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California Common Core Standards Two New Acronyms CCCS/CCSS California Common Core Standards These are now our “official” standards But we have 3 or 4 years for transition Also known as CCSS (Common Core State Standards)

46 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards

What are the benefits of the CCSS? Internationally benchmarked Student expectations are clear to parents, teachers, and the general public Allows for collaboration with other states on best practices, instructional materials, and professional development Reduces costs to the state

The Common Core State Standards To date, forty-six states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a consistent set of English language arts (ELA) and mathematics expectations that students need to meet to succeed in college and careers States have committed to implement the new standards by the 2014-15 school year This is an aggressive timeline that will require a strategy that draws on state policymakers, district and school officials, and classroom teachers to ensure a successful and efficient implementation and transition

Grounding: 1997

Schools are Improving Changing World School Improvement

Goal for School Improvement Changing World School Improvement

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 with rigorous content and applications of higher knowledge through higher order thinking skills.

The CCSS Build Upon the Strengths and Lessons of Current State Standards

California’s Additional 15% Based on the following criteria: Substantively enhance Address a perceived gap Be defensible to classroom practitioners Keep the original standard intact Ensure the rigor of California’s existing standards is maintained

Why did we make this change? To ensure that our students are Meeting college and work expectations Prepared to succeed in a global economy and society Provided with rigorous content and application of higher knowledge thinking through higher order thinking skills

The Common Core Paradigm Shift Emphasis is on the answer Emphasis is on the learning process

Gradual Release of Responsibility Teacher Responsibility Collaborative Learning Independent Tasks Focused Lesson Guided Instruction I do it We do it You do it together You do it alone Student Responsibility

Answers are Part of the Process, They are Not the Product The product is the student’s knowledge and know-how. The ‘correctness’ of answers is also part of the process. Yes, an important part.

Wrong answers are part of the process, too What was the student thinking? Was it an error of haste or a stubborn misconception

Student Thinking Matters!! CCCS Student Thinking Matters!!

College, Career Readiness and Citizenship Survival Skills Critical thinking and problem solving Collaboration Agility and adaptability Initiative and entrepreneurism Effective oral and written communication Accessing and analyzing information Curiosity and imagination From The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach the New Survival Skills our Children Need – And What We Can Do About it by Tony Wagner (Basic Books, 2008)

+ 6.5% ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS The Common Core and California’s 6.5% Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects + 6.5% The Common Core and California’s 6.5%

Design and Organization Sections include: English Language Arts K-5 English Language Arts 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects College and Career Readiness (CCR) anchor standards Reading 10 Standards Reading Foundational Skills 4 Standards (Grades K-5 only) Writing 10 Standards Speaking and Listening 6 Standards Language Standards 6 Standards Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (Grades 6–12 only)

What’s Different in ELA? Current ELA domains: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and written and oral language conventions. CCCS strands: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language

What did CA add to ELA CCSS? Formal presentations, Grades 1-12 Penmanship, Grades 2-4 Career and consumer documents for writing in Grade 8 Analysis of text features in informational text, Grades 6-12

CCCS Advances for ELA Balance of literature and information text Text complexity Emphasis on argument and explanatory writing Writing about sources Inclusion of formal and informal talk Stress on vocabulary—general academic and subject specific

What did CCSS add to CA ELA? Vocabulary standards Standards for “collaborative discussions” Literacy standards for history/social studies, science, and technical subjects Embedded in K-5 In Grades 6-12 these are a separate set--expectation is these will be shared between ELA teachers and teachers in history/social studies and science

Emphasis on Informational Text Distribution of Literary and Informational Passages by Grade in the 2009 NAEP Reading Framework Grade Literary Information 4 50 8 45 55 12 30 70

Mathematics + 15% Common Core and California’s 15%

The Standards for Mathematical Practices 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 and express regularity in repeated reasoning

CCSS for Mathematics Standards for Mathematical Practice Carry across all grade levels. Describe habits of mind of a mathematically expert student. Standards for Mathematical Content K-8 standards are presented by grade level High school standards are organized by conceptual themes: Number and Quantity Algebra Functions Modeling Geometry Statistics and Probability

K-5 Domains Counting and Cardinality K Only Grade Level Counting and Cardinality K Only Operations and Algebraic Thinking 1-5 Numbers and Operations in Base 10 Numbers and Operations – Fractions 3-5 Measurement and Data Geometry

Middle Grades Domains Grade Level Ratio and Proportional Relationships 6-7 The Number System 6-8 Expressions and Equations Functions 8 Geometry Statistics and Probability

Arranged by cluster (not course) Number and quantity Algebra Functions High School Arranged by cluster (not course) Number and quantity Algebra Functions Modeling Geometry Probability and Statistics

What’s different in math? More similarities than differences Some shifts in grade level for some skills Organization of the standards By grade level through Grade 8 Algebra 1 Clusters of standards for 9-12 Two options for eighth graders 8th grade math Algebra I

What did CA add to Math CCSS? Calculus and AP Probability and Statistics Operations and Algebraic Thinking additions in Grades 2 and 5 Measurement and data additions in Grades 2 Grade 6--the Number System

What did CCSS add to CA Math? 2 Options for Eighth Graders Algebra 1 Eighth Grade CC Math Standards K-7 standards augmented to prepare for either option Clearer grade-to-grade organization

Assessment Timeline Two assessments are being developed Current STAR was scheduled to sunset in 2012-13 Budget constraints pushed STAR extension to 2013-2014 New assessment could be administered in 2014-15 and piloted the year before California is now part of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium -- SBAC

English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3 – 8 and High School The SBAC System English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3 – 8 and High School Last 12 weeks of year* DIGITAL CLEARINGHOUSE of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; scorer training modules; and teacher collaboration tools. Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks INTERIM ASSESSMENT Computer Adaptive Assessment and Performance Tasks INTERIM ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE TASKS Reading Writing Math END OF YEAR ADAPTIVE ASSESSMENT Scope, sequence, number, and timing of interim assessments locally determined Optional Interim assessment system — no stakes Summative assessment for accountability

Testing Item Types Constructed-response Selected response (End- of-year) Performance tasks Computer-enhanced Video, multimedia, interactive text

Download them at How can I get the CCCS? http://www.scoe.net/castandards/index.html

Timelines Timeline 1 Frameworks: May 2013 Instructional Materials: November 2014 Timeline 2 Frameworks: May 2015 Instructional Materials: November 2017

Next Steps for Implementation Standards Messaging and Awareness – Build understanding   Impacting the Teaching and Learning Cycle Teachers need time and space to work collaboratively across grade levels and curricular areas to make meaning of the new standards-based learning expectations Standards-Based Reporting Align systems for staff evaluation and support

Resources Full text of the Common Core California Standards: http://www.scoe.net/castandards/index.html (Outside Source) Information about the common core: http://www.corestandards.org/ (Outside Source) Information about the common core including implementation timelines: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cc/ SBAC information: www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER (Outside Source) Center for K-12 and Performance Management at ETS: http://www.k12center.org/publications.html (Outside Source) Orange County Department of Education: http://commoncoreca.ocde.us/Standards/CDE.htm