Learn More About the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)& PARCC

MaryJane GaribayColts Neck Township Schools

Director of Curriculum and InstructionNovember 11, 2014

What is the Common Core?

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THEN…….● The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards were first adopted by the

State Board of Education in 1996. ● The standards describe what students should know and be able to do upon

completion of a thirteen-year public school education. The standards are also designed to help teachers prepare our students to be college- and career-ready.

NOW…● The Common Core Standards adopted by New Jersey in 2010, with full

implementation in 2013-14, were drafted by assessment experts and teachers from across the country, and are designed to ensure students are prepared for today’s entry-level careers, freshman-level college courses, and workforce training programs.

● The Common Core focuses on critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills students will need to be successful.

● Forty-three states, the District of Columbia, and four territories have voluntarily adopted and are moving forward with the standards.

NJCCCS vs. Common Core (ELA and MA)

English Language Arts (ELA):Complexity: Practice with complex text and academic languageKnowledge: Building knowledge through content-rich non-fictionEvidence: Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence, both

literary and informational.Math:Focus: Greater focus on deeper instruction, strong foundational skills,

procedural fluency.Coherence: Coherent progression across grades linked to authentic

topics.Rigor: Pursue understanding, procedural fluency, and application with

rigor.

Addressing the Shifts

4th Grade English Language ArtsNJCCCSStandard 3.1.4.GRecognize literary elements in stories, including setting, characters, plot, and mood.

Common CoreStandard RL (Reading Literature) 4.3Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama,

drawing on specific details the text (e.g. a character’s thoughts, words, or actions.)

A Closer Look At the Standards

7th Grade English Language ArtsNJCCCSStandard 3.1.7.GDifferentiate between fact, opinion, bias, and propaganda in newspapers, periodicals, and electronic texts.

A Closer Look At the Standards

7th Grade English Language ArtsCommon CoreStandards RI.7.7- RI.7.9 (RI – Reading Informational Text)● Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia

version of the text, analyzing each medium's portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).

● Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

● Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

A Closer Look At the Standards

SOCIAL STUDIES

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary

sources.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source;

provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social

studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).

Literacy In Science & Social Studies (6-12)

SCIENCE

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4

Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.5

Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.6

Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.

Literacy In Science & Social Studies

2nd Grade MATHEMATICSNJCCCS:Standard 4.1.2.A.2 Numbers and Operations in Base TenDemonstrate an understanding of whole number place value concepts.

CCSS:Standard 2.NBT.1Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of

hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:

a. 100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens — called a “hundred.”b. The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three,

four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).

A Closer Look At the Standards

A Closer Look At the Standards:Grade 8 Geometry

How Is Student Progress Measured?

MAY require the student to complete a story, organizing thoughts in a clear, understandable way that is easy to follow and interesting to read.

MAY require the student to complete an organized description of a scientific process.

MAY require the student to complete a comprehensive essay about a historical person or an account of an historical event.

Narrative Writing Task

Requires looking at 2 different types of literary texts, including poems, story excerpts, plays, famous speech passages, or non-fiction articles.

Can be from a variety of content areas, including Science and Social Studies.

Text passages will be brief.

Asks questions that require students to pay attention to language choices and comparative thinking.

Requires student to COMPARE and CONTRAST.

Literary Analysis Task

Students are provided a variety of different sources (print and non-print) related to a particular topic, including texts, videos, photographs, graphs, surveys, maps, paintings,, etc.

Students are expected to answer text-dependent questions and produce writing that “dances” between different sources in a cohesive, understandable manner.

The final product is akin to integrating Compare/Contrast with Argument/Opinion.

Students use Evidence-Based Responses to compare/contrast, then make a claim.

Research Simulation Task (RST)

PARCC Math Task Types

Task Type 1 Example

Grades 3-8 ELA and Math

PBA - Performance Based AssessmentsDates: March 2-20, 2015

EOY - End of Year AssessmentsDates: April 27-May 15, 2015

*Algebra I student will take the Algebra PARCC in during March window only.

*Students in Grades 4 and 8 will also take the NJ ASK Science on May 27.

2015 PARCC Assessment Dates

TEST UNIT TIMES

PARCC - evaluate and modifying instruction and assessments to align with format of PARCC expectations.

www.parcconline.org

Readying for Change

Practice Tests

1. Log - In As A GUEST – 1. Username: boeguest2. Password: guest

2. Locate and Open the CHROME Icon in bottom left corner

http://www.parcconline.org/practice-tests

Logging In

http://www.parcconline.org/practice-tests

To Get to a Sample Test:After clicking link http://www.parcconline.org/practice-tests

Click On Test Preparation, then Sample Items

ELA Sample Test

MATH Practice Test

www.parcconline.org

www.corestandards.org

PARENT RESOURCES

“The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.”

Thomas Huxley

Closing thought…

Thank You!Contacts:

Dr. Fredrik Oberkehr, Superintendent of Schoolsoberkehr@coltsneckschools.org

MaryJane Garibay, Director of Curriculum and Instructiongaribay@coltsneckschools.org

Dr. Richard Beck, Director of Special Servicesbeck@coltsneckschools.org

Jim Osmond, Principal, Conover Road Elementary Schoolosmond@coltsneckschools.org

Colin Rigby, Principal, Cedar Drive Middle Schoolrigby@coltsneckschools.org