California Common Core State Standards

December 13, 2011

Information taken from Sacramento COE, San Joaquin COE, California Department of

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The California Common Core

State Standards•Build toward preparing students to be college and career ready in literacy and numeracy by the end of high school

•Provide a vision of what it means to be a literate person in the twenty-first century

•Build understanding and higher-level thinking skills in mathematics

•Are internationally benchmarked2

ELA

•Organization

•Emphasis on Informational Text

•Literacy in History/Social Science & Technical Subjects

Math

•Two Types of Standards

•Balance

•Grade Shiftso Elementaryo 8th Gradeo High School

Overview of ELA and Mathematics

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The Standards comprise three main sections:

•A comprehensive K-5 section

– embedded literacy standards

– standards for foundational skills (concepts of print, alphabetic principle,

writing, other basic conventions)

Organization for English Language Arts &

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

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•Grades 6-12 ELA standards

•Grades 6-12 literacy standards for history/social studies, science and technical subjects

Organization for English Language Arts

& Literacy in History/Social Studies,

Science, and Technical Subjects, cont.

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•Standards aim to align instruction with the National Assessment of Educational Progress framework.

Emphasis on Informational Text

Grade Literary Information

4 50% 50%

8 45% 55%

12 30% 70%

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Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science & Technical

Subjects

Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12

“…the College and Career Readiness Standards and the High School Standards in Literacy work together to define college and career readiness expectations…”

• Key Ideas and Details

• Craft and Structure

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas7

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science & Technical

SubjectsIntegration of Knowledge and Ideas Standard 8

Grades 6-8Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.

Grades 9-10 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.

Grades 11-12Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information. 8

•Content Standardso Define the "math" for each grade level K-12 o Different at each grade level

•Mathematical Practice Standardso 8 Standards that are consistent throughout the

grades K-12o Describe the depth that students should

develop in their practice of math Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them Reason abstractly and quantitatively Model with mathematics

Two Types of Math Standards

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• Functions Overviewo Understand the concept of...o Interpret functions that

arise in applications...o Build a function...o Model...

• A more balanced combination of procedure and understanding which is reflected in both the Mathematical Practice Standards and the language within the Content Standards

Balance

Current StandardsCommon

Core Standards

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Content Shifts at Elementary

Elementary Concept

1997 Standards CCCSS

Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes

Grade 2 Kindergarten

Intro to Probability Grade 3 Grade 7

Intro to Fractions as Numbers

Grade 2 Grade 3

Add/Subtract Fractions

Grade 3 Grade 4

Intro to Integers Grade 4 Grade 6

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Adjustments at 8th Grade

• K-7 Math Standards as augmented prepare students for two sets of standards at 8th grade

• Both sets of 8th grade standards will prepare students for college and career

• Having two sets of standards at 8th grade is currently under review at the state level

• Accountability portion is still to be determined

#1: Common Core #2: Algebra

•8th grade Common Core Standards

•8th grade Common Core Standards•Common Core Algebra Cluster and several current CA standards

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Reorganization of Standards at High School

Current CA Standards Common Core College and Career Conceptual Categories

Algebra I*

Geometry*

Algebra II*

Trigonometry

Mathematical Analysis

Linear Algebra

Probability and Statistics*

Calculus*

*Current Courses offered in Lodi Higher Level (AP) Math

Algebra

Geometry

Statistics

and

Probability

Modeling

Functions

Numbers and

Quantity

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• There will be changes in

how the High School

courses are organized

• Even if they have

traditional names,

courses will be

substantially different

from our current classes

based on the conceptual

categories and the

mathematical practice standards

HS Pathways Under Construction

Higher Level (AP) Math

Integrated Course I

Integrated Course II

Integrated Course III

LUSD graduation requirement: 2 yrs of math

Algebra

Geometry

Statistics and Probability

Modeling

Functions

Numbers

and

Quantity

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•SJCOE: o Working with District representatives and

Sue Gendron from SBAC, to develop 3 year roll out plan

o Developing modules to help Districts transition to common core (goal: February, 2012)

•Curriculum Frameworks (Math: 2013, ELA: 2014)

•Curriculum Adoptionso SB140 Publishers develop bridge materials

for K-8 in ELA and K-7 in math (projected for summer 2012)

o Adopt New Materials (Math: 2014?, ELA: 2016?)

Planning for the Future

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Assessment Background

• In 2011, California joined the SMARTER

Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), one of two multi-state consortiums funded by the US Department of Education to develop CCS assessments for federal accountability purposes.

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There are 30 SBAC Membership States

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What will the SBAC assess?

The SBAC assessments will cover English language

arts and Mathematics for grades 3-8 and grade 11.

• English language arts will assess critical reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in history, science, mathematics, the arts, and English

• Mathematics will assess the use of mathematical skills in concepts like field science, technology, and engineering

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How will we participate in the SBAC?

• SBAC summative (end-of-year) assessments are required

• SBAC formative and interim assessments will also be made available to member states

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How will the SBAC and STAR (as we know it) coexist?

• The SBAC summative assessments will replace the English language arts and Mathematics CST and CMA for grades 3-8 and grade 11 beginning in 2014-15

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Questions yet to be answered….

• Will grades 2, 9, and 10 be assessed in English language arts and Mathematics going forward?

• Will Science be assessed in grades 5, 8 and 10, and for Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics going forward?

• Will History be assessed in grades 8 and 11, and for World History?

• Will the CAPA and STS still be administered?

The answers will be determined by the State Legislature

pending a review by the State Superintendent of Instruction due to be released by December 2012. 21

How will the SBAC impact school accountability?

• SBAC summative assessments will be used for

federal accountability as early as the 2014-15

school year

• SBAC summative assessments, as a component of STAR, are most likely to be used as a significant component of state accountability

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How will the SBAC assessments be administered?

• The SBAC assessments are designed to be administered online in a computer adaptive testing format

• Fixed-form pencil-and-paper assessments will be made available for the first three years to “help” schools and districts that are not ready to participate in online testing by the 2014-15 school year

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What are the technology issues that will impact how we participate in

the SBAC?

• Bandwidth required for administering assessments (e.g. streaming video, writing online essays, constructing short responses, drag-and-drop, online research, and multiple choice)

• Hardware & Networked computing resources

• Software

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Questions

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