1. http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards
Common Core Standards
2. Realizing Illinois
Our Students. . . Our Promise. . .Our Future
Illinois Learning Standards:
Incorporating the common core
The Illinois State Board of Education has adopted new math and ELA
academic standards for K-12 education.
The Goal
To better prepare Illinois students for success in college and the
workforce in a competitive global economy.
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4. What about the other Illinois learning standards?
Standards for social/emotional, social science, fine arts, foreign
language, physical development &health and science will remain
in place.
But, new literacy standards are added
5. What are the Common Core State Standards?
The CCSSs are National Standards designed to:
Help our students become college and career ready;
Provide consistency between states in terms of content and
cut-scores;
Help our students become more globally competitive; and
Replace (or add to) individual state standards.
6. Who created these standards?
Introduction to Common Core Standards; CCSSO, NGA, June 2,
2010
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA
Center)
Educators from participating states (including Illinois)
Content Experts
Researchers
National Organizations
Community Groups
Feedback from teachers nationwide (September 2009 March
2010)
7. What Curricular Areas Will be Impacted by these
Standards?
ISBE adopted Common Core Standards on June 24, 2010, for MATH and
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
But wait! ELA = Reading, Writing, and Literacy in History/Social
Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Illinois State Standards are still in place for all areas except
Math, Reading, and Writing; however, the CC ELA Literacy Standards
have been added to History, Science & Technical
Subjects
8. What criteria were used to develop these standards?
Introduction to Common Core Standards; CCSSO, NGA, June 2,
2010
Align with college and work expectations;
Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through
high-order skills;
Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards;
Informed by top-performing countries, so that all students are
prepared to succeed in a global economy and society; and
Evidence and/or research based
9. Assessment
New test for grades 9, 10, 11 should be in place by Spring
2015, possibly by 2014
10. Illinois is one of 11 states serving on the Partnership for
the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) board
to create the assessment
11. Testing will be online
12. More feedback on student progress
13. Students will take parts of the assessment at key times
during the school year, closer to when they learn the
material.
Fall 2014 2015 Spring *** New Assessment
14. What are the Purposes of the Standards?
Introduction to Common Core Standards; CCSSO, NGA, June 2,
2010
Pg. 4
To incorporate and encourage cross-disciplinary literacy
expectations & to develop a shared responsibility for students
literacy development
We all teach reading!
To define end-of-year expectations, or exit outcomes
To define desired results, not the means by which the results are
achieved
To integrate the components of literacy
To blend research and media skills into literacy
standards
15. The Standards are NOT
Introduction to Common Core Standards; CCSSO, NGA, June 2,
2010
Pg. 6
A prescription for HOW to teach students
A set of restrictions on what can be taught
Content-exhaustive
An advertisement for a certain program for core or intervention
materials
For one group of students only
16. How are the Common Core Standards organized?
CCSS ELA & Literacy
Broad, over-arching standards called the College and Career
Readiness (CCR) Anchor Standards outline the goals for all students
K-12 in each subject.
Grade specific standards are provided following the broad CCR
standards, providing a focus for instruction each year.
These grade-specific standards build upon previous grades
expectations.