Florida’s Adoption of State Standards Background

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Standards History in Florida

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Year Standards

1977 Minimum student performance skills defined

1985 State Board of Education approval of curriculum frameworks (now defined as course descriptions) and student performance standards remained in place until 1995

1995 New minimum performance standards

1996 Florida Sunshine State Standards developed in all content areas

2007 - 2012

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards developed in all content areas

2010 2010 Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (Common Core) in ELA and Mathematics

Requirements Specified in State Law• State Board of Education - establish the

standards that specify the core content, knowledge and skills that K-12 public school students are expected of acquire

• Each district school board - provide all the courses and appropriate instruction designed to ensure that students meet State Board of Education adopted standards

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Standards are not Curriculum

The standards describe “the what” that students need to learn; however, they do not spell out

“the how” for teachers.

Curriculum and instruction define “the how.” “The how” is determined at the local levels; the

district, the school and the classroom.

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Why standards?• Standards ensure all student have access to

quality content at each grade level and in each content area.

“The standards "movement" grew out of frustration in the late 1990s with a

fragmented public school system with many levels of bureaucracy — local, state, national — in which expectations for students varied

widely and too few poor and minority students were achieving.”

Greatschools.org

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Why change our standards?• Research on the state of standards in the US was

presented in 2008; this research indicated:– Countries are out performing our students on

international assessments (even our best and brightest)

– Top performing countries have higher standards and fewer standards per grade level

– Economists report that stronger foundational skills in math and reading are required

– High school graduates require remediation to enter college courses

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Florida’s Response• Implementation of a “Next Generation” internationally

benchmarked standards development process (Section 1003.41, F.S. 2008) that includes:– Research

• Other states’ and nations’ standards considered exceptionally rigorous

– Process guided by “renowned” content experts– Writers that include:

• Postsecondary experts• Experts in the field • Educators

– Review and comment by:• Educators at all levels• Leaders in business and industry• The public

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Florida Results

• Highly rated “Next Generation Sunshine State Standards”

• Fewer concepts per grade level providing for more in-depth instruction

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David Coleman

Regarding countries that out-perform us, “….they work harder and longer than we do;

they work on everything and our kids may be a little bit more creative, but there’s no way they’ll ever do this much hard work so we

might as well fold our tents up now….actually they focus on fewer things done well.”

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Results: World Class Mathematics Standards – K-8 Narrower and Deeper

Grade Level Sunshine State Next Generation Common Core

Kindergarten 67 11 22

First 78 14 21

Second 84 21 26

Third 88 17 25

Fourth 89 21 28

Fifth 77 23 26

Sixth 78 19 29

Seventh 89 22 24

Eighth 93 19 28

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Why the decision was made to include the Common Core in our Next Generation

Standards• Benefits to Florida students

– Children of the military (94,000 ages 0 to 18)– Equitable access to high quality content – Standards that demand a higher level of critical thinking and problem solving

(defending solutions, providing evidence of responses)– Nationally and internationally competitive academic performance– Recognition of student achievement by postsecondary institutions and

employers across state boundaries

• Benefits to Florida– Economies of scale

• Education resources• Assessments• Instructional materials

– National and international comparisons of student performance

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Common Core K -12 State Standards Requirements

1) Aligned with college and work expectations; 2) Clear, understandable and consistent; 3) Include rigorous content and application of

knowledge through high-order skills; 4) Build upon strengths and lessons of current state

standards; 5) Informed by other top performing countries, so

that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy; and

6) Evidence- and research-based.

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Resources Used in the Development of Mathematics and English Language Arts

Common Core K-12 State Standards

• Nationally Respected State Standards– Florida standards as well as other highly rated states

• Internationally Respected National Standards• State Departments of Education

– Florida a lead state• Scholars• Assessment Developers• Professional Organizations• Educators PreK-20 (including Florida)• Parents• Students• The Public

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Common Core State Standards Initiative Standards-Setting Criteria

The following criteria guided the standards development workgroups in setting the draft college- and career-readiness standards.

Preamble: The Common Core State Standards define the rigorous skills and knowledge in English Language Arts and Mathematics that need to be effectively taught and learned for students to be ready to succeed academically in credit-bearing, college-entry courses and in workforce training programs.

