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Common Core State StandardsCommunity Informational Meeting

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• The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) with assistance from Project Achieve, ACT and the College Board (SAT).

• 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 English-language Arts (ELA) and mathematics standards.

• On June 9, 2011, California joined the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) as a governing state.

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Goals of the Common Core State Standards

• To be aligned with college and career expectations;

•To be informed by other top performing countries, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society

Reading Risk

Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto NAEP Scales, IES August 2011

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Math Risk

Mapping State Proficiency Standards onto NAEP Scales, IES August 2011

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States That Adopted Common Core Standards

Next Generation Assessments (NGA) for ELA &Math

•By the 2014-2015 school year students in California will be tested in math and English using next generation assessments created by Smarter Balanced Assessments.

•California’s STAR tests are set to expire after the 2013-2014 school year.

End of Year Assessments:Grades 3-8 and 11

Item Type Key FeaturesSelected Response (SR) Select one or more response for a set of

options, assess narrow focus*

Constructed Response (CR) Produce a test of numerical response, assess narrow focus*

Extended Reponses (ER) Produce a more extended response, assesse a narrow focus*

Performance Tasks (PT) Contain multiple parts, assess multiple targets**

Technology Enhanced/Enabled (TE) Use of multi-media and interactive elements

*One or two target standards/concept**Two or more target standards/concepts

STAR vs. SBACCurrent California Standards Test

“Star Assessments”Smarter Balanced Assessments

Consortium

Grades 2-11, writing at 4th and 7th

Grades 3-8 and 11, Grades 9 and 10 available for states that choose to use them

Only paper & pencil option Delivered via computer and is computer adaptive.

Only multiple choice Performance tasks, selected response, technology enhanced etc…

Part of the state and federal accountability system

New accountability system (CalMAPP21) is in final stages of approval.

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English Language Arts

College and Career Anchor Standards For All Subjects and Grade Levels

These standards, often referred to as Anchor Standards or CCR Standards are a set of 32 standards which “…define the general, cross-disciplinary literacy expectations necessary for success beyond high school.” www.corestandards.org

Three main sections:

Comprehensive K-5 section

English Language Arts specific sections for grades 6-12

History/Social Studies and Science and Technical Subjects for grades 6-12

• Reading: 10 Standards• Writing: 10 Standards• Speaking & Listening: 6 Standards• Language: 6 Standards

www.corestandards.org

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Key Shifts for ELA

Balance Literature and Informational Text

Building Knowledge in Disciplines

Staircase of Text Complexity

Text Based Answers

Writing from Sources

Academic Vocabulary

Reading Standards for Information Standard 1 (RI1)

Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Ask and answer questions about details in a text (K-1st) 5 Ws (2nd) refer to the text for answers (3rd) draw inferences (4th) quote accurately (5th) support analysis with textual evidence (6th) cite several pieces of textual evidence (7th) cite evidence…most strongly supports (8th) cite strong & thorough evidence(9-10th) determine where the text leaves matters uncertain (11-12th)

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Mathematics

Design Principles for Math

• Focus: focus strongly where the standards focus

• Coherence: think across grades, and link to major topics in each grade

• Rigor: In major topics, pursue with equal intensity• Conceptual understanding• Procedural skill and fluency, and• applications

Common Core Grades K - 12

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Counting

& Cardinality

Ratios & Proportional

Relationships

Functions

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Expressions and Equations

Algebra

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Functions

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Number and Operations

Fractions

The

Number System

Number

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Quantity

Measurement & Data

Statistics & Probability

Statistics

& Probability

Geometry

Geometry

All courses are more rigorous:

Algebra I Algebra I

Geometry Geometry

Algebra II Algebra II

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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.

K-12 Mathematical Practice Standards

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Key Shifts in Assessment

• Smarter Balanced is assessing for both knowledge and skills.

• Students will be asked to use the knowledge and skills they have accumulated to solve predictable and unpredictable real world problems.

• The ultimate goal of SBAC is to measure college and career readiness in ELA and math.

STAR TEST EXAMPLES

Non-Traditional Selected Response Item

Technology-Enhanced ItemsDraw a line of symmetry throughthe figure below.

The graph on the right shows a triangle. Draw the triangle after it is reflected over the y-axis.

Classify each shape below based whether it contains at least one pair of parallel sides.

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/Parent and Student SectionPractice Tests and assessment items

http://pta.org/parents National PTA has 4 page guides for each grade level for parents.

How can parents help with the transition to The Common Core?• Emphasize what is being learned over points or grades.• Touch base with Common Core leadership teams at individual sites to see

what initiatives can be supported.• Read and discuss with your child.• Know what the priority work is for your child. Check with the teacher

about progress toward priority work.• Ask them to explain their answers.• Provide access to nonfiction (Newspapers, Magazines, Biographies).• Support grant writing through PTA or school site councils.• Educate other parents.

Next Generation Science Standards: CA becomes 6th state to adopt.

The State Board of Education approved the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) on September 4, 2013. The new standards emphasize concepts within and across scientific disciplines, and integrate engineering practices to help students understand the workings of science and the natural world.

Fremont Unified Technology Plan•Devices: The district is currently in negotiations to finalize a technology roll out with DELL.

•The plan calls for devices to be at school sites by the end of the calendar year.

•Device #’s are based on student enrollment to meet requirements for testing. #’s are also based on the state’s technology readiness requirements and calculator.

Update on STAR Assessment

• On September 4, 2013, the State Board of Education deliberated and supported the amendment to AB 484 which outlines the replacement of the current ELA and math assessments with the Common Core field tests beginning this school year.

• The plan calls for the suspension of most of STAR testing during the field tests of the new ELA and math assessments for the 2013-2014 school year. (This requires all districts to administer a field test.) Science grade level assessments administered in grades 5,8 and 10. EAP is still in place.

• Individual student scores will not be produced nor would API scores be provided

• Note: The legislation has passed the bill (AB484) and it has now been signed by Governor Brown. The state will now apply for a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education.

Thank your for your time!

“If we teach today the way we were taught yesterday we aren't preparing students for today or tomorrow.”--John Dewey (1944)