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Introduction to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) and PARCC Assessments

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Created by:COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL

OFFICERS (CCSSO) &

NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION

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Standards Development Process

• Summer 2009 - Develop college and career readiness standards

• Develop K-12 learning progressions• Collect multiple rounds of feedback from

states, teachers, researchers, higher education and the general public

• June 2, 2010 - Final Common Core State Standards released

Why is this important?

• Previously, each state had their own academic standards.

• Students will now have less difficulty moving between schools and states.

• All students have clear expectations and skills to compete with both American and international peers.

• Textbooks can have more focus, coherence and rigor.• States can share resources and compare data.

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45 States + DC Have Adopted the Math Common Core State Standards

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*Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA/literacy only

www.corestandards.org

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The Common Core State Standards:

Have rigorous content and application of knowledge

Use lessons learned from current state standards

Are internationally benchmarked

Are based on evidence and research

Common Core State Standards

•Fewer, Clearer, Higher–Focus

–Coherence

–Rigor7

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Intentional Design Limitations

What the Standards do NOT define:• The nature of advanced work beyond the

core• The interventions needed for students well

below grade level• The full range of support for English

language learners and students with special needs

Standards for Mathematical Practice

These are K-12 standards that describe habits of mind of a mathematically proficient student

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.

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K-8 Standards presented by grade level• Each grade introductions highlights critical

areas • Organized into domains that progress over

several grades

High School Standards presented by conceptual categories (Number & Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics & Probability)

Standards for Mathematical Content

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CCSSM Vocabulary

Organization of the document

• Standards define what students should understand and be able to do.

• Clusters summarize groups of related standards.

• Domains are larger groups of related standards.

**Standards from different domains and clusters may sometimes be closely related.

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Write and interpret numerical expressions.•5.OA.1. Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols. •5.OA.2. Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. For example, express the calculation “add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2” as 2 × (8 + 7). Recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.

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Putting It All Together

Standards: Important but insufficient

• To be effective in improving education and getting all students ready for college, workforce training, and life, the Standards must be partnered with a content-rich curriculum and robust assessments, both aligned to the Standards.

The Assessment Proposals

The Process:

• Proposals were due from multi-state consortia on June 23, 2010

• Awards were made in September, 2010

• New Consortia tests will replace the current state NCLB tests in 2014-2015

Assessment Consortia

• PARCC – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, this is a 24-state consortium that is developing assessments for grades 3-11. (Illinois)

• Smarter Balance – This is the second major consortium developing assessments.

• ASSETS – English Language Proficiency Assessment System – this consortium is developing assessments for English Language Learners. (Illinois)

• DLM – Dynamic Learning Maps Assessment Consortium - this consortium is developing assessments for students with disabilities.

• NCSC – National Center and State Collaborative – this consortium is also developing assessments for students with disabilities.

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness

for College and Careers (PARCC)

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PARCC NCSM Presentation 18

Key Advances of the CCSSM

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ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

Claims Driving Design: Mathematics

Students are on-track or ready for college and careers

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Goals of the PARCC System

1. Create high-quality assessments

2. Build a pathway to college and career readiness for all students

3. Support educators in the classroom

4. Develop 21st century, technology-based assessments

5. Advance accountability at all levels

6. Build an assessment that is sustainable and affordable

Goal #1: Create High Quality Assessments

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Priority Purposes of PARCC Assessments:1.Determine whether students are college- and career-ready or on track 2.Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards, including standards that are difficult to measure3.Measure the full range of student performance, including high and low performing students4.Provide data during the academic year to inform instruction, interventions and professional development5.Provide data for accountability, including measures of growth6.Incorporate innovative approaches throughout the system

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Goal #2: Build a Pathway to College and Career Readiness for All Students

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Optional K-2 formative

assessment being

developed, aligned to the

PARCC system

Timely student achievement data showing students, parents and educators

whether ALL students are on-track to college and

career readiness

ONGOING STUDENT SUPPORTS/INTERVENTIONS

College readiness score to identify who

is ready for college-level coursework

SUCCESS IN FIRST-YEAR, CREDIT-

BEARING, POSTSECONDARY

COURSEWORK

Targeted interventions &

supports:•12th-grade bridge courses• PD for educators

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Goal #3: Support Educators in the Classroom

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION

(Content Frameworks)

EDUCATOR-LED TRAINING TO SUPPORT “PEER-TO-PEER”

TRAINING

TIMELY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA

K-12 Educator

Goal #4: Develop 21st Century, Technology-Based Assessments

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PARCC’s assessment will be computer-based and leverage technology in a range of ways to:•Item Development

– Develop innovative tasks that engage students in the assessment process

•Administration– Reduce paperwork, increase security, reduce shipping/receiving & storage

– Increase access to and provision of accommodations for SWDs and ELLs

•Scoring– Make scoring more efficient by combining human and automated approaches

•Reporting– Produce timely reports of students performance throughout the year to inform

instructional, interventions, and professional development

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Minimum Technology Guidelines

PARCC Assessment Design

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Performance-BasedAssessment (PBA)

•Extended tasks•Applications of concepts and skills•Required

Diagnostic Assessment• Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD•Non-summative

2 Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration

Mid-Year Assessment•Performance-based•Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards•Potentially summative

End-of-Year Assessment

•Innovative, computer-based items•Required

Speaking And ListeningAssessment

•Locally scored•Non-summative, required

PARCC Timeline Through 2012

Fall 2011

Winter 2012

Spring2012

Summer 2012

PARCC Assessment Implementation

PARCC Tools & Resources

Model Content Frameworks

released (Nov 2011)

Educator Leader Cadres launched

Item & task prototypes released

Item development

begins

Updated Model Content Frameworks

Released

Fall2012

PARCC Timeline through 2015

PARCC Tools & Resources

College-ready tools released

Partnership Resource

Center launched

Professional development

modules released

Diagnostic assessments

released

Pilot/field testing begins

Expanded field testing of diagnostic assessment

Optional Diagnostic and Midyear PARCC

Assessments

Spring2013

Summer 2013

Winter 2014

Spring2014

Summer 2014

Fall2013

Fall2014

PARCC Assessment Implementation

Expanded field testing

Model Instructional

Units Released

K-2 Formative Tools

Released

Winter 2015

Spring2015

Summative PARCC

Assessments

Standard Setting in

Summer 2015

PARCC: More Than Just Another Test

To support state efforts to implement and transition to the Common Core and next generation assessments, PARCC will facilitate:

– Strategic planning and collective problem solving for the implementation of CCSS and PARCC assessments

– Collaborative efforts to develop the highest priority instructional and support tools

– Multi-state support to build leadership cadres of educators

– Multi-state support to engage the postsecondary community around the design and use of the assessments

– Technology transition support for state and district

Discussion time

• What new information did I learn?

• Are there stakeholders in my school/district that still need this information?

• What questions do I have?

Content Area Specialists

• Heather Brown– hbrown@pdaonline.org

• Alanna Mertens– almertens@cps.edu

• Patricia Reisdorf– preisdor@kidsroe.org