are coherent and clear.

C: Collaboration. States can pool resources and expertise to implement the standards.

S: Student success. The standards are benchmarked to high national and international standards. Students will develop the knowledge and skills they need to be successful.

S: Same. Expectations are the same for students across most states, so they don’t lose ground when they move from one state to another.


Our Learning Goals are a strong foundation…

1. Read with comprehension, write effectively, and communicate successfully in a variety of ways and settings and with a variety of audiences;

2. Know and apply the core concepts and principles of mathematics; social, physical, and life sciences; civics and history, including different cultures and participation in representative government; geography; arts; and health and fitness;

3. Think analytically, logically, and creatively, and to integrate technology literacy and fluency as well as different experiences and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and solve problems; and

4. Understand the importance of work and finance and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities.(Updated in 2011: SSB 5392)


Our vision for the CCSS is two-fold…

By 2014-15, Every student has access to the

standards through high quality instruction grounded in the instructional practices embedded within the CCSS every day.

All English language arts and mathematics teachers are prepared and receive the support they need to bring the standards to life in their classrooms every day.


We believe this can only occur through…

CollaborationCoordinationCommitment

“From the school house to the state house…”


Washington’s CCSS Involvement – Summer 2009 to Present

For more details and resources visit Washington’s CCSS Web site: http://k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx


Washington’s Common Core Implementation Timeline

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Phase 1: Awareness and Understanding, Alignment, and Adoption

Phase 2: Build Statewide Capacity, Collaboratively Develop and Align Resources and Materials

Phase 3: Classroom Transitions

Phase 4: Statewide Implementation through the Assessment System

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Common Core Implementation Activities

PhaseState-Level Activities

(includes OSPI and ESDs and other state partners)

School District Activities

Phase 1:

Awareness and Understanding, Alignment, and Adoption

Coordinate state and regional communication efforts

Support districts with communication materials

Conduct state comparisons Convene state workgroups to conduct

comparisons, bias and sensitivity reviews, develop crosswalk and implementation supports

Participate in state/regional collaboratives Develop specific goals for how

implementation support will be phased in over 3 years

Build awareness with key stakeholder groups

Convene district leadership teams to develop/align necessary curriculum guides and other necessary materials

Compare “crosswalks” with current district curricula and materials

Phase 2:

Build Statewide Capacity, Develop Resources and Materials

Work with state professional development partners to develop state and regional support structures & materials – deliver regionally-based content collaboration sessions

Build, maintain regional content expertise / capacity

Create modules/toolkits for working with the standards in each Phase

Send district and teacher content leaders to participate in state/regional content collaboration sessions

Align system to standards (leadership, curriculum, assessments, instructional practices, parent communication, report cards)


Next Steps… Implementation efforts begin in Summer/Fall 2011

Engage CCSS workgroups, key stakeholders and state content associations (August)

Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Alignment Workgroup (August) Establish CCSS implementation support “platform” and materials Establish process for building statewide capacity around the content

for widespread support in 2012-13 Determine roles and resources related to transition

Assessment system alignment Students will continue to be assessed on Washington’s 2005 reading

and writing standards, and on the 2008 mathematics standards through the 2013-14 year. Full assessment of Washington’s common core state standards for English language arts and mathematics will occur in the 2014-15.

WA engagement in state standards and assessment collaboratives

Mobilize resources and statewide education partners


States Collectively Acting States Collectively Acting on:on:•professional development•communication•curriculum•transition plans •assessment

Implementing Implementing College and Career Ready Standards


Statewide Transition and Implementation Supports Content-specific implementation support

plans and resources: underway to help guide districts' smooth transition to CCSS. Statewide professional development at each grade level will be coordinated by partners across the state.

Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum Alignment Workgroup will be aligning the Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum to the CCSS.

CCSS “Toolkit” for Implementation Support Samples of meeting/presentation protocols

that can be used with different groups and audiences


Statewide Transition and Implementation Supports Quarterly CCSS Webinar Series:

System-focused implementation supports Mathematics English language arts

CCSS Symposia Fall 2011 / Winter 2012 (collaboration with WSASCD) Others TBD…

Conference presentations throughout the year

T&L monthly “newsflashes” and listserv http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/default.aspx

Digging Deeper into the Standards….

