Common Core State Standards
(CCSS)Overview
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Timeline of Standardized Testing
CA adopts CA Content Standards
California Standardized Testing
1961: Required instructional standards throughout the state; mandated statewide examinations.1962-1971: State-approved list of published tests.1972: California Assessment Program (CAP).1993: California Learning Assessment Systems (CLAS).1997: Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR).1999: California Standards Tests (CSTs).1999: ELA and math (augmented items from Stanford Achievement Test- SAT/9).2001: History-social science and science (grades 9-11).2004: Science (grade 5).2006: Science (grades 8 and 10).2001: California English Language Development Test (CELDT).2003: California Alternate Performance Assessment (CAPA).2004: Standard-based Test in Spanish (STS).2006: California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).2008: California Modified Assessment (CMA).
History of CCSS
• National State Governors Association• Council of Chief State School Officers
– Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Work groups and feedback groups composed of representatives from higher education, K–12 education, business community, researchers, civil rights groups, and the states.– Ensure students have a seamless transition from high school to
college.
– Builds on the standards-based process.
Overarching Goals for K-12 CCSS
• Ensure that our students are:– Meeting college and work expectations.– Prepared to succeed in our global economy and
society.– Provided a vision of what it means to be
an academically literate person in the twenty-first century.
– Provided with rigorous content and applications of higher knowledge through higher-order thinking skills.
• Provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn.– Enables teachers and parents to know what to do to
help.
Which States Have Adopted?
http://www.corestandards.org/in-the-states
California Adoption
• "The California Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were adopted by the California State Board of Education on August 2, 2010, following rigorous review and augmentation by the California Academic Content Standards Commission." (O'Connell, 2010).
What Do Employers Want?
• Problem-Solving Skills• Quick Learners• Ability to Analyze/Interpret Data• Oral Communication Skills• Motivation• Self-Starter• Written Communication Skills• Job-Specific Computer Skills• Teamwork Attitude• Innovative Thinking
What skills will your children need to know to be
successful in the 21st century workforce?
Mean Earnings by Level of Highest Degree (DOLLARS) 2010 CENSUS
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“These Standards are not intended to be new names for old ways of doing business. They are a call to take the next step. It is time for states to work together to build on lessons
learned from two decades of standards based reforms. It is time to recognize that
standards are not just promises to our children, but promises we intend to
keep.” (CCSS, 2010, p.5)http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf
What’s Different?
• Rigor• Application of learning to real-
world situations• Technology and media sources• Justification and evidence• Communication/collaboration• Expository reading and writing• Research
What Does English Language Arts and Literacy Focus On?
• Conceptual understanding• Number sense in elementary• Multiple solutions• Justifying answer• Explaining your thinking• Success in algebra and higher-level
mathematics• Application to real world situations
NOT one right answer!
What Does Mathematics Focus On?
Assessment
• Assessments will begin in 2014-15.• California is a governing state in the
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium.
• Assessments will include the following:– Computer Adaptive Assessments
(Interim and Summative)– Performance Assessments (Interim and
Summative)• Selected Response• Constructed Response• Extended Performance Assessments
– Retake Option (Summative)
CST Released Test Questions
Grade 4 - ELA
Grade 9 - ELA
SBAC Selected Response (SR)
Key Data Systems
SBAC Constructed Response (CR)
Key Data Systems
SBAC Technology Enhanced (TE)
SBAC Performance Task(PT)
Selected Response (SR) Items
Non-Traditional (SR)
How can families support their children in the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
Six Key Shifts in Literacy in Common Core
Informational text. Do you encourage your child to read as much nonfiction as fiction? Do you discuss ideas in nonfiction texts?
Close reading of complex texts.
Do you read challenging texts with your children and help them see the value of the information?
Text-based answers and evidence.
Do you ask your children to show evidence from the text when answering questions?
Writing from sources with evidence.
Do you encourage your child to write using evidence and details from multiple texts?
Academic vocabulary. Do you talk to your children using academic language?
Digital literacy. Do your children use technology and media as a learning tool?
“There are many dispositions that we want children to acquire and strengthen--- to be curious, creative, cooperative, friendly, helpful, and hard working. These dispositions, however, cannot be learned from instruction. Dispositions are probably learned primarily from being around people who have them and who exhibit them.”
Lillian Katz, ProfessorEarly Childhood Education
University of Illinois
Six Key Shifts in Mathematics in Common Core
Focus What is the priority work for your child at his/her grade level?
Coherence What did your child struggle with last year and how it will affect learning now?
Fluency
Has your child memorized the basic facts? Does your child spend time practicing lots of problems on same idea?
Deep UnderstandingDoes your child really KNOW why the answer is what it is?
Application Do you encourage your child to DO the math that comes up in daily life?
Dual IntensityDoes your child practice the math facts he/she struggles with? Does your child think about math in real life?
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