Understanding the Common Core State Standards Michael Cohen, President, Achieve and Jason Weedon, Sr. Vice President, Achieve
PARCC ’ s Fundamental Advance PARCC is designed to reward quality instruction aligned to the Standards, so the assessment is worthy of preparation rather than a distraction from good work. 2
IN DEPTH 46 States and DC Have Adopted the CCSS 3 3 BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY AMERICA AMERICA *Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA/literacy only
IN DEPTH Why the CCSS? The standards are college and career ready. They will help Preparation prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in education and training after high school. The standards are internationally benchmarked. Common Competition standards will help ensure our students are globally competitive. Expectations are consistent for all — and not dependent on a Equity student’s zip code. The standards are focused, coherent, and clear. Clearer Clarity standards help students (and parents and teachers) understand what is expected of them. The standards create a foundation to work collaboratively 4 4 across states and districts, pooling resources and expertise, to Collaboration BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A create curricular tools, professional development, common COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY AMERICA AMERICA assessments and other materials.
IN DEPTH Key Instructional Shifts in the CCSS 5 5 BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AMERICA AMERICA
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Previous Sets of Standards Common Core State Standards Repetitive: little or no progression Focus, coherence and clarity: from grade to grade; emphasis on key topics at each Incoherent: “checklist” mentality; grade level and coherent Unfocused: breadth over depth progression across grades Procedural fluency and Unbalanced: either procedure or understanding of concepts and concepts, but rarely both together skills Promote rigor through Disconnected: Processes, mathematical proficiencies (Math applications and content are Practices) that foster reasoning separate and understanding across 6 discipline
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts /Literacy Previous Sets of Standards Common Core State Standards Balance of literature and Almost exclusive emphasis on informational texts; focus on text literature complexity Emphasis on argument, Almost exclusive emphasis on informative/explanatory writing, narrative writing and research Literacy is a shared responsibility Literacy belongs to the English across the school for history, teacher only science, and technical subjects 7
IN DEPTH Standards Comparisons NJ Standards (2004) CCSS ELA/Literacy ELA/Literacy Grade 7: Produce written work and Grade 7: Determine two or more central ideas in oral work that demonstrate a text and analyze their development over the comprehension of informational course of the text; provide an objective summary materials. of the text. Mathematics Mathematics Grade 8: Understand and apply Grade 8: Explain a proof of the Pythagorean the Pythagorean Theorem. Theorem and its converse; Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three 8 8 dimensions; Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to BUSINESS BUSINESS find the distance between two points in a RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY coordinate system. AMERICA AMERICA
IN DEPTH Advances in the CCSS CCSS Clear Progressions ELA Grade 3: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic Grade 4: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgably Grade 5: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgably. Mathematics Domains of ideas that develop logically across grades and end when appropriate: 9 9 Number and Base Ten Operations -> Number and Fractions -> Rational Numbers BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY AMERICA AMERICA
IN DEPTH Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) 10 10 BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY AMERICA AMERICA
IN DEPTH Key PARCC Facts • One of two multi-state consortia • PARCC Governing Board composed of Chiefs and Higher Education leaders from each governing state • Technology-delivered assessment: • Faster results • More innovative items • Two assessment components: • Machine-scored, end-of-year assessment • Separate performance-based component • 2013-14 – Field test 11 11 • 2014-15 – First full administration BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY AMERICA AMERICA
IN DEPTH Priority Purposes of PARCC Assessments 1. Determine whether students are college- and career-ready or on track 2. Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards, including standards that are difficult to measure 3. Measure the full range of student performance, including the performance high and low performing students 4. Provide data during the academic year to inform instruction, interventions and professional development 5. Provide data for accountability, including measures of growth 6. Incorporate innovative approaches throughout the system 12 12 BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY 12 AMERICA AMERICA
Claims Driving Design: Mathematics Students are on-track or ready for college and careers Students solve Students express Students solve problems involving the mathematical problems involving the additional and reasoning by major content* for their supporting content* for constructing grade level with their grade level with mathematical arguments connections to practices connections to practices and critiques Students solve real world Student demonstrate problems engaging fluency in areas set forth particularly in the in the Standards for modeling practice Content in grades 3-6 *See PARCC Model Content Frameworks for details
Grade 7 Illustrative Sample Item 14
Claims Driving Design: ELA/Literacy Students are on-track or ready for college and careers Students read and Students Students write comprehend a range of build and effectively when sufficiently complex texts present using and/or independently knowledge analyzing sources. through research and the Reading Written Vocabulary Convention Information integration, Expression Interpretati s and al Text comparison, Reading W.X.1-10 on and Use Knowledge RI.X.1-10 Literature and and of and RL/RI.X.4 synthesis of RL.X.1-10 Disciplinar Language Reading and L.X. 4- y Writing ideas. Literacy 6 L.X.1.-3 Standards Standards
English/Literacy Assessment BEFORE the CCSS To save money, your principal is thinking about canceling all field trips for the remainder of the year. Write an essay persuading him or her to allow students to continue attending field trips. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
English/Literacy Assessment
IN DEPTH Key Implementation Issues • Role of assessment in school and district accountability and educator evaluation • Importance of high quality professional development and aligned curriculum and instructional materials • Anticipate a drop in assessment results 18 18 BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCES RESOURCES FOR A FOR A COLLEGE- AND COLLEGE- AND CAREER READY CAREER READY AMERICA AMERICA
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