Mathematics and English Language Arts

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

(CCSS-M)


Major Shifts within Mathematics CCSS

Focus Focus Focus Coherence Application


CoherenceFocusFewer big ideas --- learn more Learning of concepts is emphasized

That is, time is spent on a topic and on learning it well. This counters the “mile wide, inch deep” criticism leveled at most current U.S. standards.

Coherence

Articulated progressions of topics and performances that are developmental and connected to other progressions

Conceptual understanding and procedural skills stressed equally

Application Being able to apply concepts and skills to new situations


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

Critical Areas in Mathematics


Structure of the Common Core State

Standards in Mathematics


Structural Comparison: WA Standards vs. CCSSMathematics (for full comparison informational handout go to: http://k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx)

WA Mathematics Standards Common Core State Standards

Presentation of Standards

Grade K-8, high school standards presented in traditional and integrated pathways.

Grades K-8, high school standards presented through six mathematical

domains including specially noted STEM standards.

Organization Grade-level standards are broken into core content areas, additional key content, and

mathematical processes.

Grade-level standards are broken into clusters of learning under several domains and all have

Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Examples Standards are accompanied by explanatory comments and examples.

Standards have occasional examples in italics.

The move toward “career and college readiness”…•Standards for Mathematical Practice (“Habits of Mind”) denoted at each grade level •CCSS include more advanced standards denoted by (+) symbols starting in high school•High school course pathways


8 CCSSM Mathematical Practices

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them Reason abstractly and quantitatively Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of

others Model with mathematics Use appropriate tools strategically Attend to precision Look for and make use of structure Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

Standards for Mathematical Practice


High School Pathways The CCSSM Model Pathways are two models that organize

the CCSSM into coherent, rigorous courses

The CCSSM Model Pathways are NOT required. The two sequences are examples, not mandates

Four years of mathematics:

One course in each of the first three years Followed by options of courses for year four

Course descriptions Define what is covered in a course Are not prescriptions for the curriculum or pedagogy


High School Pathways

Pathway A: Consists of two algebra courses and a geometry course, with some data, probability and statistics infused throughout each (traditional)

Pathway B: Typically seen internationally that consists of a sequence of 3 courses each of which treats aspects of algebra, geometry and data, probability, and statistics.

Mathematics Transition Resources


Resources for Implementation

Progressions for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics

The Illustrative Mathematics Project

Mathematics Curriculum Analysis Project

From Arizona: A graphic overview of the CCSS Mathematics along with standards delineated by grade level.

Parent Resource Guides: http://www.pta.org/4446.htm


State Resources for Transition Alignment crosswalk documents:

http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx

Grade-level transition documents describe: What standards to continue What standards to remove What standards to move to

Coming soon…Three-Year Transition Plan for Common Core State Standards for Mathematics by Grade Level

Common Core State Standardsfor English Language Arts


ELA/Literacy: 6 Major Shifts 1. Balance of literature and informational texts (K-5)

• 50% informational text by grade 4• Access the world – science, social studies, the arts, and literature – through

text

2. Literacy as part of science and social studies/history; informational texts as part of ELA (6-12)

• More emphasis on informational text in ELA (55% by grade 8; 70% by grade 12)

• Emphasis on literary experiences in domain-specific text and instruction in science and history/social studies


ELA/Literacy: 6 Major Shifts 3. Appropriately complex text

• Staircase of complexity• Each grade level, step of growth• More time for close and careful reading• Appropriate and necessary scaffolding and supports for students reading

below grade level

4. Questions text-dependent• Rich discussions dependent on common text• Focus on connection to text• Develop habits for making evidentiary arguments in discussion and

writing


ELA/Literacy: 6 Major Shifts 5. Writing to inform or argue using evidence

• Narrative still an important role • Emphasis on writing to inform and to make an argument• Particular focus on written arguments that respond to

ideas, events, facts, and arguments presented in texts

6. Academic vocabulary• Vocabulary to access grade-level, complex texts• Focus on pivotal, commonly found words, such as

consequently, generation


ELA Major Shifts

Strongest Messages Shift to higher-level thinking skills Increasing focus on Informational passages Not coverage, but depth and focus: RIGOR Writing about texts, citing sources


English Language Arts: Standards and

Structure


Structural Comparison: WA Standards vs. CCSSEnglish Language Arts (for full comparison informational handout go to: http://k12.wa.us/Corestandards/default.aspx)

WA Reading, Writing, and Communication Standards

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA)

Grades Covered K-10 K-12

Documents Three separate standards documents for reading, writing, and communication

One document with four strands: reading, writing, speaking and

listening, and language.

