Instructional Focus Meeting, September 22

Goals for today:

Overview of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)▪ What are they?▪ Where did they come from?▪ Where do we go from here?

Agenda for today: Quiz! Background Information CCSS vs. CA State Standards Communicating about the CCSS Transitioning to the CCSS

1. The CCSS only include skills and do not address the importance of content knowledge.

2. The CCSS are anchored in College and Career Readiness standards.

3. The CCSS define how teachers should teach.

4. The CCSS do not include recommended literature lists.

5. The CCSS define what all students are expected to know and be able to do.

6. The CCSS initiative was a federally led effort.

7. The CCSS require secondary ELA teachers to teach H/SS & Science content standards.

8. CA added up to 15% more information to the CCSS in both ELA and Mathematics.

9. There will be new assessments to test students on the common core standards.

10.Key math topics are missing in the CCSS.

1. The CCSS only include skills and do not address the importance of content knowledge. FALSE

2. The CCSS are anchored in College and Career Readiness standards. TRUE

3. The CCSS define how teachers should teach. FALSE

4. The CCSS do not include recommended literature lists. TRUE

5. The CCSS define what all students are expected to know and be able to do. TRUE

6. The CCSS initiative was a federally-led effort. FALSE

7. The CCSS require secondary ELA teachers to teach H/SS & Science content standards. FALSE

8. CA added up to 15% more information to the CCSS in both ELA and Mathematics. TRUE

9. There will be new assessments to test students on the common core standards. TRUE

10.Key math topics are missing in the CCSS. FALSE

K-12 ELA and Mathematics Standards that are the same for every state that adopts them

Common Core Standards can be found at http://www.corestandards.org/

California Common Core Standardshttp://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/

The Council of Chief State School Officer and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) coordinated the state-led CCSS Initiative.

This was not federally-led (DOE or NCLB)

44 states have adopted the CCSS

Disparate standards across statesStudent mobility

Global competition

Today’s jobs require different skills

Prepares students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college and work

Ensures consistent expectations regardless of a student’s zip code

Provides educators, parents, and students with clear, focused guideposts

Fewer, clearer, and higher Aligned with college and work expectations Include rigorous content and application of

knowledge through high-order skills Build upon strengths and lessons of current

state standards Internationally benchmarked, so that all

students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society

Based on evidence and research

Quality of the new standards

Developed by experts – they are good!

Fewer, but equally rigorous

Focus and emphasis changes, some rearranging in math

CCSS vs. CA State Standards

States had to adopt 100% of the standards

States could add an additional 15% to the CCSS

In other words, the states had a pencil, but not an eraser

CCSS vs. CA State Standards Cont. Common Core replaced our existing

standards in Math and ELA

CA had high standards to begin with so the change to the CCSS is more a shift of emphasis rather than any large content changes

We have a plan!▪ Professional Development Cadre and lead teachers▪ Instructional Focus Meetings▪ Timeline with full implementation in 2014-2015

Testing will not change until 2014-2015

We will continue to teach our current content standards for at least three more years

We will begin to shift our emphasis in the direction of CCSS this year

We will begin to shift our emphasis in the direction of CCSS this year and provide targeted Professional Development in the following areas:

▪ ELA

▪Greater emphasis on analysis of informational text

▪ Math

▪Eight Mathematical Practices

2011-2012 Phase 1

Informational

Elementary & Secondary Math – Introduction to Math PracticesModeling: Instruction using Math Practices using current math resourcesELA – Overview + Informational Text

2012-2013 Phase 2Partial

Implementation 

Elementary & Secondary Math – PD Math Practices and Understanding Grade Level StandardsELA – Informational Text + Writing

2013-2014 Phase 3Partial

Implementation

Elementary Math - PD Math Practices and Focus on Grade Level StandardsSecondary Math - PD Math Practices begin transition to selected standardsELA - Informational Text + Writing + Collaborative Conversations

2014-2015 Phase 4

Full Implementati

on

Elementary & Secondary Math – Full implementationELA – Full implementation

California has joined the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Computer adaptive assessments and

performance tasks Grades 3 – 8, high school English and math Administered last 12 weeks of school Optional interim assessments

http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx

The new assessments scheduled for 2014-15 Supplemental materials available summer

2012 If legislation passes:

Revise Frameworks - math 2013, ELA 2014 Approve new materials - math 2016, ELA in 2018

If legislation does not pass: Revise Frameworks - math 2017, ELA 2018 Approve new materials - math 2018, ELA in 2020

Common Core State Standards initiative: http://www.corestandards.org/

California Common Core Standards:http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/

Assessment:www.smarterbalance.org

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