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Common Core State Standards

Gilbert Public Schools Implementation

Parent ForumsApril 1 & 16, 2013

The Beginning

Common Core State Standards Criteria

Aligned with college and career expectations

Include content and rigorous application of knowledge through higher-order skills

Internationally benchmarked, so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society

Based on evidence and research

Common Core State Standards Process

State-led initiative spearheaded by governors and state school chief officers

College and Career Readiness Standards developed in summer 2009

Multiple rounds of feedback gathered from states, teachers and various stakeholders

Common Core State Standards Process

Voluntary adoption by states Encouraged in Race to the Top application

Arizona State Board of Education adopted 2010

GPS must implement CCSS

Common Core State Standards

K-12 Standards: English Language Arts (ELA)

• Includes Literacy Standards for Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Mathematics Social Studies/History & Science are

forthcoming

What is Not Covered in the CCSS

The Standards do not dictate how teachers should teach, rather they define what all students are expected to know and be able to do.

The Standards do not describe all that can or should be taught, however, they focus on what is most essential.

The Standards do not define the intervention methods or materials necessary to support students who are well below or well above grade-level expectations, instead they set grade-specific standards.

Local control

History of Educational Reform

1983: A Nation at Risk Failed to meet national need for competitive

workplace Decline of SAT scores (1963-1980)

1989: President George H.W. Bush & Governors adopt goals “All children will leave grades 4, 8, & 12 having

demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter.”

History of Educational Reform

1989: (continued) Issued grants to subject-matter organizations

NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)

1994: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Required all states to develop challenging standards in

Math & English Language Arts with assessments to measure performance against the standards

2002: President George Bush further incentivized standards-based reform through NCLB (No Child Left Behind)

Problems with Previous Educational Reform

State benchmarks varied States lowered proficiency levels to avoid

sanctions Subject-matter organizations presented far

too much content Teachers had difficulty covering material

with any depth Student mobility Lack of national comparison

Support for Common Core State Standards

Provides a common curriculum Provides comparable tests and proficiency

levels Is internationally benchmarked Addresses student mobility

Prefers local school governance Believes CCSS only targets the difference

between states but not within May produce least common denominator

effect

Opposition against Common Core State Standards

Adoption of Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

www.corestandards.org

English Language Arts(ELA)

Common Core State Standards

ELA – 4 Areas

Reading

Balance of literature and informational texts Text complexity

Writing

Emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing Writing using a variety of sources

Speaking and Listening

Inclusion of formal and informal talk

Language

Focus on general academic and content-specific vocabulary

Balance of Fiction & Informational Text

The Standards require certain critical content for all students, including: classic myths and stories from around the world, America’s Founding Documents, foundational American literature, and Shakespeare.

www.corestandards.org

Shift 1 Balancing Informational & Literary Text

Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts.

Shift 2 Knowledge in the Disciplines Students build knowledge about the world (domains/ content areas) through TEXT rather than the teacher or activities

Shift 3 Staircase of Complexity Students read the central, grade appropriate text around which instruction is centered. Teachers are patient, create more time and space and support in the curriculum for close reading.

Shift 4 Text-based Answers Students engage in rich and rigorous evidence based conversations about text.

Shift 5 Writing from Sources Writing emphasizes use of evidence from sources to inform or make an argument.

Shift 6 Academic Vocabulary Students constantly build the transferable vocabulary they need to access grade level complex texts. This can be done effectively by spiraling like content in increasingly complex texts.

Shifts in ELA/Literacy

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Learning Progressions

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Kinder With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

1st Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

2nd Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

3rd Describe characters in a story (such as their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

4th Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (such as a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

5th Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (such as how characters interact).

6th Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward resolution.

7th Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (such as how setting shapes the characters or plot).

8th Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provide a decision.

9th – 10th Analyze how complex characters (such as those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme..

11th – 12th Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (such as where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Common Core Reading Anchor StandardAnalyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Math

Common Core State Standards

Mathematics Content

Standards for Mathematical Content

K-5 standards provide students with a solid mathematical foundation including a strong focus on the prerequisites for algebra

6-8 standards are robust & provide a coherent and rich preparation for high school mathematics, including algebraic concepts

High school standards presented by conceptual theme: Number & Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics & Probability

Mathematical Practices

Standards for Mathematical Practice:

Carry across all grade levels

Describe habits of mind of a mathematically expert student

www.corestandards.org

Shift 1 Focus Teachers significantly narrow and deepen the scope of how time and energy is spent in the math classroom. They do so in order to focus deeply on only the concepts that are prioritized in the standards.

Shift 2 Coherence Principals and teachers carefully connect the learning within and across grades so that students can build new understanding onto foundations built in previous years.

