Common Core State Common Core State Standards in ConnecticutStandards in ConnecticutELMS PTA PresentationOctober 16, 2012Dr. Judy DeLeeuw, PrincipalJason Bitgood, Assistant PrincipalJennifer Frost, Literacy SpecialistCarla Woitovich, Library Media Specialist

What are the Common Core What are the Common Core State Standards?State Standards?

A bipartisan, state led effort to define the knowledge and skills students need to master to succeed in college and careers

Adopted by 48 states as of June 2012Developers of the CCSS:

National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, State Representatives, educators, content experts, researchers, national organizations, community groups

Why were the Common Core Why were the Common Core State Standards developed?State Standards developed?

Currently, every state has its own set of academic standards, meaning public education students in each state are learning to different levels

All students must be prepared to compete with not only their American peers in the next state, but with students from around the world

What are the Common Core What are the Common Core State Standards?State Standards?

Aligned with college and work expectations

Focused and coherentInclude rigorous content and application

of knowledge through high-order skillsBuild upon strengths and lessons of

current state standardsInternationally benchmarked so that all

students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society

Based on evidence and research

How will student progress be How will student progress be measured?measured?

Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) no longer used after

2013-2014

New CCSS assessment system under development by the Smarter Balanced

assessment consortiumNew assessment system in place 2014-2015

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/about/

Language Arts/Literacy Language Arts/Literacy Standards Standards

Reading- text complexity and comprehension growth

Writing- text types, responding to reading, research

Speaking and Listening- flexible communication and collaboration

Language – conventions, effective use, and vocabulary

Define what students should know and be able to do, not how teachers teach

Do not define the instructional methods or materials

What is the Different about What is the Different about Language Arts Standards?Language Arts Standards?

Grades K-5 requires 50/50 balance of narrative and informational text

Grades 6-12 reading closely and critically in content area text and writing about it

All students access appropriately complex text

Questions based on what was readWriting to inform and persuade using

evidenceEmphasis on academic vocabulary

What are the standards for literacy What are the standards for literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, in History/Social Studies, Science, & the Technical Subjects?& the Technical Subjects?

Standards for reading and writing Complement rather than replace content standardsin those subjectsResponsibility of teachers in those subjects

Alignment with college and career readinessexpectations

MathematicsMathematics

Standards for Mathematical PracticeCarry across all grade levelsDescribe habits of mind of a mathematically expert student

Standards for Mathematical ContentK-8 standards presented by grade levelOrganized into domains that progress over several gradesGrade introductions give 2–4 focal points at each grade levelHigh school standards presented by conceptual theme (Number & Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics & Probability)

What is different about the What is different about the Mathematics standards?Mathematics standards?

Focus and coherenceFocus on key topics at each grade levelCoherent progressions across grade levels

Balance of concepts and skillsContent standards require both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency

Mathematical practicesFoster reasoning and sense-making in mathematics

College and career readinessLevel is ambitious but achievable

Assured Research Assured Research ExperiencesExperiencesGrades 5-8Grades 5-8

Goal: To create a cohesive multi- disciplinary research unit at each grade level that will embed 21st century literacy skills into content area standards.

Grade 5: Social Studies/ExplorationGrade 6: Science/EcologyGrade 7: Science/Human Body

SystemsGrade 8: Social Studies/American

Revolution

Assured Research ExperiencesAssured Research Experiences

Each project will incorporate the following:Each project will incorporate the following:

Enduring learning standardsCommon Core State Standards (CCSS)Nation Education Technology Standards

(NETS)Collaboration

What work is being done at What work is being done at ELMS to implement the CCSS?ELMS to implement the CCSS?

LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY MATHEMATICSSubject area meetings: overview, studying standards, gap analysis, curriculum alignment, review of test item exemplars

Subject area meetings: overview, studying standards, gap analysis, curriculum alignment, review of test item exemplars

Development of Common Assured Research Experiences in Science and Social Studies

all units have been written for grades 5 & 66 units out of 8 will be implemented this year for grade 5, and 6 units out of 8 will implemented for grade 6 as required by the CT department of education transition guide              

Integration of CCSS-like assessment items and scoring procedures into the common assessments used 3x yearly

 4 out of 7 units have been written for grade 7 --all 4 will be implemented 4 out of 7 units have been written for grade 8 --all 4 will be implemented

Assessment and alignment of instruction materials (eg: fiction and non-fiction)

Ongoing professional development Ongoing professional development

Ongoing communication with CT state department of education

Ongoing communication with CT state department of education

CCSS ResourcesCCSS Resources

http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards

http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=322592

PTA Parent Guides◦http://pta.org/3rd_Grade_June30.pdf

Council of Great City Schools Parent Roadmaps◦Grade Eight

Common Core State Common Core State StandardsStandards

Questions?