COMMON CORE OVERVIEW

English Language Arts Content Area Specialists

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Common Core English Language Arts Standards K-12

• Prepares students for college and careers• Research and evidence based• Aligned with college and work expectations• Rigorous• Internationally benchmarked• Structured around the four strands; reading, writing,

speaking and listening, and language grades K-12• Provides content area literacy 6-12

National Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)

Why Change?For the students of course!

College and Career Ready Students

• Establish independence• Acquire a strong content knowledge base• Adapt communication to audience, task, purpose or

discipline• Comprehend, critique and question• Cite and evaluate evidence• Use technology and digital media thoughtfully• Understand other perspectives and cultures

National Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)

What is Not Covered by the Standards?

• How teachers should implement• All that can be taught• Advanced work• Interventions or materials needed for students

below grade level• Defined support for English language learners

and students with special needsNational Governors Association/Chief State School Officers (2010)

Common Core Require a Shift from….

to

School level leaders will need to play a central role in implementing the new

standards and in cultivating this mindset shift.

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High School Completion

College and Career Readiness for All

Average is Over"There will always be change — new jobs,

new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average."

Thomas L. FriedmanNew York Times, January 24, 2012

Technological ChangesDo you remember when?

Applications were sent to colleges.

Linked-In was a jail.

Skype was a typo.

Twitter was a sound.

4G was a parking spot.

Tom Friedman. Meet the Press. September 4, 2011.

Benefits of Common Core State Standards

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• Previously, every state had its own set of academic standards and different expectations of student performance.

Consistency• Common standards can help create more

equal access to an excellent education.Equity• All students must be prepared to compete with

not only their American peers, but also with students from around the world.

Competition• Clear and coherent standards will help

students (and parents and teachers) understand what is expected of them. Clarity

• Common Standards create a foundation for districts and states to work collaboratively. Collaboration

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College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards (32 Anchor Standards)

Overarching standards for each of four strands that are further defined by grade-specific standard.

Reading – 10 standardsWriting – 10 standardsSpeaking and Listening – 6 standardsLanguage – 6 standards

English Language Arts Common Core Standards

Reading StrandKe

y Ideas

and

Details

Craft and

Structure

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Range of Reading and Level of

Text

Complexity

Writing Strand

Text Type

s and Purposes

Production and

Distribution

of Writin

g

Research to

Build Knowledge

Range of

Writing

Speaking and Listening Strand

Comprehension and Collaborati

on

Presentation of

Knowledge

and Ideas

Language Strand

Conventions of Standa

rd English

Knowledge

of Language

Vocabulary

Acquisition and Use

http://www.education.ohio.gov/

Nine Specific Advances in the PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessment Demanded

by the Three Core Shifts. . .

www.parcconline.org

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1. Complexity: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language.

What Are the Shifts at the Heart of PARCC Design (and the Standards)?

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Engage with

Complex Text

1. PARCC builds a staircase of text complexity to ensure students are on track each year for college and career reading.

2. PARCC rewards careful, close reading rather than racing through passages.

3. PARCC systematically focuses on the words that matter most—not obscure vocabulary, but the academic language that pervades complex texts.

Shift 1: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

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2. Evidence: Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and informational.

What Are the Shifts at the Heart of PARCC Design (and the Standards)?

Extract and Employ

Evidence

4. PARCC focuses on students rigorously citing evidence from texts throughout the assessment (including selected-response items).

5. PARCC includes questions with more than one right answer to allow students to generate a range of rich insights that are substantiated by evidence from text(s).

6. PARCC requires writing to sources rather than writing to de-contextualized expository prompts.

7. PARCC also includes rigorous expectations for narrative writing, including accuracy and precision in writing in later grades.

Shift 2: Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and

informational

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3. Knowledge: Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction.

What Are the Shifts at the Heart of PARCC Design (and the Standards)?

Build Knowledge

8. PARCC assesses not just ELA (English Teachers 6-12) but a full range of reading and writing across the disciplines of science and social studies.

9. PARCC simulates research on the assessment, including the comparison and synthesis of ideas across a range of informational sources.

Shift 3: Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction

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Illinois Resourceswww.isbe.net

Click on “Common Core – Math and ELA (under Learning Standards)

• Professional Learning Series• Capture the Core Newsletters• Learning Progression Tool• Strategies • Much more……

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ReferencesNational Governors Association/Council of Chief State School Officers (2010).

Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts. Retrieved August 26, 2013 from www.corestandards.org/the-standards.

National Governors Association/Council of Chief State School Officers (2010). Key Points in English Language Arts. Retrieved August 26, 2013 from http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/key-points-in-english-language-arts.

PARCC, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (2012). Advances in the PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessment. Retrieved August 27, 2013 from http://www.parcconline.org/samples/ELA.

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