Shift 3 Fluency Students are expected to have speed and accuracy with simple calculations; teachers structure class time and/or homework time for students to memorize, through repetition, core functions.

Shift 4 Deep Understanding

Students deeply understand and can operate easily within a math concept before moving on. They learn more than the trick to get the answer right. They learn the math.

Shift 5 Application Students are expected to use math and choose the appropriate concept for application even when they are not prompted to do so.

Shift 6 Dual Intensity Students are practicing and understanding. There is more than a balance between these two things in the classroom – both are occurring with intensity.

Shifts in Mathematics

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TED

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Assessing College & Career Readiness

Common Core State Standards

Next Generation Assessments (NGA’s)

Realistic, complex performance task, immediate feedback, and incorporate accommodations for a range of students

Better measure of higher-order thinking skills so vital to success in the global economy of the 21st century

Students must analyze and solve complex problems, communicate clearly, synthesize information, apply knowledge , and generalize learning to other settings

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)

www.parcconline.org

PARCC

Arizona Department Of Education

PARCC

Arizona Department Of Education

PARCC Assessment

www.parcconline.org

Arizona Dept of Education:PARCC Transition

Arizona Department Of Education

GPS Transition to CCSS & PARCC

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

K - Full K - Full K - Full K - Full

1 1 - Full 1 - Full 1 - Full

2 2 - Full 2 - Full 2 - Full

3 3 - Full 3 - Full 3 - PARCC

4 4 - Math 4 - Full 4- PARCC

5 5 - Math 5 - Full 5- PARCC

6 6 - Math 6 - Full 6- PARCC7 7 - Full 7 - Full 7- PARCC

8 8 - Full 8 - Full 8- PARCC

9 9 - ELA 9 - Full 9- PARCC

10 10 10 – Full 10- PARCC

11 11 11 – Full 11- AIMS/PARCC

12 12 12 - Full 12 - Full

Standards vs. CurriculumS

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WHAT students should know & be able to do.Adopted by the Arizona State Board of Education in public meetings Example: AZ 4th grade reading standard: “Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions) 4.RL.3.”

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HOW well students have mastered the standards

www.ArizonaCommonCore.org

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HOW students are taught, including processes used

Example: Lesson Plans, Teacher developed projects

Materials and processes used to instruct Standards Materials adopted by the local district governing boards in public meetings Example: Text books, Reading lists

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Curriculum Development Appendix B Examples

www.ArizonaCommonCore.org

Literary TextsHomer. The OdysseyHenry, O. “The Gift of the Magi”Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of WrathShakespeare, William. The Tragedy of MacbethJohnson, James Weldon. “Lift Every Voice and Sing”Frost, Robert. “Mending Well”

Informational TextsHenry, Patrick .“Speech to the Second Virginia Convention”Washington, George. “Farewell Address” Lincoln, Abraham. “Gettysburg Address” Lincoln, Abraham. “Second Inaugural Address” Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. “State of the Union Address” Reagan, Ronald. “Address to Students at Moscow State

University”Jefferson, Thomas. The Declaration of Independence

How it Works (ELA)

State StandardsReading Literature 9th – 10th Grade

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Adopted by State

Reading Literature 9th – 10th Grade

Drama: (Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet)

Poetry: (Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”)

Chosen by local Governing Board

Curriculum

Reading Literature 9th – 10th Grade

Read “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and use the reading Strategy to analyze and annotate the text. Students will write synthesizing the two texts.

Developed by Teacher

Lesson Plan

www.ArizonaCommonCore.org

How it Works (Math)

State StandardsMath – 5th grade

Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties. Adopted by State

Math – 5th grade

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Math Expressions

Chosen by local Governing Board

Curriculum

Reading Math – 5th grade

Students record the names for triangles based on their side lengths and angle measures.

Students will be able to sort and classify triangles and name them by their sides lengths and angle measures.

Developed by Teacher

Lesson Plan

www.ArizonaCommonCore.org

2011 – 2013 GPS Training for Teachers

2011/12 – 6 hours of Training

Intro to CCSS

Deconstructing CCSS

Depth & Complexity of CCSS

2012/13 – 6 hours of Training

Pacing & Curriculum Maps for CCSS

Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

Aligning Assessment to Depth of Knowledge

2013-14 & Beyond

Early Release Schedule

Implementation of PLCs Intervention & Enrichment

Curriculum Map refinement

Assessment for Learning

Questions & Answers

✔out: Gilbert Public Schools Website Common Core Website www.corestandards.org

PARCC Website

www.parcconline.org Arizona Dept of Education Website

www. arizonacommoncore.org

Thank you!