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Florida’s Participation in Common Core State Standards Development

• Florida’s Next Generation process of standards development was provided and guided the process

• Leadership by Florida educators; content experts, writers and reviewers• Florida standards were cited as a resource for writers• Florida staff met face-to-face with both teams of writers prior to first draft

of K-12 standards• Preliminary and final drafts reviewed by staff and key stakeholders• Bi-weekly conference calls with Florida districts, agenda item on

Superintendent conference calls, and meetings• Conference calls with state team and writing teams• Postsecondary review meeting• Meeting with Florida PTA leadership• Public review site sent to all district curriculum leads, communicated to

school districts, and placed on the FLDOE web site • Public review period – 433 Florida individuals provided feedback

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Fordham’s Rating

Math •Next Generation – clear and concise•Common Core – require modeling with greater focus on conceptual understanding, proof of solutionsELA•Common Core – require more writing and providing evidence to support responses

Content Area Standards Rating

Mathematics Next Generation A

Mathematics Common Core A-

English Language Arts Next Generation B

English Language Arts Common Core B+

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What Common Core State Standards Are

• What are the content areas?– English language arts – Mathematics

• What are the grade levels?– Kindergarten through 12th grade

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Emphasis in Addition to ContentEnglish Language Arts

English language arts:• Reading• Writing• Speaking• Listening• Language

Students who are College and Career Ready in English language arts:

• Demonstrate independence• Build strong content knowledge• Respond to the varying demands of

the audience, task, purpose and discipline

• Comprehend as well as critique• Value evidence• Use technology and digital media

strategically and capably• Understand other perspectives and

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Emphasis in Addition to ContentMathematics

Mathematics:• Number and Quantity• Algebra• Functions• Modeling• Geometry• Statistics and Probability

Students who are College and Career Ready in Mathematics

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively

• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

• Model with mathematics• Use appropriate tools

strategically• Attend to precision• Look for and make use of

structure• Look for and express regularity in

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So, what do the CCSS really look like?

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Next GenerationThe student effectively applies listening and speaking strategies

Common CoreAsk and answer questions about information from a speaker,

offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

Third Grade Writing Standard

So, what do the CCSS really look like?

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Next GenerationUse and justify the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying,

dividing and finding the absolute value of integers.

Common CoreDistinguish comparisons of absolute value from statements

about order. For example, recognize that an account balance less than - $30 represents a debt greater than $30.

Sixth Grade Mathematics Standard

Technology

More emphasis on use of technology to communicate and

solve problems.

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Shifting to Common Core State Standards - Technology

English Language Arts Content and Instruction• Starting in kindergarten: “With guidance and support from adults, explore a

variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing including in collaboration with peers,”

• Beginning in grade 3: “…using search tools…,”; “gather information from print and digital sources….provide a list of sources,”

• Beginning in grade 6: “…viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text…,”; “Integrate information presented in different media or formats..,”

• Grades 9-12: “use technology, including the internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or share writing projects….,”

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Example: WritingGrades 3 – 12• Write routinely over extended time frames (time for

research, reflections and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.

• Using technology– Grade 4….type a minimum of one page in a single sitting– Grade 5….type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting– Grade 6….type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting

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Shifting to Common Core State Standards - Technology

Mathematics Content and Instruction• Calculators, spreadsheets, computer algebra

systems, statistical packages or dynamic geometry software are all named as appropriate tools.

• Grade six is the first grade level that includes standards most appropriately taught with a technological tool: geometry software and spreadsheets.

• After grade six, all the above-mentioned tools should be used in mathematics classrooms.

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Florida’s Adoption and Implementation Timeline

Year

2008 Next Generation Standards process

2009-2010 Participation as a Lead State in the Development

2010 Florida Review of Final Draft

2010 Standards Presented to the State Board of Education, June

2010 Standards Adopted by the State Board of Education, July

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Florida’s Common Core Mathematics and English Language Arts Standards Implementation Timeline

Year/Grade Level K 1 2 3-8 9-122011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014K-5 Instructional

Materials

B B

2014-20156-12 Instructional

Materials

full implementation of CCSS for all content areas

B - blended instruction of CCSS with Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS); last year of NGSSS assessed on FCAT 2.0

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Continuing to raise the bar on education standards, by including an emphasis on critical and analytical thinking, to drive continued improvement by Florida students

State Standards:

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