Common Core Update

George Manthey, Ed.D.ACSA Assistant Executive Director

Educational ServicesSeptember 2010

Who Started This?

• Council of Chief State School Officers• National Governors Association

Center for Best Practices• 48 States participated in the the

effort of creating the Common Core• More information

http://www.corestandards.org/

Why?

• To bring alignment to what students should learn from state to state

• Provide clear and consistent guidelines for college and career readiness

• To reduce costs and allow states to pool resources

How common are they?

So far 37 states have adopted the Common Core.

In California, of course, We’ve got an Uncommon Common Core

• Academic Content Standard Commission recommended a supplemented Common Core

• State Board approved their recommendations on August 2, 2010

• CA supplemented with CA ELA and Math Standards not already included in Common Core

• We’re calling our new standards the California Common Core Standards (CCCS)

• CCCS includes only ELA and Mathematics

How can I get the CCCS?

• Download them at http://www.scoe.net/castandards/index.

html

• Purchase ACSA’s Standard Finder 8.2 (not quite yet available) Standard Finder 8.1 includes the

Common Common Core, but not the CCCS

What’s Different in ELA?

• Current ELA domains: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and written and oral language conventions.

• CCCS strands: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language

• CCCS has greater emphasis on text complexity reading and writing across the curriculum emphasize informational text Focus in writing on arguments and drawing

evidence

What did CA add to ELA CC?

• Formal presentations, Grades 1-12• Penmanship, Grades 2-4• Career and consumer documents for

writing in Grade 8• Analysis of text features in

informational text, Grades 6-12

What did CC add to CA ELA?

• Vocabulary standards• Standards for “collaborative discussions”• Literacy standards for history/social

studies, science, and technical subjects Embedded in K-5 In Grades 6-12 these are a separate set--

expectation is these will be shared between ELA teachers and teachers in history/social studies and science

What’s different in math?

• More similarities than differences• Some shifts in grade level for some

skills• Organization of the standards

By grade level through Grade 8 Algebra 1 Clusters of standards for 9-12

• Two options for eighth graders

What did CA add to Math CC?

• Calculus and AP Probability and Statistics

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking additions in Grades 2 and 5

• Measurement and data additions in Grades 2

• Grade 6--the Number System

What did CC add to CA Math?

• 2 Options for Eighth Graders Algebra 1 Eighth Grade CC Math Standards K-7 standards augmented to prepare for

either option

• Clearer grade-to-grade organization

What is the Implementation Timeline?

• It’s being developed by CDE and SBE• Current adoption cycle

Math Framework, January 2012 Materials adoption, August 2014 Materials available, December 2014

ELA Framework, January 2014 Materials adoption, August 2016 Materials available, December 2016

Use current materials until these dates

How about Assessment?

• CA is in a 26 state consortium to create new assessments Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness

for College and Careers (PARCC)

• Current STAR sunsets in 2012-13• New assessment could be administered in

2014-15 and piloted the year before• Info at

http://www.achieve.org/files/CCSS&Assessments.pdf

What should we do now?

• Be aware that we have adopted the California Common Core Standards for ELA and Math

• Know that the CDE and SBE are developing a timeline for implementation This timeline will hopefully be approved at the

November 2010 SBE meeting• Understand that good teaching with current

standards will also lead to high levels of learning with the new standards

• Realize that county offices are taking the lead in developing resources for the transition to CCCS

Where can I learn more?

• Sacramento County Office Information and Support for the Common Core Standards http://www.scoe.net/castandards/index.

html

• Most of the information in this presentation was prepared from their Frequent Q & A

ACSA’s Standard Finderis being updated to show alignment between

CCCS and previous CA standards

Contact Information

George MantheyACSA

1575 Bayshore HighwayBurlingame, CA 94010

gmanthey@acsa.org800-608-ACSA (2272)