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CT Core Standards and State Testing. King Philip PTO March 17, 2014. Agenda. Overview of CT Core Standards Mathematics English Language Arts State Testing and Smarter Balanced Sample ELA Items Sample Math Items Parent Resources Discussion and Questions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CT Core Standardsand State Testing
King Philip PTO
March 17, 2014
Agenda
• Overview of CT Core Standards– Mathematics– English Language Arts
• State Testing and Smarter Balanced• Sample ELA Items • Sample Math Items • Parent Resources• Discussion and Questions
Connecticut’s Core Standards define “what” students should understand and be able to do.
Teachers work across grade level teams to plan and implement lessons in service to the standards. The “how” of teaching and learning remains at the classroom level.
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Components of a Balanced Mathematical Approach
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Grade Focus Areas for Mathematics
K – 2 Addition and subtraction - concepts, skills, and problem-solving, and place value
3 – 5 Multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions – concepts, skills, and problem-solving
6 Ratios and proportional reasoning; early expressions and equations
7 Ratios and proportional reasoning; arithmetic of rational numbers
8 Linear algebra
9-12 Mathematical modeling and application to real world settings; use of mathematics and statistics to analyze empirical situations
Mathematics: Coherence and Focus
Domains in math are discrete topics with finite life spans
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Standards for Mathematical Practice
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
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English/Language Arts Anchor Standards
Reading Writing
Speaking &
ListeningLanguage
English Language Arts CCSS Structure
• Yearly spiral through all anchor standards
• Grade level mastery expected
• Anchor standards ground and clarify specific grade level standards
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Reading Literature
Steps in a Close Reading of Complex Text
• Selecting Short, Worthy Passages
• Rereading
• Reading with a Pencil/Highlighter
• Noticing Confusing Parts
• Discussing the Text
• Asking and Responding to Text-Dependent
Questions
CCSS Resources
Common Core State Standards by Grade Levelhttp://www.corestandards.org
National Parent Teacher Associationhttp://www.pta.org/common_core_state_standards.asp
Achieve the Corehttp://www.achievethecore.org/
Connecticut State Dept of Educationhttp://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=322592
Learning Progressions for Mathematicshttp://ime.math.arizona.edu/progressions/
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CT’s State Testing Programand the
Smarter Balanced Assessments
Smarter Balanced
Sample Student ExperienceM T W R F03 MarchMath I (60 )
04 MarchWriting (45)
05 MarchEditing (60)
06 MarchDRP (45)
07 MarchMath II (60)
10 March
Daylight Savings
11 MarchReading I (45)
12 MarchMath III (60)
13 MarchReading II (45)
14 MarchScience (65)
17 March Supplemental (60)
18 MarchELA (45)
19 MarchELA (45)
20 March 21 March
24 March 25 March 26 March
Parent Conf27 March 28 March
31 March 01 April 02 April 03 AprilMath (45)
04 AprilMath (45)
07 April 08 April 09 April 10 April 11 April
14 April 15 April 16 April
Spring Break17 April 18 April
21 April 22 AprilELA PT (60)
23 AprilELA PT (60)
24 April 25 April
28 April 29 April 30 AprilMath PT (30)
01 MayMath PT (30)
02 May
Key Features of SBAC
What the Test Looks Like
Sample ELA – Selected Response
• With which statement would the author most likely agree?– Learning about elephants can teach scientists about humans– Learning about animal behavior is an important part of science– Scientists should spend more time studying humans than animals– Scientists should study elephants in different ways than they
currently do
• The author includes a description of a test…How does the author’s example…help the reader understand…?
• Click to highlight the six sentences in the text that explain why elephants might be considered some of the most intelligent animals on the plant. (1 point response)
Sample ELA – Selected Response
• What lesson can the reader conclude from the text? Select all that apply.
• What’s that swirling dust? Hurry, Samuel, lower the sail! This wagon’s gone plumb crazy!Which of the following is best revealed through this dialogue? – …[characters] had never experienced a windstorm that
violent– …[characters] rarely spoke and had little to say to each other– …[characters] were surprised by the windstorm that
appeared without warning– …[characters] were too distracted by the wagon to notice
the approaching storm
Sample ELA – Constructed Response
• Samuel Peppard just laughed at his neighbors’ warnings and kept on working. Using details from the text, explain how this sentence affects the reader’s understanding of Samuel Peppard. (2 point response)
Sample ELA – Performance Task
• Now that you have read the sources, you will take a position and present your findings at your school's yearly mock Congressional Session. – For your presentation, analyze the arguments
and make a claim as to whether or not the penny should be preserved.
– Make sure you address potential counterarguments in your essay and support your claim with information from the sources you have examined.
Classroom Activity
ELA Gr 6
Sample Math – Selected Response
Sample Math – Constructed Response
• Kayla asked 10 students in her class whether they owned a dog, a cat, or both.– 40% own a dog– 30% own a cat– 10% own both
Sample Math – Constructed Response
• Triangle ABC undergoes a series of some of the following transformations to become triangle DEF– Rotation– Reflection– Translation– Dilation
• Is triangle DEF always, sometimes, or never congruent to triangle ABC? – Provide justification to support your conclusion.
Sample Math – Performance Task
Parent Resources
• www.whps.org
• http://ctcorestandards.org/?page_id=32
• www.smarterbalanced.org
• https://sbacpt.tds.airast.org/student/
Discussion and Questions