Common Core State Standards
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Transcript of Common Core State Standards
Common Core State
StandardsNationwide, research-based standards designed to ensure all students have access to the same rigorous academic content Millbury Street Elementary School, Grafton, MACurriculum NightsSeptember 18, 24 & 26, 2013
The Common Core is not a curriculum or a teaching guide. It is an outline of ELA and Math SKILLS (standards) that all students should master at each grade level, K – 12.
Why Move to the Common Core?
College and Career Readiness – the new national normWorkplace reading exceeds 12th grade complexity (Stenner, Koons, & Swartz)K-12 texts have trended downward in difficulty in the last half century (Chall, Conard, & Harris, 1977)
Shifts in InstructionFocus on ProcessIncrease Text ComplexityHigher Level Discussions around TextAssignments for a PurposeIncrease in Writing with a Purpose
ELA StandardsMore Non-fictionFocus on Evidence“Staircase” of Text ComplexitySpeaking and ListeningLiteracy in Content Areas
Math StandardsTwo types of standards: 1.) Mathematical Practice (how students are able to apply and extend math principles) 2.) Mathematical Content (what students know about math)The two are linked together while students are learning
Math ContentGreater FocusCoherenceSkills, Understanding & ApplicationEmphasis on Practices
Mathematical Practices1. Make sense of problems and
persevere in solving them2. Reason abstractly and
quantitatively3. Construct viable arguments
and critique the reasoning of others
4. Model with mathematics
Mathematical Practices 5. Use appropriate tools strategically6. Attend to precision7. Look for and make use of structure8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
?? MA State Assessments ??
PARCCPartnership for
Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
www.parcconline.org
ONLINE RESOURCESwww.corestandards.org
www.commoncoreworks.org
www.doe.mass.edu
“What Parent’s Need to Know About Common Core” Elmers Products, 2013“Overview for Parents: The Common Core State Standards” Acton Public Schools