Irvine Unified School District K-12 Mathematics Pathways Feb. 21, 2017 Lakeside Middle School http://iusd.org/education_services/math-pathways/ Click hyperlinks throughout this presentation to explore additional resources
Mathematically Literate for College & Career Success The CA Mathematics Standards are not a list of topics to be covered or taught. These Standards are a description of the mathematics students are expected to understand and use, not a curriculum. The standards are not the building blocks of curriculum, they are the achievements we want students to attain as the result of curriculum.
How are the CA Mathematics Standards Different? They are reverse engineered from an analysis of what students need to be college and career ready. The design principals were focus, coherence, and rigor. Real life applications and mathematical modeling are essential.
Rigor Executive Summary: CA Math Framework, p. 2 | CA CCSS Mathematics, 2013
Coherence Executive Summary: CA Math Framework, p. 3
Focus within Course & Across Grade Spans Pursue with equal intensity: 1. Conceptual Understanding 2. Procedural Skills & Fluency 3. Problem Solving / Modeling & Data Analysis 4. Communicating Reasoning I USD Achievement Level Descriptors, K-12 | CA Assessment of Student Performance and Progress System (CAASPP)
Middle School Math and Placement ● These are especially important years for students to master skills with operations on rational numbers and to delve into the thinking required by proportional reasoning. ○ Proportional reasoning is the concept that links arithmetic and algebra, and that link requires the ability to reason abstractly ○ Students’ abstract reasoning develops at different stages, and appropriate placement supports those developmental needs ○ Placing students in a course for which they are not developmentally ready will keep them from understanding foundational concepts, thus hindering their ability to achieve the highest levels IUSD Achievement Level Descriptors, K-12 | CA CCSS Mathematics, 2013
Course Expectations ● Math 7 and Math 8 are grade level courses with grade level pacing which require students to develop a greater depth of knowledge (DOK) ● Enhanced Math 7/8 and Enhanced Math 1 hold students to greater rigor and depth of knowledge than Math 7 and Math 8 AND the pacing is accelerated. ● The two-year Enhanced course sequence combines three years of math into two years Math 7 DOK 3 Example Question
Appropriate Placement 7th grade math placement is based on a student's mastery and understanding of 6th grade standards. A student who is ready for acceleration: ● Has demonstrated mastery of all 6th grade standards at a high depth of knowledge (see example at right) ● Learns and applies new concepts at a fast pace ● Is proactive in ensuring that he or she understands and is able to apply new concepts ● Accepts, responds to and learns from mistake-making and constructive feedback ● Embraces challenges and risks
High School Mathematics
Multiple Acceleration Points Course Descriptions | IUSD Secondary Math Pathway
Math Placement and Timeline Appropriate Placement for all Pursue with equal intensity: Criteria - Multiple Measures 1. Conceptual Understanding 2. Procedural Skills & Fluency Math Placement for Grade 6 3. Problem Solving / Modeling & Data Analysis 4. Communicating Reasoning CA CCSS Mathematics, 2013 | IUSD Achievement Level Descriptors, K-12
IUSD Middle School Placement Criteria
Getting into Elite Universities The Holistic Review What is Rigor? ● Explain and apply mathematical concepts and The applicant’s full record of achievement in interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency college preparatory work in high school, ● Solve a range of complex well-posed problems in including the number and rigor of courses taken pure and applied mathematics, making productive and grades earned in those courses use of knowledge and problem solving strategies ● Analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems ● Clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others
SAT: It’s About the Real World Fluency, Conceptual Understanding, Application The Math Test will focus in depth on the three areas of math that play the biggest role in a wide range of college majors and careers: ● Problem Solving and Data Analysis which is about being quantitatively literate ● Heart of Algebra Which focuses on the mastery of linear equations and systems ● Passport to Advanced Math Which features questions that require the manipulation of complex equations CollegeBoard: SAT Math Test The Math Test also draws on Additional Topics in Math, including the geometry and trigonometry most relevant to college and career readiness.
Q & A
IUSD Math Team Elementary TOSA KimberlyArmstrong@iusd.org Middle School TOSA marthaBarrett@iusd.org Secondary TOSAs MaureenLeong@iusd.org KristieDonavan@iusd.org Math Coordinator, K-12 RhondaCameron@iusd.org IUSD K-12 Mathematics http://iusd.org/education_services/math-pathways/
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