Download - Common Core State Standards:
WHAT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NEW
LEARNING STANDARDS
Common Core State Standards:
School’s Out Washington and Ready Washington
June 21, 2014
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Agenda What is Common Core?
Why Common Core?
Group activity: Family communications
What is different?
Survey: About what you learned today
Questions and Answers
What is Common
Core?
What is Common Core?
The Common Core State Standards:Set learning expectations for all
students.Standards in math and English
language arts (math, reading & writing).
Provide teachers with tools to help students learn.
WhyCommon
Core?
Why Common Core?Currently in Washington State:Employers report graduating students are
not prepared enough for jobs.Less than half of our high school
graduates are ready for 2-year or 4-year college.
Nearly half graduates entering community college and must take remedial courses.
Why Common Core?
By 2018, 2 out of 3 jobs in WA will require technical training or a college degree.
Diverse students and families are greatly impacted by not being prepared for employment, technical school or college.
Group Activity
Family and Community EngagementBarriers: What do you see as barriers
to communicating Common Core to families? (5 min.)
Worksheets: Write down your answers in English or Spanish.
Common Core: What’s
Different?
Common Core: What’s Different?1. Consistent learning expectations for all students.
2. Big change in the way students learn.
3. Clear standards that focus on deeper understanding.
4. Students learn skills they will need in a job.
5. New exams/tests will be given in 2015.
What’s Different?
1. Consistent learning expectationsBefore Common Core, all 50 states had
different learning expectations for students.
Common Core provides consistent learning standards and expectations for all students, no matter where they live.
What’s Different?2. Big change in the way students learn Students gain knowledge in academic
areas.Also gain skills in ways to think, to
manage self and to transition to college and career opportunities.
Skills like: critical thinking, problem-solving, persistence, and working together
What’s Different?3. Clear standards focus on deeper understandingGoes into fewer topics and focuses on
deepening students’ understanding of concepts
They allow students to apply the skills they learned to real-life situations.
More opportunities for hands-on and experiential learning
What’s Different?
4. Critical skills for the job marketCommon Core focuses on building real-
world skills in learning.
Prepares students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in education, training and work after high school.
What’s Different?
5. New testing in 2015Different test to support Common Core –
Smarter Balanced.
Technology-based test
What’s Different?
Because a different test and different bar:Test scores will be initially lower, compared to
previous state exams scores.
Research shows students work hard to meet raised learning expectations.
There is shared understanding that raising learning standards is important for our students’ futures.
SURVEY
Please fill out the survey about what you learned today.
Questions/Answers
Thank You!
Questions, Comments, Suggestions?
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