Common Core State Standards

Educator Leadership Institute August 8, 2012

The Common Core State Standards Initiative

Beginning in the spring of 2009, Governors and state commissioners of education from 48 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia committed to developing a common core of state K-12 Englishlanguage arts (ELA) and mathematics standards.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) was a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). www.corestandards.org
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Development Process
Core writing teams in English Language Arts and Mathematics (See www.corestandards.org for list of team members) External and state feedback teams

Draft K-12 standards released for public comment on March 10, 2010; 9,600 comments received
Validation Committee review

Final standards were released June 2010

Illinois adopted the CCSS in June 2010
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46 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards

* Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA only 4

Key Advances in the

Common Core State Standards: Instructional Implications and Shifts

Key Advances in Mathematics

MATHEMATICS

Focus: emphasis on key topics at each grade level

Coherence: Think across grades, and link to major topics within grades

Rigor: In major topics pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application with equal intensity

ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

Focus and Coherence Provides Greater Depth

Expressions and Equations

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Number and OperationsBase Ten

The Number System

Algebra

Number and Operations Fractions

High School
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Mathematical Practices
Mathematically proficient students:
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others 4. Model with mathematics 5. Use appropriate tools strategically 6. Attend to precision 7. Look for and make use of structure 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

Key Advances in ELA/Literacy

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY

Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction

Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational

Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

Balance of Literature and Informational Texts

Grade

Literary

Informational

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8 12

50%
45% 30%

50%
55% 70%

Source: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, pg. 5.; NAEP Reading Frameworks

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Non-Text Dependent vs. Text Dependent Questions

Examples from a lesson on Lincolns Gettysburg Address
Non-Text Dependent Questions Have you ever been to a funeral? Text Dependent Questions What does Lincoln mean by four score and seven years ago? Who are our fathers? (L.910.3; RI.9-10.1; RI.9-10.4)

Beyond what students may or may not know about the Declaration of Independence, what Why did the North fight the South in the does Lincoln tell us in this first sentence about Civil War? what happened 87 years ago? What is the impact of Lincoln referring to such a famous date? (RI.9-10.1; RI.9-10.3; RI.9-10.6; RI.9-10.9) Lincoln says that the nation is dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Why is equality an important value to promote? How does Lincoln use the idea of unfinished work to assign responsibility to his listeners? (RI.9-10.1; RI.9-10.5; RI.9-10.9)

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PARCC Assessment System

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)

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PARCC Assessment System

Common Core State Standards
Focused, coherent, clear and rigorous Internationally benchmarked Anchored in college and career readiness* Evidence- and research-based

PARCC Model Content Frameworks

One way to organize content Frame critical advances ELA: integrate the four strands Mathematics: focus, coherence, content, and practices work together

PARCC Assessments
System of assessments What inferences (claims) do we want to make about students? Technology-based, high quality Pathway to college and career readiness for all students Provide actionable feedback for teachers 14

PARCC Model Content Frameworks for ELA/Literacy (grade 3 example)

PARCC Model Content Frameworks for Mathematics (grade 3 example)

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PARCC Assessment: ELA/Literacy

Students are on-track or ready for college and careers

Students build and present knowledge through research and the integration, comparison, and synthesis of ideas.

Students read and comprehend a range of sufficiently complex texts independently

Students write effectively when using and/or analyzing sources.

Reading Literature

Reading Vocabulary Informational Interpretation and Use Text

Written Expression

Conventions and Knowledge of Language

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PARCC Assessment: Mathematics

Students are on-track or ready for college and careers

Students solve problems involving the major content* for their grade level with connections to practices Students solve problems involving the additional and supporting content* for their grade level with connections to practices Students express mathematical reasoning by constructing mathematical arguments and critiques

Students solve real world problems engaging particularly in the modeling practice

Student demonstrate fluency in areas set forth in the Standards for Content in grades 3-6

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Resources
Common Core State Standards: www.corestandards.org

PARCC Model Content Frameworks: http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks

Illionis State Board of Education Common Core Resources: http://www.isbe.net/common_core/htmls/resources.htm#isberes Achieve the Core: www.achievethecore.org EngageNY: www.engageny.org Instructional support and alignment resources: http://www.achieve.org/achieving-common-core
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QUESTIONS?

Email: abarr@achieve.org Achieve: www.achieve.org

PARCC: www.parcconline.org

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Common Core State Standards

Educator Leadership Institute August 8, 2012