School Year Parent Night

College & Career Readiness Common Core State Standards State Assessment Shifts Current Scores Curriculum of the Home AGENDA

.... define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education so that they will graduate high school able to succeed inentry-level workforce training programs or academic college programs. (NGA & CCSSO, 2010) All students will be college or career ready! College & Career Readiness

College and Career Readiness KEY CONTENT KNOWLEDGE KEY COGNITIVE STRATEGIES KEY ACADEMIC BEHAVIORS COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE

46 states plus DC have adopted the Common Core State Standards Standards unified for Math and English/Language Arts Professional Development and Curriculum Realignment taking place to prepare for next generation testing: –Math: –ELA: Common Core State Standards

PARCC Consortium 19 States and DC

STATE ASSESSMENT SHIFT CURRENT ISAT (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) –Testing Measures former Illinois State Standards with some common core questions. –Tests using old paper/pencil methods. –Benchmarks not aligned to College and Career Readiness –Progress aligned from Grades 3-8 and disconnected through 12 NEXT YEAR PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) –Testing measures current Common Core State Standards –Next generation testing features. –Benchmarks aligned to College and Career Readiness –Progress aligned from Grades 3-12

January 2013: ISBE raised the performance levels, or cut scores, for the ISAT administered to students in third through eighth grade. The new performance levels align the ISAT with rigorous Common Core State Standards, which establish what students need to know by the end of each grade level for success in college and the work force. ISAT performance levels set based on 11th grade college and career readiness scores to keep students on track for meeting those career and college readiness scores. Educators, parents and students will now know earlier whether or not a student is on track to succeed after high school graduation. A disconnect emerged in which the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards was much higher on the ISAT than on the PSAE. The higher performance levels for the ISAT mean that fewer students will meet or exceed standards. The decrease in the number of students meeting or exceeding standards is not the result of a decline in student capability or teacher performance, but a result of ISBE expecting more from Illinois’ students and schools. The raised ISAT performance levels are one of several initiatives under way in the state to equip students for college and the work force. The new performance expectations will help our schools prepare for a new online assessment system set to replace the ISAT during the school year. State Superintendent: Cut Scores FAQ!

2013 ISAT Scores-H.B.T.

The new Illinois report card features: –At-a-glance information about school performance, school climate and learning conditions. –Consumer friendly data on school awards, special programs of study, advanced coursework and extracurricular programs. –Measures of student college and career readiness. –Multiple measures of success that show information beyond test scores. –A growth model that will show how much academic progress students have demonstrated from one year to the next in reading and math. State Superintendent: New Report Card FAQ

To ensure that students are prepared for a world-class education that meets the rigors of the Common Core State Standards and College and Career Readiness benchmarks….. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! There are academic habits and behaviors that can help us drive a successful education for all students. You are your child’s first and most important teacher. We value your partnership/collaboration toward ensure their success. Curriculum of the Home

IF YOUR CHILD IS LEARNING LETTER SOUNDS – PLAY with letter magnets – TRACE letters with a finger in paint, shaving cream, etc. – BEGIN with the letters in your child’s name – TALK about words that begin with the same sound –Crayon –Carrot –Color –Couch –Climb Curriculum of the Home

IF YOUR CHILD IS LEARNING TO READ: – SIT next to your child – LISTEN to your child read – READ to your child – POINT to the words as you go – ASK questions and TALK about what you read Curriculum of the Home

WHEN YOUR CHILD IS READING : – HELP your child CHOOSE BOOKS at his/her level –Have your child RE-READ books and poems – ENCOURAGE your child to read EVERY DAY –Ask your child to tell you (RETELL) what they just read – ENCOURAGE your child to WRITE ABOUT what they just read Curriculum of the Home

WHEN YOUR CHILD HAS DIFFICULTY READING – LOOK at the pictures for clues – SAY the sounds of each letter and BLEND them together –C – a – m – p – i – n – g... Camping –G – r – a – n – d– m – a... Grandma – BREAK the words into CHUNKS –Camp – ing... Camping –Gr – and – ma... Grandma – READ the sentence again… THINK of a word that begins with that sounds and makes sense in the sentence. – READ what comes next to LOOK for clues Curriculum of the Home

WHEN YOUR CHILD HAS MATH – MAKE SENSE of problems and PERSEVERE in solving them – REASON abstractly and quantitatively – CONSTRUCT viable arguments and CRITIQUE the reasoning of others – MODEL with mathematics – USE appropriate tools strategically – ATTEND to precision – LOOK FOR and MAKE USE OF structure – LOOK FOR an express regularity in repeated reasoning Curriculum of the Home

WHEN YOUR CHILD HAS HOMEWORK – SHOW your child that homework is IMPORTANT – ASK about homework – CHECK to see that homework is complete – DO your own “homework” at the same time they do –Make sure your child has… –A QUIET place to work –Plenty of LIGHT when doing homework – MATERIALS they need to get the job done. Curriculum of the Home

WHEN YOUR CHILD HAS HOMEWORK –Give the gift of HELP –Help them to manage their TIME –Help them to get ORGANIZED –Help them win with PROBLEM SOLVING … NOT ANSWERS –Help them with good COMMUNICATION with their teacher –Keep a POSITIVE ATTITUDE about homework Curriculum of the Home

Three topics for the year: September/October/November – Reading December/January/February – Math March/April/May – Summer Ideas The same information will be presented three months in a row, but the times will change to accommodate your schedule. (Ex: Sept is in the evening, Oct. is during the day, Nov. is before school) Snack-N-Chats

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