KENTUCKY CORE ACADEMIC

STANDARDS

BULL ITT COUNTY SCHOOLS2010-2011

“ IT ’S NOT JUST ANOTHER TH ING…

IT ’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING . ”

Learning

Teaching

Enhancing

Supporting

Sharing

OVECRegional Network

TODAY’S FOCUS

To provide a general overview of the Kentucky Core

Academic Standards document.

WHERE DID THE COMMON CORE STATESTANDARDS COME FROM?

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Is it Common Core State Standards?

ORKentucky Core Academic

Standards?

KWL

Tell me what you already know about the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS).

What do you think you need to know about the KCAS?

SENATE BILL 1

• Focus on college / career readiness• Revised standards• Revised assessment system• Collaborate across all groups /

levels• Improve the effectiveness of

teaching and learning

KEY POINTS

• Part of SB 1

• KCAS are based on the National Standards

• Focus on college/career readiness

• Adopted by 34 states

• Assessment begins 2011-2012

• Addresses English/Language Arts and Math

• E/LA also includes Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects

BCPS STATE NETWORK TEAMS• Content Teachers • Math –Kristy Tinelli (BEHS), Angela Rutledge (EMS), Leslie Fox, Patrick Durham (PGES)

• English / Language Arts – Susan Smuskiewicz (NBHS), Tonie Weddle (BLMS), Kristie Hayes (LJES)

• KLA – Christy Coulter (BCHS), Melissa Whicker (EMS), Staci Goedde (LJES)

• ISLN – Keith Davis, Greg Schultz, Dave Marshall, Terry Price

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTSAnchor Standards – These ‘anchors’ define general, cross-disciplinary expectations that indicate readiness to enter college/workforce. There are 4 sets of ‘anchors’ which will be the same K – 12:

- Reading- Writing- Language- Speaking/Listening

• Strands – The ‘anchors’ are divided into “strands” (i.e. Key Ideas and Details under Reading). • Grade Specific Standards – These ‘standards’ define end-of-year expectations designed to guide student progression.• Grade Bands – ‘Standards’ are divided into individual grade ‘bands’ (grades K-

8) and two years bands for high schools (grades 9 -12).• Appendices – These include exemplar texts, performance tasks and student work.

“The focus of the new standards is on RESULTS rather than MEANS.”

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

AnchorStandards

Strands

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTSGrade Specific

Standards

Grade Bands Strands

OTHER LITERACY POINTS

Integrated Model, which includes research and media skills.Shared responsibility for literacy development. Science, Social Studies and Technical Subjects are addressed for grades 6 – 12.

MATH

Math standards are organized by grade level K – 8.

High school standards are arranged by strands:Number/QuantityAlgebraFunctionsModeling GeometryStatistics/Probability

MATH

Mathematical Practices – describe varieties of expertise that mathematic educators at all levels should seek to develop.

Domains – overarching concepts and topics:

(e.g. Numbers and Operations in Base 10)

Clusters – groups of related standards within each Domain:

(e.g. Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.)

Standards – define what students should understand/be able to do:

(e.g. Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.)

STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICAL CONTENT

Grade 5/page 34

High School/ page 59

OVERVIEW PAGES

DomainsClusters

Standards

Not on overview page

STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICAL CONTENT

Domain

Cluster

Standards

FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

What is the timeline and framework for the BCPS rollout?

Who will be responsible for each component?

How will we incorporate the ELA components into Social Studies, Science and Practical Living?

How do we provide a bridge for teachers as we implement the new standards?

RESOURCES

New standards and other resources are posted on KDE and OVEC websites.

Also see www.commoncore.org from the Common Core CurriculumMapping Project for units that address each standard.

EXIT SLIP

Share three things what you have learned about Kentucky Core Academic

Standards.

What will YOU will do next??

Get on board because this train is ROLLING!