English Language Arts- Module C

Juley Harper, ELA Education Associate

Using the Common Core Using the Common Core Comparison Tool to Inform Comparison Tool to Inform

the Path Forward for the the Path Forward for the Delaware ELA CommunityDelaware ELA Community

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ACHIEVE’s Common Core Comparison Tool

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Achieve designed the Common Core Comparison Tool to provide states with an online process and guidelines for matching our current standards with the Common Core Standards.

DE has completed a comparison of our ELA Standards with the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects.

Please note that while Achieve designed the Common Core Comparison Tool; the data are the result of judgments made by the members of the DE review team who completed the process.

ACHIEVE’s Common Core Comparison Tool

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ELA Common Core State Standards Analysis

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100%It doesn’t get any

better than that!

How did we rate DE’s degree of match with the Common Core?

Table 1: Ratings Summary 3 = Excellent match between the state

standards and the Common Core 2 = Good match, with minor aspects of the

Common Core not addressed 1 = Weak match, with major aspects of the

Common Core not address No Match = There is no state match with the

Common Core standard

What percentage of DE’s ELA Standards appear/don’t appear in the

CCSS?

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83%!

How Strong were the Matches Between the K-12 CCCSS and the

DE ELA Standards??

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VERY STRONG!

Common Core Comparison-Multiple Match

Common Core Standard Delaware ELA GLEGrade Difference

Match Note

CC.3.W.2.c Text Types and

Purposes: Use linking words and

phrases (e.g., also, another,

and, more, but) to connect ideas

within categories of information.

DE.3.1(WO).1/2/3.41 Organization: Persuasive Writing: Use transition words that show order or show simple relationships (e.g., but, however) [Grade Level 3]

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3 = Excellent match between

the two documents

DE refers to “linking

words” as transitional

words or phrases

DE.3.1(WO).1/2/3.46 Organization: Informative Writing: Use transition words that show order or show simple relationships (e.g., but, however) [Grade Level 3]

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DE.3.1(WO).1/2/3.51Organization: Expressive Writing: Use transition words that show order or show simple relationships (e.g., but, however) [Grade Level 3]

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Common Core Comparison-No Match

Common Core Standard Delaware ELA GLEGrade Difference Match Note

CC.3.R.F.3.b Phonics and

Word Recognition:

Decode words with common Latin suffixes.

DE.6.2(Rea) .1.1:Vocabulary: Identify and use the meanings of high frequency Greek and Latin derived roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unknown words (e.g., bio, derm, anti, graph, tele) [Grade Level 6]

-31 = Weak

match. Major aspects of

the Common Core not

addressed.

Greek and Latin

(specifically) begin in Gr.

6 in DE.

How do our DE ELA Standards compare to the CCSS at grades K-12?

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How do the DE ELA Standards compare to the CCSS within strands across ALL

grades?

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What’s next??Key questions we will consider include: Which of the concepts and skills required in the Common Core are included in

our state’s standards? How strong is the comparison between these two sets of standards?

How similar are the Common Core and state standards with respect to the grade levels at which concepts and skills are taught? At what grade levels are there differences where our state expectations address concepts and skills earlier or later than the Common Core?

How similar are the Common Core and state standards with respect to the expectations that are included in specific strands (English language Arts) and domains (mathematics)?  In what strands and domains do we find the greatest differences?

Which of the concepts and skills required in the Common Core are not included in our state’s standards? To what degree do these Common Core expectations represent concepts and skills that are significantly different than what is currently included in our state standards e.g. Mathematical Practices?

Which concepts and skills required in our state’s standards are not included in the Common Core? Which of these excluded state expectations address essential content that is unique to our state and that our state would consider adding (up to 15%) to the Common Core adoption?

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