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Pamela T. MooreExecutive Director, PK-12 Core
CurriculumPinellas County Schools
Common Core State Standards
Presentation
Monday, March 4, 2013
Improving Instruction Today;Preparing for Tomorrow
• What are Common Core State Standards?
• Who is participating?
• Why are we, the State of Florida, engaged in this initiative?
• When is all of this happening?
• How will we know if this is working?
• What are the implications for teachers and students with this transition?
• How can I help as a parent?
Purpose for this evening:
So what is the big deal?
Common Core Overview
Are we preparing our students?
Student achievement is drastically low. Our nation is at a moment of crisis when it
comes to preparing our students for the rigors of
college and the demands of the increasingly global
workplace.
Source: http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/cccr11/pdf/ConditionofCollegeandCareerReadiness2011.pdf
• Low Levels of Rigor
• Lack of clarity
• Inconsistencies
Different states
Different districts
Different classrooms
Why do we need Common Standards?
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• Increased complexity of texts• Focus on foundational math skills and application in
real-world situations• A return to depth as opposed to breadth• Increased focus on justifying and presenting results
and methods• Critical reading and writing infused in all curricular
areas• Re-ordering of math content to reflect research-
based path to college and career readiness
How are Common Core Standards different?
Preparation:
The CCSS will prepare students for both college and the
workplace and emphasizes higher-order skills instead of
knowledge and recall.
Benefits of Common Core
Competition:
The CCSS are internationally-benchmarked, ensuring that our
students are prepared to be competitive in the global job
market.
Benefits of Common Core
Equity:
The Common Core will foster consistent expectations not
dependent on state or zip code. We will hold all students to high
academic expectations.
Benefits of Common Core
Clarity:
The Common Core are focused, coherent, and clear standards.
Everyone knows what is expected of our students.
Benefits of Common Core
Collaboration:
CCSS will be a foundation for teachers, states, and districts to
work together from the same blueprints. This will facilitate the
sharing of best practices.
Benefits of Common Core
• New rigorous standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts, K-12; Literacy in Content Areas (6-12)• Fully implemented & assessed in 2014-15
– Current 9th grade students will be the first to be assessed in 11th grade as a graduation requirement
– Current 1st grade students will be the first elementary students assessed in grade 3
• 46 states have currently adopted CCSS
So what are the standards?
CCSS and PARCC assessments will provide a valid comparison to other states, and even districts in other states.
• Promotion
• Graduation
• College Admission
What are the implications?
• What?
– Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
– Significantly more sophisticated assessments
• Who?
– Current 9th graders and younger will take PARCC
– Grades 3-11 will be assessed with PARCC
• When?
– 2014-2015
PARCC Assessment
FCAT v. PARCC Reading & Writing
1) PK – 5: Balancing Informational Text and Literature
2) 6-12: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines
3) Staircase of Complexity
4) Text-based Answers
5) Writing from Sources
6) Academic Vocabulary
Shifts in English Language Arts
• Attention to Text Complexity
• Emphasis on Student Tasks (especially writing)
• Responsibility for Reading & Writing Instruction
- Every Teacher, Every Subject
Instructional CHANGES
NGSSS v. CCSS Mathematics
Standards for Mathematical CONTENT (Familiar)
• Define what students should know and be able to do (The “What”)
Standards for Mathematical PRACTICE (New and Different)
• Describe ways in which the mathematical content standards should be approached (The “How”)
Mathematics
• Promote deep student discussion on the content
• Emphasis on Student Tasks (performance-tasks)
• Include PRACTICE Standards at all grade levels
• Expand use of technology
Instructional CHANGES in Math
• 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 repeated reasoning.
Mathematical Practice Standards
• Is the Common Core State Standards Initiative the first step of a federal take-over of our education system?
Frequently Asked Questions
•Are these standards dictating a national curriculum for our schools?
Frequently Asked Questions
Resources:
Parent Guides to Student Success
www.pta.org/common_core_standards.asp
• By grade level
• Sample of what your child will be working on
• Activities to support at home
How can I help?
Other useful websites to search for information:
•www.corestandards.org
•www.engageny.org
Additional Resources