Common Core Common Core State StandardsState Standards

Norman Public SchoolsDr. Joe Siano, Superintendent

What is Common Core?What is Common Core?

• Set of standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics

• Aligns College and Workplace Expectations• Rigorous and Evidence-Based• Designed from the 12th grade down

States Adopting CCSSStates Adopting CCSS

What are the Benefits of CCSS?What are the Benefits of CCSS?

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How did CCSS come to be?How did CCSS come to be?• National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State

School Officers led the initiative• Organizations involved:

What is the Time Line What is the Time Line for Implementation?for Implementation?

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Dec. 2011

46 States Have Adopted CCSS

2014 - 2015

Participating States

Administer New CCSS

Assessments

What comes next after adoption?What comes next after adoption?

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Common Core State StandardsEnglish/Language Arts

Each grade level has 42 standards:10 for Reading Literature 6 for Speaking and Listening10 for Reading Informational Text 6 for Language10 for Writing

College and Career Readiness Standards

Corresponding standards for each grade level as appropriate

Reading LiteratureReading Informational TextWritingSpeaking and ListeningLanguage

What are the Next Steps for What are the Next Steps for Language Arts?Language Arts?

• Continue creating sample lessons through the Implementation Team and Advisory Boards through spring and summer.

• Text Complexity Analysis of current texts: reading level, content of text, student task

A Three-Part Model for A Three-Part Model for Measuring Text ComplexityMeasuring Text Complexity

• Quantitative dimensions of text complexity: things computer programs measure such as words, sentences, length of words and sentences

• Qualitative dimensions of text complexity: things human readers measure such as meaning, knowledge base

• Reader and task considerations: things teachers measure such as the tasks we perform using the text such as what we talk about, what we already know, and the appropriateness of the content.

At every grade level, texts can range from Readily Accessible to Very Complex

ROOSEVELT ON LEVEL COMMON CORE PROJECTION

79%

74%

53%

70%

51%

65%

How are we Transitioning from How are we Transitioning from Current Assessments?Current Assessments?

• 5th Grade Writing Test• 2-3 passages to read• Write a synthesis comparing how the passages

treat a subject or theme.

Norman Public Schools’ ApproachNorman Public Schools’ Approach• Have moved benchmarks and expectations of

reading and math accordingly.• Working toward all students being above

benchmark now to meet Common Core Standards later.

• Adding synthesis writing and opinion writing at every grade level in literacy and open response questions in math.

• Using Treasures as a resources for grade level text and writing tasks for students and Everyday Math to accelerate all students.

NPS ResourcesNPS Resources

• www. norman.k12.ok.us