Common Core & Essential Standards

An Overview Presentation

NCSCOS

North Carolina Standard Course of Study

Common Core State Standards in Math & Literacy

NC Essential Standards

Anchor Standards that are common to all grades offer an integrated focus

Anchor Standards clearly specify College and Career Readiness

Common Core Design: Anchor Standards

Each Grade has specific end-of-year expectations for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, & Language

Across Grades there is a cumulative progression of understandings & skills

Each Standard has a 1-1 correspondence with its Anchor Standard

Common Core Design:Grade Level Standards

Expectations grow over time

Cumulative progression of skills and understandings

Skills and their application are the focus of instruction

Standard Trajectories

• The ability to read complex texts is the single greatest predictor of success in college

• Text complexity in elementary and secondary texts has declined steadily

• Fewer than 50% of high school graduates are able to read college and career ready complex text

Why Complex Text Matters

Transitioning to Next Generation Assessments

President Obama called on the Nation’s Governors and state education chiefs "to develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity."

ED.GOV September 2, 2010 Beyond the Bubble Tests: The Next Generation of Assessments -- Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks to State Leaders at Achieve's American Diploma Project Leadership Team Meeting

Next Generation Assessments

• Aligned to the Common Core State Standards• Created with expectations linked to

international benchmarks.• Measure student achievement and

growth in literacy and mathematics in grades 3-12.• Designed to support students in developing

essential 21st century skills to get students College and Career Ready.

What Skills will students need to be “College and Career Ready?”

Cognitive Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Intrapersonal Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Creativity

Communication

Social skills

Teamwork

Self-RegulationTime managementSelf-Development (lifelong learning)

Adaptability

A Closer Look

With a partner …

– Read your Smarter Balanced test items– Solve and complete the appropriate spaces on

your chart– Talk with your partner about the items– Continue until you have experienced all 4 items

Item Notes/Solutions

What 21st Century Skills are necessary to solve this type of item?

What CCSSM Cluster(s) or ELA standard(s) does this item type address?

What Standards for Mathematical Practice can be assessed through this item?

How does instruction need to change in order for our students to be successful with Next Generation Assessments?

A Closer Look at Smarter Balanced ItemsSample Task Analysis

What Skills will students need to be “College and Career Ready?”

Cognitive Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Intrapersonal Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Creativity

Communication

Social skills

Teamwork

Self-RegulationTime managementSelf-Development (lifelong learning)

Adaptability