Integration

A few standards embedded within the GLEs that address reading and writing in

the content areas.

Includes standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and

Technical Subjects.

WA has separate state educational technology standards for gradesK-12.

Media and Technology are integrated throughout the standards.

The move toward “career and college readiness”…•CCSS add grades 11 and 12•Greater focus on increasing text complexity, argumentative writing, research skills from early grades•WA strength at K-3 / student goal setting


Three Appendices Include Valuable Information

Appendix A: Research and evidence, glossary of key terms, overview of each strand, text complexity, conventions grade-level chart

Appendix B: Reading text exemplars; sample performance tasks

Appendix C: Annotated student writing samples, K-12


Current WA Standards (GLEs) – Grades K-10

Common Core ELA Standards – Grades K-12

ReadingWriting

Communication

(includes Speaking and

Listening)

Language

Media & Tech

English Language ArtsTransitional Supports


Resources for Implementation

ELA overview documents as connected with WA standards: http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx#ELAGradeLevel

Guidance for districts developing and reviewing materials aligned with CCSS in English Language Arts: http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Resources.aspx

Alignments cross-walk documents: http://k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/Transition.aspx#Analyses

Parent Resource Guides: http://www.pta.org/4446.htm


State Resources for Transition Coming soon….Grade-level transition

documents describe: What standards to continue What standards to remove What standards to move to

Coming soon….Three-Year Transition Plan for Common Core State Standards for ELA by Grade Level – coming soon

Common Core State Standards Overview August 2011| 42Source: Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS

What about assessment?SMARTER Balanced Assessment

ConsortiumSBAC

44 44 states states participating in participating in

assessment assessment consortiaconsortia

The SBAC goal…•To develop a set of comprehensive and innovative assessments for grades 3-8 and high school in English language arts and mathematics aligned to the Common Core State Standards. •So that all students leave high school prepared for postsecondary success in college or a career through increased student learning and improved teaching.

•The assessments shall be operational across Consortium states in the 2014-15 school year.

To learn more...the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium can be found online

at http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/


Common Core State Standards

specify K-12 expectations for

college and career readiness

Common Core State Standards

specify K-12 expectations for

college and career readiness

All students leave high school college and career ready

All students leave high school college and career ready

SBAC Assessment System Components

Teachers can accessformative processes and tools to improve

instruction

Teachers can accessformative processes and tools to improve

instruction

Interim assessments that are flexible, open, and provide actionable

feedback

Interim assessments that are flexible, open, and provide actionable

feedback

Summative assessments

benchmarked to college and career

readiness

Summative assessments

benchmarked to college and career

readiness


System Highlights


Now let’s get to work…CCSS Statewide Conference Presentations

August 15 – CTE Summer Conference

October 2-4 – WASA Fall Conference

October 14 – WSASCD Annual Conference

November 1 – CCSS Symposium, Federal Way SD

November 17-20 – WSSDA Annual Conference

December 7 – 9 – WERA

More on the way…


Now let’s get to work…CCSS Statewide Webinar Series

September 20, 3:30-4:30 – Mathematics September 22, 3:30-4:30 – English Language Arts January 10, 10:30 – 11:30 – District/Building Leaders January 17, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics January 19, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Arts March 7,10:30 – 11:30 – District/Building Leaders March 20, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics March 21, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Arts May 23, 10:30 – 11:30 – District/Building Leaders May 29, 3:30 – 4:30 – Mathematics May 31, 3:30 – 4:30 – English Language Artshttp://www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/UpdatesEvents.aspx#Webinar


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